'I consider Brumby Innes to be in a class by itself' wrote theatre director Gregan McMahon in 1927, 'It is a very remarkable work, comparable to so...

A brilliant surgeon can no longer bear to touch the living. Two voices connect fleetingly over the phone. A desperate mother begs to embrace her so...

But to die as lovers may – to die together, so that they may live together? Carmilla is a ghost story for theatre, enmeshing spoken word and throug...

The painful and sometimes farcical life of a defiant young poet, Sally Banner, as she attempts -- through her school days, lovers, marriage and pol...

In 2002, a young man rehearses for his first armed robbery on a bookstore in Newcastle. On the other side of the world, Chechen rebels hold siege o...

From one of Australia's most successful comedians comes "The Cheeky Monkey", a practitioner's guide to the art of comedy writing. Both insightful a...

Three lost children discover an abandoned orphanage in the bush. They become trapped in this timeless world, haunted by spirits of the past and per...

A collection of carefully selected pieces for classical saxophonists seeking music to develop their lyrical playing. The book has been designed for...

Deals with the forced adoptions of Aboriginal children taken from their families to live as white children. In the 1960s before the referendum on f...

A sprawling stage adaptation of Tim Winton's enormously successful novel of the same name. A huge success at the 1998 Sydney and Perth festival, th...

About the hangers-on, the end of loyalty, the coming of professionalism... about each and every club in the League and about soccer, rugby and base...

Here comes Edith Campbell Berry, fresh from International acclaim at the League of Nations, handsome British diplomatic husband in tow. Look out 19...

This Old Man Comes Rolling Home (9 men 9 women), Mrs Porter and the Angel (7 men 6 women), The Chapel Perilous (3 men 2 women, chorus, musicians), ...

A conspiracy involving an heiress, a braggart fortune hunter, a new chum and a pragmatic jackeroo makes a vigorous and stylish comedy (3 acts, 9 me...

"Commedia Oz" is designed to assist the interpretation and playing of Commedia in an Australian context and is a training manual for teachers, stud...

This is particularly out of character for me.' Monologues are a crucial element of theatre, for actors and students alike. From high school study t...

One eye closed, the other locked on my target.' Monologues are a crucial element of theatre, for actors and students alike. From high school study ...

Five plays from around Australia which illustrate that the rich tradition of indigenous storytelling is flourishing in contemporary Australian thea...

A heavily pregnant ex-ballerina, a child detective, a bitter puppeteer and a feminist pop princess hurtle towards Mars. The world is watching. Isn’...

Lewis arrives fresh from university to direct a play at a mental institution. Roy demands Cosi Fan Tutte. An affectionate look at madness and mayhe...

‘In Tamil we don’t say goodbye. Only, I will go and come back.’ S. Shakthidharan’s extraordinary multilingual play Counting and Cracking traverses ...