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Louis Nowra
Acclaimed playwright and author Louis Nowra - author of Kings Cross and Woolloomooloo - expands his gaze to explore the energy, beauty, vulgarity, dynamism and pulsating sense of self-importance of…
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From one of Australia’s foremost literary talents, this is an unforgettable and heartbreaking story about two young girls living in the wild with Tasmanian Tigers.
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Black parachutes fall from the sky: young soldiers - and a dog - on a rescue mission in a remote part of Afghanistan. But the mission ends in chaos, and…
Lewis arrives fresh from university to direct a play at a mental institution. Roy demands Cosi Fan Tutte. An affectionate look at madness and mayhem (3 acts, 5 men, 3…
Inspired by the true story of a group of people who were discovered in the wilds of Tasmania in 1939 (2 acts, 10 men, 6 women).
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After an extensive period of writing for film, Louis Nowra returns to the stage with The Boyce Trilogy, an epic saga about the Boyce family, a family made wealthy through…
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Anica Boulanger-Mashberg
The most respected, authoritative study guide on Cosi is written by Anica Boulanger-Mashberg who is a published playwright and author of short fiction and teaches English at the University of…
In the coastal township of Girrawandi, in far North Queensland, a schoolgirl has been murdered and Detective Ken Lincoff arrives from Brisbane to investigate. There’s not much to go on…
Louis Nowra is a well-known Australian playwright. He has also written fim scripts and for television.
In stories disturbing, moving and comic, the acclaimed Australian author, playwright & screenwriter displays his breathtaking range, taking us from Venice to Lord Howe Island, from the chaos of contemporary…
It was no wonder I was glad to be down in Woolloomooloo. The Old Fitzroy reminded me of how Kings Cross used to be. Told in his vivid and entertaining…
Louis Nowra burrows beneath the sensationalist Underbelly sex and sin narrative, revealing stories and a cast of characters some household names others little-known - that not even a writer could…
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Yes, Sydney can be vulgar, corrupt, facile, ugly, brash and mindlessly hedonistic, but it is also visually beautiful, sensual, playful, dynamic, with a sense of unrestrained optimism. I fell in…
Radiance, is an exuberant black sabbath for three great Indigenous dames. Cressy, Nora and Mae are half-sisters with little in common except the ghosts of their childhood. They gather, in…
From the Antarctic to Victorian London, the Yorkshire moors to colonial tropical Cairns, to Imperial Japan and to the gritty streets of modern-day Kings Cross, Ice is a novel of…
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Spanning five decades from 1962 to 2017, The Lewis Trilogy follows Louis Nowra’s occasional hero, sometime narrator and perennial misfit, Lewis, as he struggles to find and understand his place…
Louis Nowra burrows beneath the sensationalist Underbelly ‘sex and sin’ narrative, revealing stories and a cast of characters - some household names others little-known - that not even a writer…
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Set in Paraguay during the 1860s War of the Triple Alliance. The megalomaniac President Lopez has married Madame Lynch, a Parisian courtesan. His ignorance and her egotism together bring ruin…
Louis Nowra,Sally Nicholls
Following a ferocious storm, Hannah and Becky find themselves lost in the dangerous Tasmanian bush. Recused and adopted by a pair of Tasmanian tigers, the girls must adapt to a…
A collection of significant Australian plays offering different historical and critical perspectives. Features Ron Blair’s The Christian Brothers (1975); Jennifer Compton’s Crossfire (1975); A Happy and Holy Occasion (1976) by…
