National Play Festival 2009
Showcase Collection
The showcase season of new plays is the centrepiece of the National Play Festival. Across four days it showcases six of the best new plays from around Australia, hand-picked by PlayWriting Australia, directed by some of the country’s finest directors and performed by a company of our best actors. Presented following two weeks of intensive rehearsals as polished readings, the Showcase season is your first look at what’s new in Australian theatre.
Below are the plays showcased by PlayWriting Australia in 2008 and this year in 2009.
| AUSTRALIAN GOTHIC by Mary Rachel Brown | ||
| CONCUSSION by Ross Mueller | ||
| DIRTYLAND by Elise Hearst | ||
| THE MAN WITH THE SEPTEMBER FACE by Kylie Trounson | ||
| REVOLUTION by Jonathan Ari Lander | ||
| SAVAGE RIVER by Steve Rodgers | ||
| THREE SHORT PLAYS ABOUT THE SAME TWO PEOPLE by Van Badham | ||
| WIREDANCER'S WALTZ by Sven Swenson | ||
| HELLY'S MAGIC CUP by Rosalba Clemente | ||
| IN THE VIOLET TIME by Sue Smith | ||
| ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS by John Fraser |