Posts in 2010
The Touch of Silk

Directed by: David Goddard

Summary: This poignant drama centres on Jeanne, a homesick French war bride and her shell-shocked husband Jim, battling hardship and prejudice in a drought-stricken town in Northern Victoria. As the drought worsens, the harsh landscape provides a backdrop for the ignorant cruelty and small mindedness of the townsfolk as the play moves towards its tragic conclusion.

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2010Linda Young
Alice In Wonderland

Directed by: Anne Wilson

Tumble down the rabbit hole and follow Alice into Wonderland, where the White Rabbit mustn't be late and the Queen of Hearts wants to chop off your head. Will the White Knight, Humpty Dumpty, the Caterpillar and the Duchess play croquet with flamingos? Will the Mad Hatter turn you on your head in a magical experience of this classic children's story?

Suitable for 3-8 year olds and the young at heart.

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2010Linda Young
A Sting In The Tale

Directed by: Jan McLachlan

It is years since they have written a successful play but two crime writers dream of another box office winner. At the moment their creative efforts have stalled, they're running out of money and as they search for the perfect plot, a murder mystery is hatched. Or is that "hatchetted"? Drama and real life trip over each other until what is plot and what is bloody murder become hopelessly intertwined.

A comic mystery, cleverly drawing on a host of famous hits, which will keep you guessing.

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2010Linda Young
Speaking In Tongues

Directed by: Racquel Boyd

Speaking in Tongues is a provocative modern Australian drama that draws its audience into a complex web of relationships. It tells the story of nine parallel lives, interwoven by infidelities, a missing person and a shoe, all of which are drawn together through the investigations of detective Leon Zat. Within this multi-layered, emotional thriller, we explore the murky territory of trust, intimacy, betrayal and loss.

Winner of an AWGIE award, and developed into the prize-winning Australian movie Lantana in 2001.

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2010Linda Young
Wrong Turn at Lungfish

Directed by: Liz Thomas

Take one irascible, intellectual college dean, blinded by a disease that will soon kill him, and mix with a ditzy, saucy and resilient young woman who volunteers to be his reader. Throw in a fistful of her thug of a boyfriend, a dose of an exasperated student nurse and a hint of blackmail and combine to create this very funny, warm and compassionate play.

Wrong Turn at Lungfish is a witty comedy-drama about the blind leading the blind and ultimately seeing the light.

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2010Linda Young