The Call

"Funny, disturbing and bittersweet, The Call is an enthralling drama about a young man looking to escape a suburban life. Gary stares into the eyes of a chook. After laying twenty thousand eggs and spending an entire life inside a tiny cage, she's facing the chop. Gary has had a confined life too (most of it spent looking for girls, stealing cars and wagging school. Now it's become a succession of dull, dirty and dangerous jobs. But Gary yearns for something that can make sense of life for him (give it meaning. He hears the call. One that roars inside him. A call of the wild, a call to arms, a call to prayer, a call of adventure ..."--Publisher's website Three confronting and provocative plays about women. Muff by Van Badham -- Winner of the 2014 NSW Premiers Award, the Nick Enright Award for Playwriting, Muff explores women, sex and relationships; a horrific, random rape of a young woman and the threads from this event that continue to wrap and bind their way into lives years after the physical injuries have healed. MinusOneSister by Anna Barnes -- Sophocles & Electra is furiously wrenched into the present and told from the point of view of the teenagers. Eternal obsessions mingle with the obsessions of our times, bloodshed goes hand in hand with Bacardi Breezers and Facebook, and a chilling portrait emerges of a family irreversibly shattered by grief and guilt. Shit by Patricia Cornelius -- Shit takes us into the world of three women -- Billy, Bobby and Sam -- three women from a violent, impoverished underclass who have landed in prison together after a vicious incident. These are the underbelly of womenhood we as a society so rarely want to admit exist. The wounds of an horrific event are re-opened as Eve tries to navigate a friendship with her ex and his new partner. The play uses both grim sadness and dark humour to challenge perceptions of feminism and self-image in the prism of sexual love. Winner of the 2015 NSW Premier's Award for Drama in 2015. ‘An intelligent, challenging, deeply thoughtful and highly original piece of work. In a world where gender relationships remain the minefield they always were, and where male violence towards women remains writ large ... this is a play for our time and a groundbreaking piece of theatre.'NSW Premier's Award judge's report Muff is part one of a passionate and unflinching collection of three award-winning plays by and about women, featuring an introduction by Alison Croggon.

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A story of adventure, ball control and hope. Jamal and Bibi have a dream. To lead Australia to soccer glory in the next World Cup. But first they must face landmines, pirates, storms and assassins. Can Jamal and his family survive their incredible journey and get to Australia? Adapted for the stage by Patricia Cornelius from Morris Gleitzman's best-selling novel, Boy Overboard depicts a deeply human side of the'asylum seekers'issue by following the journey of Jamal and Bibi from Afghanistan to Australia. Based on real life events, this is a moving play about young people overcoming the confusion of war, politics and the search for a safe haven. DO NOT GO GENTLE... In the world as we know it, full of aspiration and glamour, there is something monstrous about coming to our end full of regret. In Do Not Go Gentle, Patricia Cornelius introduces us to a group of ageing characters out on the ice to face their lives, their choices and their challenges. And they do it through the goggles of the ill-fated Antarctic explorer Robert Scott. THE BERRY MAN... The Berry Man follows four characters in a rural community; a woman in her 40s, wanting a child, a Vietnam veteran who inherits a farm and becomes determined to grow berries, his old army buddy and a mysterious younger man who comes to stay Funny, disturbing and bittersweet, The Call is an enthralling drama about a young man looking to escape a suburban life. Gary stares into the eyes of a chook. After laying 20,000 eggs and spending an entire life inside a tiny cage, she's facing the chop. Gary has had a confined life too—most of it spent looking for girls, stealing cars and wagging school. Now it's become a succession of dull, dirty and dangerous jobs. But Gary yearns for something that can make sense of life for him—give it meaning. He hears the call. One that roars inside him. A call of the wild, a call to arms, a call to prayer, a call of adventure ... The Berry Man is a searing indictment of the consequences of war, with the humour and fragile, flawed characters that are a trademark of Cornelius'writing. Eric, a Vietnam vet, has inherited a farm but struggles to grow a single crop. Marjorie, his fiercely independent but troubled neighbour, is unaware of the wartime horrors that plague him. And there's Joey, a mysterious young man whose appearance prevents Eric from moving on. Then Fish arrives. A fellow vet holding onto the idea of mateship, he forces Eric to confront his memories and Marjorie to have the courage to follow her dreams before it's too late. Five Plays Are Intertwined In One In This Story Of Fringe Dwellers, Living In An Age Of Social, Economic And Moral Deprivation. Mostly Without Work, And Politically Disengaged, They Work At Survival. 'with Intelligence, Well-judged Humour And The Searching Qualities Of Truly Memorable Theatre, The Play Peels Away Political Propaganda And Notions Of Correctness To Present A Candid, Difficult, Searing Portrait Of The Poor And Marginalised.' Smh Who' Afraid Of The Working Class? Was Adapted Into The Film, Blessed. (9 Male, 10 Female). 3 confronting & provative plays about women. A hard-hitting play about misogyny & violence towards women, SHIT can be seen at Sydney Festival in January 2017. A piercing new play with ancient roots, MinusOneSister won Patrick White Playwrights' Award in 2013 with well-drawn, authentic & profoundly human characters, Muff explores women, sex and relationships; a horrific, random rape of a young woman and the threads from this event that continue to wrap and bind their way into lives years after the physical injuries have healed Five plays are intertwined in this story of fringe dwellers living in an age of social, economic and moral deprivation. Mostly unemployed and politically disengaged, they work at survival.'With intelligence, well-judged humour and the searching qualities of truly memorable theatre, the play peels away political propaganda and notions of correctness to present a candid, difficult, searing portrait of the poor and marginalised.'Sydney Morning Herald Who's Afraid of the Working Class? was adapted into the film, Blessed. Gary stares into the eyes of a chook. After laying 20,000 eggs and spending an entire life inside a tiny cage, she's facing the chop. Gary has had a confined life too -- most of it spent looking for girls, stealing cars and wagging school. Now it's become a succession of dull, dirty and dangerous jobs. But Gary yearns for something that can make sense of life for him -- give it meaning. He hears the call. One that roars inside him. A call of the wild, a call to arms, a call to prayer, a call of adventure A play about asylum seekers coming to Australia. Jamal and Bibi have a dream. To lead Australia to soccer glory in the next World Cup. But first they must face landmines, pirates, storms and assassins. Can Jamal and his family survive their incredible journey and get to Australia? Four plays examining life on the fringe of society in Melbourne, Australia