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  • April's Fool

    by David Burton

    A powerful story of love, loss, and sadness with touching humour.

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    $25.95

    Cabaret, Drama, Education, Education Notes, Fantasy, Musical, Realism, Remote Learning Resources, Theatre for Social Comment, Verbatim
    David Burton
  • Blue Bones

    by Merlynn Tong

    ‘I saw my insides today. I found Tom, my first love, in my bones.’

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    $24.95

    Bilingual, Education, Education Notes, Magical Realism, Non-Linear, Reflect: Magical Realism, Theatre for Social Comment
    Merlynn Tong
  • Chasing the Lollyman

    by Mark Sheppard

    Chasing the Lollyman is a one-man show created by one of Queensland’s most dynamic and funny Indigenous performers, Mark ...

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    $9.95

    Comedy, Digital Publications, Indigenous Themes, LGBTQIA +, Playlab Indie, Theatre for Social Comment
    Mark Sheppard
  • Gaybies

    by Dean Bryant

    Hotly political and deeply personal, Gaybies shares the intimate real-life stories of children from same-sex parents, surrogate mums, donor dads, ...

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    $24.95

    Drama, Education, LGBTQIA +, Theatre for Social Comment, Verbatim
  • Rockpocalypse

    by Jessica Lamb

    Rockpocalypse dances between the present and the future, asking questions about home, belonging, the world around us and ...

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    $14.00

    Digital Publications, Drama, Magical Realism, New Releases, Non-Linear, Theatre for Social Comment
    Jessica Lamb
  • Still Point Turning: The Catherine McGregor Story

    by Priscilla Jackman

    From the age of eight, Catherine McGregor knew she was a woman. But first she would have to live as ...

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    $25.95

    Drama, LGBTQIA +, Non-Linear, Theatre for Social Comment
    Priscilla Jackman
  • The Age of Bones (Zaman Belulang)

    by Sandra Thibodeaux

    The journey of a young boy from Indonesia who goes fishing but fails to return after boarding a people smuggling ...

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    $9.95

    Bilingual, Digital Publications, Drama, Magical Realism, New Releases, Playlab Indie, Reflect: Magical Realism, Theatre for Social Comment
    Sandra Thibodeaux
  • The Campaign

    by Campion Decent

    In 1988 more than one hundred arrests were made at Salamanca Market when the Tasmanian Gay Law Reform Group defied a ...

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    $25.95

    Historical Drama, LGBTQIA +, Non-Linear, Realism, Theatre for Social Comment, Verbatim
    Campion Decent
  • The Pineapple War

    by Lachlan Philpott

    It’s 2022 and Queensland is now part of China to resolve a civil war. The rest of Australia has become ...

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    $25.95

    Drama, Education, Linear, Theatre for Social Comment
    Lachlan Philpott
  • The Village

    by Multiple Playwrights

    Experience the compelling real stories of ordinary people who have found themselves in extraordinary situations.

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    $25.95

    Drama, Education Notes, Non-Linear, Theatre for Social Comment, Verbatim
    Multiple playwrights
  • Wisdom

    by David Burton

    A dark comedy about eternal youth.

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    $25.95

    Education, New Releases, Scene Project, Theatre for Social Comment
    David Burton

Featured Items

  • Black Cockatoo

    by Geoffrey Atherden

    Inspired by the true story of legendary First Nations cricketer Jonny Mullagh and Australia's first ever international sporting team, this ...

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    $29.95

    Drama, Education, Education Notes, Indigenous Themes, New Releases, Non-Linear
    Geoffrey Atherden
  • The Grand

    by Victoria Carless

    "The Grand is darkly funny and touches on humanity’s big-ticket items – ambition, belonging and cocktail animals" Artgaze...

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    $9.95

    Absurdist, Black Comedy, Comedy, Digital Publications, Drama, Education, Fantasy, Playlab Indie, Theatre of the Absurd
    Victoria Carless
  • Medea

    by Kate Mulvany and Anne-Louise Sarks

    Two young children play games to distract themselves whilst their parents have a very famous showdown.

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    $14.00

    Digital Publications, Drama, Education
    Anne-Louise Sarks, Kate Mulvany
  • The Apology

    by Stefo Nantsou

    “Mr Buckley rang me. Said there was a hassle at the excursion. Said you were to blame

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    $25.95

    Drama, Education
    Stefo Nantsou
  • 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
  • Embers

    by Campion Decent

    In January 2003, a dry storm ignited over 80 fires in Victoria’s Northeast and Gippsland. Based on interviews with residents of ...

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    $25.95

    Education, Verbatim
    Campion Decent
  • Naked and Screaming

    by Mark Rogers

    Whose side are you on?

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    $14.00

    Digital Publications, Drama, New Releases, Realism
    Mark Rogers
  • The Surgeon's Hands

    by Alison Mann

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

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    $9.95

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