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TOY SYMPHONY
by Michael Gow
Michael Gow’s first full-length play in a decade is a dazzling tour-de-force of theatrical invention.
Roland Henning has writer’s block. When he tries to explain the situation to a therapist, his story begins to tumble back and forth between his childhood in The Shire and his work as a playwright. At the root of it all is that extraordinary day in primary school which shattered his boyhood and plunged him headlong into the dizzy circus of life and art.
His story is funny, fiercely eloquent and shockingly honest. Toy Symphony is a wrestle between the vicious bastardry of being an artist and the sheer exhilaration of the creative act.
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Awards
2008 Helpmann Awards - Best New Australian Work 2008 VIC Premier's Literary Awards - Louis Esson Prize for Drama (shortlist) 2007 Sydney Theatre Awards - Best New Work
Review
Rich and exhilarating. - Bryce Hallett, SMH
| ISBN | 9780868198286 |
| Length | full length |
| Cast | 3M, 2F |
| Audience age | adult |
| Publisher | Currency Press |
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Louis Esson Prize for Drama (2008 nominee)
