Description
THEMES: Death, Grief, Identity
LENGTH: 90 Minutes
NO. OF CHARACTERS: 4
QPDA WINNING YEAR : 2020-21
Steve never imagined he’d end up working in the funeral industry. But when he finds himself living back home in Toowoomba to save up for his wedding, it’s the only job he can get. The year he spends working among the dead opens his eyes to what awaits us at the end and what it means to live.
The Holidays by David Megarrity
THEMES: Family, Memory, Intergenerational Relationships
LENGTH: 80 Minutes
NO. OF CHARACTERS: 3
QPDA WINNING YEAR : 2018-19
12-year-old Oliver has been pulled out of school for an unexpected road trip with his mum and dad, en route to grandad’s seaside shack. But grandad, an eccentric artist, is not there. In this unkempt place stuffed with memories, it seems that the Holidays – instead of getting away from it all – have taken a lot with them.
THEMES: Globalisation, Power, Politics and Migration
LENGTH: 90 Minutes
NO. OF CHARACTERS: 2
QPDA WINNING YEAR : 2016-17
Working late, high up in a skyscraper, Nisha – at 28, a business prodigy and second-in-command of an Australian rice company – is closing a massive deal with the Indian government. Working later still is Yvette, who clears up her takeaway. “Indian princess” and “Chinese cleaner” is all they see when they face each other across the desk. They’re from different cultures, different generations – but as the nights wear on, they discover the many ties that bind them, and help each other navigate their complex lives.
Oedipus Doesn’t Live Here Anymore by Daniel Evans
THEMES: Family, Community, Tragedy, Loss
LENGTH: 90 Minutes
NO. OF CHARACTERS: 6
QPDA WINNING YEAR : 2014-15
What if Oedipus lived next door? What if the whole street knew what he’d been up to with his own mother, because of the word daubed in fluorescent letters on his garage door? Daniel Evans brings the drama and horror of an Ancient Greek myth to the sleepy cul-de-sacs of modern Australian disturbia in this wild, wonderful ride spinning off from Sophocles’ 2500-year-old Theban plays.
THEMES: Identity, Conformity, Relationships, Voicelessness, Social Ugliness
LENGTH: 90 Minutes
NO. OF CHARACTERS: 3
QPDA WINNING YEAR : 2012-13
Clara is uncomfortably numb. Cocooned in her spartan home, she wallows in tracky-dacks and the misery of the recently jobless, feeding on apathy and the images of natural disaster piped into her living room by the pitiless glare of the TV. Then, one stormy night, a stranger calls – and the chinks in the pair’s relationship begin to widen. Uncomfortable truths are revealed and there are hints of horrors to come, as ancient myths are dragged, growling, into the modern day.
THEMES: Homosexuality, Pornography, Sex, Relationships
LENGTH: 90 Minutes
NO. OF CHARACTERS: 8
QPDA WINNING YEAR : 2008-9
In a world where nothing means anything, 25-year-old art school dropout James is searching for answers. But when all-nighters, gay bars, drugs and sex fail to provide what is missing, James begins to question if life is really all downhill after 25.
THEMES: Poverty, Marginalisation, Family, Ghosts Of The Past
LENGTH: 120 Minutes
NO. OF CHARACTERS: 4
QPDA WINNING YEAR : 2006-7
Yonni and her granddaughter Sharday share a junk-filled home in the suburban outskirts. Their lives revolve around poetry, acting, singing and rhetorical questions. Knowing the life they live is far from healthy, Yonni’s daughter Karen calls in the help of an Estimator. But once they meet, their lives will be changed forever.