Recommended for community theatre

Each month our Literary Manager, John Kachoyan, delves into our extensive catalogue and suggests plays that are well suited for production by community theatre groups. This list brings together a growing selection of recemmendations from the past few years. You can also receive these recommendations via email, by signing up here

Speaking in Tongues

by Andrew Bovell

Two couples set out to betray their partners... A lover returns from the past and a husband doesn’t answer the phone... A woman disappears and a neighbour is the prime suspect... Contracts are broken between intimates and powerful bonds are formed between strangers. In...

MAN THE BALLOON

by Matt Cameron

The local balloon man declares the outbreak of an alarming trend: citizens are spontaneously bursting. With its diminishing population, this is a town inhabited by not-quite-together people who are constantly in analysis. Elliot, a hapless balloon enthusiast, struggles to...

A TOAST TO MELBA by Jack Hibberd		add to cart
FOURPLAY by Jane Bodie		add to cart
AND NO MORE SHALL WE PART by Tom Holloway		limited
HINTERLAND by Matt Cameron		add to cart
THE INCORRUPTIBLE by Louis Nowra		add to cart
MOTHERLAND by Katherine Lyall-Watson		add to cart
ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID'S CITY by Michael Gow		limited
A SINGLE ACT by Jane Bodie		add to cart
THE GREAT FIRE by Kit Brookman		add to cart
DINKUM ASSORTED by Linda Aronson		add to cart
COLDER by Lachlan Philpott		add to cart
CHRISTMAS DAY by Claire Haywood		add to cart
THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS by Ron Elisha		add to cart
EIGHT GIGABYTES OF HARDCORE PORNOGRAPHY by Declan Greene		add to cart
BACON AND EGGS by Chris Edmund		add to cart
CHARITABLE INTENT by David Williamson		add to cart
BRUTOPIA by Aidan Fennessy		add to cart
EMBERS by Campion Decent		add to cart
AND THE BIG MEN FLY by Alan Hopgood		add to cart
A MOMENT ON THE LIPS by Jonathan Gavin		add to cart
NIGHTFALL by Joanna Murray-Smith		add to cart
FOOD by Steve Rodgers		add to cart
BEYOND THE NECK by Tom Holloway		add to cart
WAKING UP DEAD by Trudy Hellier		add to cart
PORN.CAKE by Vanessa Bates		add to cart
THE PEACH SEASON by Debra Oswald		add to cart
THE TORRENTS by Oriel Gray		add to cart
ALIVE AT WILLIAMSTOWN PIER by Neil Cole		add to cart
THE SWEETEST THING by Verity Laughton		add to cart
THE GIFT by Joanna Murray-Smith		add to cart
STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT by Abe Pogos		add to cart
BEHIND THE PLAY by Marita Wilcox		add to cart
THE GREAT FIRE by Kit Brookman		add to cart
CAFE TABLE (THREE CONVERSATIONS) by Daniel Keene		add to cart
NINETY by Joanna Murray-Smith		add to cart
GOD'S LAST ACRE by Vivienne Walshe		add to cart
A STRATEGIC PLAN by Ross Mueller		add to cart
THE HEARTBREAK KID by Richard Barrett		add to cart
CHILLING AND KILLING MY ANNABEL LEE by Aidan Fennessy		add to cart
MINEFIELDS AND MINISKIRTS: AUSTRALIAN WOMEN AND THE VIETNAM WAR by Terence O'Connell		add to cart
THE ADMAN by Robert Hewett		add to cart
THERESE RAQUIN by Gary Abrahams		add to cart
MUSIC by Jane Bodie		add to cart
SMALL AND TIRED by Kit Brookman		add to cart
THE GHOST WRITER by Ross Mueller		add to cart
PRETEXT by Virginia Proud		add to cart
THE METHOD by Jodi Gallagher		add to cart
GAYBIES by Dean Bryant		add to cart
CARESS / ACHE by Suzie Miller		add to cart
UNHOLY GHOSTS by Campion Decent		add to cart
BURNING TIME by Nicholas Flanagan		add to cart
BARMAIDS by Katherine Thomson		add to cart
ONE FOR THE UGLY GIRLS by Tahli Corin		add to cart
THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE by Andrew Bovell		add to cart
NIGHT LETTERS by Susan Rogers		add to cart
WATER FALLING DOWN by Mark Swivel		add to cart
THE JACK MANNING TRILOGY by David Williamson		add to cart
THE FRAIL MAN by Anthony Crowley		add to cart
THE HOUSE ON THE LAKE by Aidan Fennessy		limited
THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES by Joanna Murray-Smith		limited
ON THE WALLABY by Nick Enright		add to cart
THE BEAST by Eddie Perfect		add to cart
LETTERS TO LINDY by Alana Valentine		add to cart
RHONDA IS IN THERAPY by Bridgette Burton		add to cart
ROTTO BOYS by Les Pearce		add to cart
JERUSALEM by Michael Gurr		add to cart
CANOEING IN SOOMAA by Mark Swivel		add to cart
GOOD WORKS by Nick Enright		add to cart
WALLFLOWERING by Peta Murray		add to cart
CRUSHED by Melita Rowston		add to cart
MARBLES by Kate Wyvill		add to cart
SALT by Peta Murray		limited
TORREZ by Ian Wilding		add to cart
THE SCHELLING POINT by Ron Elisha		add to cart
TRANSPARENCY by Suzie Miller		add to cart
CORPORATE VIBES by David Williamson		add to cart
BOY OUT OF THE COUNTRY by Felix Nobis		add to cart
GALLIPOLI: A MANUAL OF TRENCH WARFARE by Clem Gorman		add to cart
GARY’S HOUSE by Debra Oswald		add to cart
IN CAHOOTS by Melissa Reeves		add to cart
SUMMER OF THE ALIENS by Louis Nowra		add to cart
POST FELICITY by Ben Ellis		add to cart
CAFE SCHEHERAZADE by Therese Radic		add to cart
LIFE AFTER GEORGE by Hannie Rayson		add to cart
THE SECRET HOUSE by Noel Hodda		add to cart
BROKEN by Mary Anne Butler		add to cart
THE SCHOOL OF ARTS by Bille Brown		add to cart