Dan is on a steep learning curve. It is not just that he is in his final year of school. When his parents go to Europe he moves in with his 22-year...

Adapted by Vanessa Bates from Gabrielle Wang’s award-winning novel, A Ghost in my Suitcase is an action-packed adventure story that crosses cultura...

The first edition of The Actor's Audition Manual quickly became known as the 'red audition manual', denoting its status as the essential guide. Now...

"Acts of Courage" forges immediacy and honesty between a vast range of Australian stories, generating forgiveness and hope in the act. Oades' unwav...

Alex has eighteen days until he finds out if he got into Arts Law, a week in Caloundra to sleep, swim and watch the cricket, and a mother with a ke...

Stephen and Judy live on opposite sides of the world. Their lifestyles and outlooks could not be further apart. But they are brother and sister and...

This play documents the cataclysmic Newcastle earthquake and its aftermath. Based entirely on taped interviews, this is the dramatic presentation o...

Based upon the Davis family, this is the incredible story of three Aboriginal sisters, who held together by their mother's love and determination, ...

It's 2007. At forty-five, Lisa is fighting growing feelings for Tom that threaten to rob her of Dan, the person she's always loved most in the worl...

In a moment of glory at the 1968 Olympics, the four Amigos, an Australian rowing team, won a bronze medal. It was lifetime bond material. But 35 ye...

In 1948, Angela left Malta. Having gathered up five children, she sailed out on the Strathnavar, leaving poverty and the war behind. Her destinatio...

Antigone has always been a respected member of her community but in civil war all bets are off. She suddenly finds herself on the outside looking i...

Who here can tell what law we owe the dead? Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, is a child of war. Thousands of years ago she asked a question: What do ...

Sandy was the only Australian War Horse to return home from World War I. This is his poignant and fragmented war story. Through Sandy we experience...

Emma the Greek will sail the seas alone to save her father; Noah will search for his wife who flew off a bridge; Elise will fight the dragons snapp...

Lally Katz is on a journey. She’s left Australia behind and she’s in the country of her childhood, trying to find a way back to when things were in...

Three Australian families set out separately but are driven together by a storm (5 acts, 6 men, 4 women).

A group of more or less ordinary Sydneysiders go about their lives: Anna makes toast, Henry dresses for work, Milla catches the train to school, Mo...

After nearly losing his mind in the abandon of 1960s America, young Danny finds his way again with the help of an enigmatic sensei. At a New Jersey...

"The Back of Beyond" celebrates the life and times of Australia's best known outback mail man Tom Kruse MBE. Every fortnight he battled isolation, ...

Wild, unpredictable, and deeply vulnerable, Barbara and her sister René are singing for their lives. Barbara’s been trying to make it in Sydney, bu...

When "The Adventures of Barry McKenzie" burst onto the Australian screen in 1972 it created a furore. With 'Bazza' (Barry Crocker), the chundering,...

"Bastard Boys" is the story of the fight that stopped the nation -- the 1998 battle for Australia's waterfront. More than just a dispute over refor...

Arty is huge. Ginormous. Morbidly and grossly obese, he is in need of a gastric bypass to save his life. At over 400 kilos, he is the world's fatte...

Brisbane 1992: A boy, Amir, sees his parents on the news, under arrest for protesting at the Iranian Embassy in Canberra against atrocities in thei...

An epic chronicle of the refugee experience, "Beautiful Words" weaves together three very different stories of survival, told through the eyes of t...

John McCallum's new history explores the relationship between 20th century Australian drama and a developing concept of nation. The book focuses on...

'Birthrights' tells the story of two sisters who compete for their child's love. At 29 years of age, Helen has a vital operation that stops her fro...

Rowena Batts has no voice, but she is the world's biggest blabbermouth. She's just started at a new school so life's a bit of a challenge, her new ...

It's Toby Ackland's birthday party down near the surf club -- and that means heaps of grog, drugs and good clean fun. But by the morning, a young g...