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  • Composing Venus

    by Elaine Acworth

    Spanning three decades, in flights of fantasy, poetic phrasing and sombre soliloquy, Composing Venus tells the story of three generations ...

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    Digital Publications, Drama, Fantasy, Historical Drama, New Vintage, Non-Linear, Reflect: Realism
    Elaine Acworth
  • Head Full of Love

    by Alana Valentine

    Head Full of Love is a play that warms the heart" — Olivia Stewart, The Courier-Mail, July 20, 2012

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    Drama, Indigenous Themes, Linear, Realism, Reflect: Realism
    Alana Valentine
  • Kryptonite

    by Sue Smith

    It has been 25 years since the tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square. A generation later, have the scars healed or have ...

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    Drama, Realism, Reflect: Realism, Thriller
    Sue Smith
  • Pale Blue Dot

    by Kathryn Marquet

    "Two possibilities exist. Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not. Both are equally terrifying." Arthur C. ...

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    Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Linear, Reflect: Realism
    Kathryn Marquet
  • Rice

    by Michele Lee

    Everyone has problems to deal with – in the boardroom or the basement, global or local, business or personal. Two multicultural ...

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    Drama, Linear, Reflect: Realism
    Michele Lee
  • Samson

    by Julia-Rose Lewis

    "Challenging and confronting, ​Samson is an extremely impressive first play by Julia-Rose Lewis." — Lynne Lancaster, Arts Hub

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    Drama, Education, Education Notes, Realism, Reflect: Realism
    Julia-Rose Lewis
  • Sugarland

    by Rachael Coopes and Wayne Blair

    Sugarland provides a glimpse into a teenage Australia that feels like a foreign country. This haunting new play will make ...

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    $25.95

    Drama, Education, Indigenous Themes, Linear, Realism, Reflect: Realism
  • The Surgeon's Hands

    by Alison Mann

    The Surgeon wanted the perfect daughter, so he made her.

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    Black Comedy, Linear, New Releases, Playlab Indie, Reflect: Realism
    Alison Mann

Featured Items

  • Empire Burning

    by Eugene Gilfedder

    “Shakespearean in its universality, it would work equally well worldwide. It should become a study text for students. Theatre...

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    Digital Publications, Drama, Playlab Indie
    Eugene Gilfedder
  • Escape from the Break up Forest

    by Steve Pirie

    “slick and clever without being up itself; fast-paced and funny without being snarky” — Sita Borhani, Actors Greenroom, March 19,...

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    Comedy, Digital Publications, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Playlab Indie
    Steve Pirie
  • Sprout

    by Jessica Bellamy

    "This is a brief, melancholy work but, in the end, a hopeful one." - Sydney Morning Herald, 2011.

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    Digital Publications, Drama, Fantasy, Playlab Indie
    Jessica Bellamy
  • Home

    by Margi Brown Ash

    "A brilliant concept, and a brilliant performance, but more than that, a piece of theatre that comforts and reassures us, ...

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    Digital Publications, Drama, Magical Realism, Playlab Indie
    Margi Brown-Ash
  • Single Admissions

    by Tammy Weller

    "I want to shout it from the rooftops: 'I'm in love...with 'Single Admissions'!!!!'" - Australian Stage, 2010.

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    Comedy, Digital Publications, Playlab Indie
    Tammy Weller
  • Jennifer Forever

    by Tara Clark

    "an intense and thought provoking exploration of the complexity of sins" — Lynn Belvedere, Sydney Arts Guide

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    Digital Publications, Drama, Playlab Indie
    Tara Clark
  • Bukal by Andrea James

    with Henrietta Marrie

    From the heart of Cairns Yidinji people comes the inspiring story of a courageous woman who set out to change ...

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    $25.95

    Education Notes, Historical Drama, Indigenous Themes, Linear, Verbatim
    Andrea James, Henrietta Marrie
  • Antigone

    by Merlynn Tong after Sophocles

    The epic argument rages on.

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    $25.95

    Contemporary Adaptation, Education Notes, New Releases
    Merlynn Tong
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