Playscripts - Australian

ISBN: 9781742236490
Title: 13 STOREY TREEHOUSE : A play for young audiences
Author: TULLOCH RICHARD
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: August 2018 New Release

Adapted from Andy Griffiths’ and Terry Denton’s phenomenally successful Treehouse book series, Richard Tulloch’s play — The 13-Storey Treehouse — is action-packed, full of laughs…with a see-through swimming pool, a tank full of man-eating sharks and a lemonade fountain!

Imagine living in a 13-storey treehouse that includes a secret underground laboratory, self-making beds, a vegetable vaporiser and a marshmallow machine that shoots marshmallows into your mouth? Well Andy and Terry are lucky enough to live in one, where they have a series of completely mad adventures.

And today Andy and Terry manage to get their dates all mixed up. They thought that they were going to rehearse their new play, The 13-Storey Treehouse, except they forgot to write it! And to make matters worse, they need to find flying cats, a mermaid, a sea monster, an invasion of monkeys, and a giant gorilla!

Despite not having any of these things, they do have a box of costumes and props, some pretty awesome technology and friends to help out!

Imprint: NEW SOUTH
RRP: $24.99

ISBN: 9780868196527
Title: 48 SHADES OF BROWN
Author: DEAN PHILLIP
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE


Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $19.00

ISBN: 9781925005257
Title: ACTS OF COURAGE : THREE HEADPHONE VERBATIM PLAYS
Author: OADES ROSLYN
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK

STORIES OF LOVE AND HATE Made in response to the 2005 Cronulla Riots, Stories of Love and Hate traces the lives and loves of the passionate people who were there.

FAST CARS AND TRACTOR ENGINES Ordinary people tell extraordinary stories about the fight of their lives as cultures collide, punches are dodged and youthful confessions of love are shared ...

IM YOUR MAN Set in a boxing ring Im Your Man explores notions of masculinity, courage and respect.

Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $34.99

ISBN: 9780868195377
Title: AFTER THE BALL
Author: WILLIAMSON DAVID
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

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 when they are reunited at the bedside of their dying mother, family memories painfully and mercilessly return. David Williamson has created a family scenario that is frighteningly recognisable. At times hilarious, at times tortuous, this is a frank, critical look at Australian suburban life from the 1960s to the 1990s (2 acts, 3 men, 6 women).

Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $22.99

ISBN: 9780868194318
Title: ALL SOULS
Author: KEENE DANIEL
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

All Souls, or the Day of the Dead, is when the dead return to the world of the living. All Souls evokes a vision of our dreams and nightmares. The writing is poetic, without compromise and a truly remarkable work (2 acts, 2 men, 5 women).

Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $22.99

ISBN: 9780868193106
Title: ALL STOPS OUT
Author: GOW MICHAEL
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $22.99

ISBN: 9780868197463
Title: AMIGOS
Author: WILLIAMSON DAVID
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Of the Four Amigos who won a rowing bronze at the Mexico Olympics, three are still alive: Jim, an investment banker who thinks an AC after his name might legitimise a life of squalid dealing; Dick, a heart surgeon, who can, if he chooses, put in a good word with the Honours Committee; and Stephen, the least successful, grieving the death of his son. They and their wives come together for a two-week holiday in paradise. Sure, there's a bit of bad blood between them and a few old scores to settle, but when it all comes down to it, mates are mates, right?

Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $21.95

ISBN: 9780868199047
Title: AND NO MORE SHALL WE PART
Author: HOLLOWAY TOM
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

After a long and successful marriage, Pam and Don are still very much in love. But Pam is ill and has to make a heartbreaking decision that will transform both their lives. She does so in the only way she knows how – quickly, pragmatically, and resolutely. Don behaves in the only way he knows how – struggling to keep up but desperate not to lose touch.

And No More Shall We Part follows Pam and Don’s halting, humorous and devastating attempt at the impossible – to begin to say goodbye to each other after a lifetime together.

Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $22.99

ISBN: 9780868199467
Title: ANGELAS KITCHEN
Author: CAPSIS PAUL / METRICK JULIAN
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK

In 1948, Angela left Malta. Having gathered up five children, she sailed out on the Strathnavar, leaving poverty and the war behind. Her destination: Australia. In Surry Hills, she could build a bright new life. Back in Malta, someone else has made a journey. Making his way along Kalkaras glistening harbourside, a young man with flowing black hair has returned to claim his past. Paul Capsis is walking home.

Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $19.95

ISBN: 9780868192116
Title: AWAY
Author: GOW MICHAEL
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

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

Commencing with a school performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Shakespearean themes of suffering and reconciliation persist as three families on separate holidays are united during a fierce storm.

Featuring introductions by May-Brit Akerholt and Richard Wherrett and a critical essay by Hilary Bell.

Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $22.99

ISBN: 9780868199269
Title: BABYTEETH
Author: KALNEJAIS RITA
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

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, Moses deals drugs. But hovering above this unholy parade of life is the sobering fact that Milla will die before her 15th birthday. "Babyteeth" looks at the humdrum world around us and sees something radically alive. Dogs, Paganini, figs, an eight-year-old Vietnamese violin prodigy, morphine, clear skies and a Latvian immigrant are amongst the magnificent conflagration of ingredients which make up this wonderful, funny play, written specially for Belvoir.

(2 acts, 3 male, 3 female & 1 child).

Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $19.99

ISBN: 9781742236452
Title: BANGING DENMARK
Author: BADHAM VAN
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: August 2018 New Release

Jake Newhouse is a pickup artist who sells seduction techniques to the lovelorn men of the internet. Ish Madigan is a feminist academic whose life’s been destroyed by male internet trolls.

They are natural enemies...until Jake grows desperate for a favour. He’s developed a crush on a Danish librarian who’s immune to his games, and offers Ish a cool $50 000 to teach him her ways of feminist-friendly persuasion. She may be broke, but can she do it? Will he stand it? And has anyone thought to consult the librarian?!

Van Badham throws a bomb at the rom-com in a badly-behaved comedy of sex, love, modern manners and ancient vanities. Banging Denmark is breathless, relentless and a laugh-out-loud battle of the sexless.

Imprint: NEW SOUTH
RRP: $24.99