2011
JANUARY – DECEMBER
“TOWARDS A WRITERS THEATRE”
A new theatre company in development.
We are in the process of dreaming up, refining and developing a writer’s theatre. A membership based theatre company dedicated solely to the creation, development and production of new Australian plays. Offering drop-in dramaturgy, spaces to write, workshops for actors, places to conduct readings and a venue for performance.
Want to join the discussion?
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JANUARY – FEBRUARY
“WHO PUT OUT THE LIGHTS?”
A new children’s musical
Written by Sue Smith, Barb Bryce and Augusta Supple
Presented by Season Singers at Guelph Little Theatre, Ontario, Canada
A brand new musical comedy for children about knowing when to step up, be brave and save the day.
In the great white north, Lord Boreas, Master of the North and the stunningly talented Queen Aurora have been training two young apprentices Polaris and Pegasus in the art of conducting the symphony of the sky. Until one day, just before Polaris and Pegasus can sit their final exam, Lord Boreas falls desperately ill. In an attempt to cure their teacher, they must decide whether or not to side with the crafty creatures that live under the ice and meddle with powers beyond their training.
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MARCH – DECEMBER
“PETTY CRIMES”
Written by Augusta Supple, Bel Delia
Produced by Delia Films
Petty Crimes is a character-driven, 12 episode TV series staring Bel Delia (Best Actress Tropfest 2010/ The Tunnel Movie) and Paul (Fridgey) Hancock.
“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. One man thinks himself the master of others, but remains more of a slave than they.” – Rousseau, The Social Contract
One thing I’ve come to realize about life is that people – regardless of where they’re from, who they are, what they have, where they work – all are striving for two things. Well, maybe three things. Actually, they might want a few more than that come to think of it. Ten things? OK people want a lot of things. But really at the start of it all – they want two things – to be happy & to be free. But are we happy and free? With all life’s opportunities – education, home ownership, 24 hour news channels, international travel and botox being readily available to anyone – how is it that we do not feel happy or free? Rules. Regulations. Market research surveys. Tick boxes. Expectations. The legal system. Signs that say – no parking or no stopping, 12 items or less. One per customer. No littering…
With a society overrun by rules and laws to keep us in order two people dare to take on the system to reclaim their happiness… What would you do to reclaim your happiness? Would you break the law? Not a big law. We’re talking a little law. We’re talking Petty Crimes.
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JULY
CUT & PASTE #8
“BELLY ACHE”
Written by Phil Spencer
Directed by Augusta Supple
Performed by Luke Carson & Chloe Schwank
Bondi Pavillion
8pm, 30 July
Cut & Paste is a bi-monthly performance evening. The night focuses on new plays, scraps of ideas and script-in-hands and brings together Sydney’s most exciting theatre makers.
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AUGUST
“BASKETCASE”
Written by Katie Pollock
Directed by Augusta Supple
Performed by Olivia Satchell
SBW Stables Theatre
4pm, 7 August
GRIFFringe is a new initiative by Griffin Theatre Company aiming to open the Stable doors to all emerging and established artists and art forms, and to give our audiences some effervescent new entertainment on our theatre’s dark days with a series of cracking new work on random Sunday afternoons.
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SEPTEMBER
AUSTRALIAN THEATRE FORUM
14 – 16 September 2011
Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, QLD
Particpating as an Independent Artist and official Blogger for the Forum
CONVICTIONS & CONNECTIONS Urgent conversations. Compelling ideas. Inspiring vision. Professional theatre makers and artsworkers from around Australia—working as independents, in large and small companies, in festivals and venues—will congregate in Brisbane for the second Australian Theatre Forum.Coinciding with Brisbane Festival 2011, this forum will see cultural leaders and contemporary thinkers teasing out some of the big issues around practice, infrastructure and sustainability. Over three packed days, delegates will exchange experiences and ideas and build a vision for a future.
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OCTOBER – NOVEMBER
WOMEN, POWER & CULTURE
“THE SEX ACT”
Written by Alana Valentine
Directed by Augusta Supple
Performed by TBC
THE NIGHT WE LOST JENNY
Written by Vanessa Bates
Directed by Augusta Supple
Perfromed by TBC
New Theatre
8pm, 26 Oct- 5 Nov
Women, Power and Culture: Then and Now will explore the role of women in Australian society from a diverse number of complex, enlightening and amusing perspectives.
Over a two week season in repertory, audiences will journey from the past to the present on a celebration of the role women have played in the cultural development of this country and her influence in the political arena.
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JUNE- NOVEMBER
THE LIVING ROOM PROJECT
“FAST FRIENDS”
Written by 7-On Playwrights (Catherine Zimdahl, Donna Abela, Hilary Bell, Ned Manning, Noëlle Janaczewska, Vanessa Bates, Verity Laughton)
Directed by Augusta Supple
Venues TBC
Performers TBC
A unique site-specific multi-playwright production containing short plays exploring and celebrating friendship in all its incantations.
Using non-traditional theatre spaces, this is a traveling show which brings theatre into the comfort of living rooms and pop-up spaces around Sydney.