Playscripts - Australian

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 Press
RRP: $34.99

ISBN: 9780868195186
Title: AFTER DINNER
Author: BOVELL ANDREW
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

In a suburban pub bistro on a Friday night three office workers – Dympie, Paula and Monika – are desperately seeking a good night out. At an adjoining table are Gordon, recently abandoned by his wife, and Stephen, looking for something more than the usual one night stand. As the night proceeds, inhibitions and social restraint disappear, exposing the foibles, pain and humour of the characters' inner lives.

An acutely observed but tender-hearted account of relationships and behaviour.

Imprint: Currency Press
RRP: $22.99

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 Press
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: 9781925005233
Title: ALMOST WITH YOU
Author: COLEMAN ELIZABETH
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Its 2007. At forty-five, Lisa is fighting growing feelings for Tom that threaten to rob her of Dan, the person shes always loved most in the world. She wants Tom badly, but she cant (or wont) tell him about Dan, and Tom finds himself in a competition that he cant possibly understand. Dan brings Lisa a joy she cant bear to explain, but with her chance for a life with Tom slipping away, she must finally find the courage to let Dan go. Its the most terrifyingand liberatingdecision shes made since a fateful night 25 years ago.

Imprint: Currency Press
RRP: $22.95

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 Press
RRP: $21.95

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 Press
RRP: $19.95

ISBN: 9781760621384
Title: ATLANTIS
Author: KATZ LALLY
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

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 innocent. Her relationships are chaotic, her professional life is a shambles and contemporary America seems riddled with charlatans and shysters. But along the way moments of wisdom bubble up, as if from some lost ancient city beneath the waves off Florida… Five women play the myriad characters of Lally’s life: ageing Jewish grandparents in Miami, wizened taxi drivers, cynical prophets, unhappy pharmacists, clowns, hip-hop artistes, narcissists, angels, animals – and, of course, Lally herself.

Atlantis is about Lally, travelling into a mess of love and America, refusing to accept the world is doomed. The whirligig of this latter-day Don Quixote is bursting with playfulness, with imagination. Atlantis seems to be saying imagination is what will save us all and make this bleak world beautiful.

Imprint: CURRENCY
RRP: $22.99

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 Press
RRP: $22.99

ISBN: 9781742236452
Title: BANGING DENMARK
Author: BADHAM VAN
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK

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: Newsouth Books
RRP: $24.99

ISBN: 9781783199457
Title: BENEDICT ANDREWS : COLLECTED PLAYS
Author: ANDREWS BENEDICT
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

A multi-award-winning director of theatre and opera, over the past decade, Andrews has built up a remarkable and singular body of work in Australia and Europe. His work has been described as visionary and praised for its innovative staging, arresting visual style and visceral performances. Includes the plays Like a Sun, Every Breath, Dream Girl and Geronimo.

Imprint: OBERON
RRP: $29.99

ISBN: 9780868194219
Title: BLABBERMOUTH
Author: MORRIS MARY / GLEITZMAN MORRIS
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

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 friend Amanda is Pretty cool, but that Darryn Peck is a total pest. Rowena's dad is an apple farmer and aspiring country and western singer, but he just can't seem to pull his head in when he needs to. Her new teacher, Ms Dunning, seems to be taking a shine to him, maybe love is in the air. On the other hand, maybe love sucks, could it turn out to be the worst day of her life (2 acts, 2 men, 3 women).

Imprint: Currency Press
RRP: $22.99