Cirrus@Austlit

'A multifarious exploration of religion, history, culture and sexuality.'

'This accomplished jukebox musical served as a reminder of how far society has (and hasn’t) evolved.'

'Based on an original creation story from Wadawurrung Country, this is a tale of a magpie named Parrwang who saves the world from darkness.'

'Patricia Highsmith is all the rage at the moment, so it's a good time to stage Joanna Murray-Smith's play about the writer.' 

'Sometimes art imitates life or holds a mirror up to the audience and reflects something about itself back at it. And sometimes a production can be part of a national conversation. In the case of Fourteen, this was definitely part of the decision-making process. So how and why is a show set in 1999 about a year in the life of a Year 9 gay kid at an all-boys catholic school in regional Queensland with a soundtrack of banging 90s songs relevant to Central West NSW in 2024? Incredibly, for far too many reasons.' (Introduction)

'A solo show that spans near and far, borne of personal and global events.'

'A one-person show that skilfully covers a societal issue with empathy and compassion.' 

'Can a novel succeed when it features a wilfully stupid protagonist?'

'A debut novel that surveys intimate relationships and the nature of desire.'

'A highly imaginative collection of tales about inanimate objects in space.'

'A collection of poetry that riffs and talks back to Leopold von Sascher-Masoch, author of notorious classic 'Venus in Furs'.'

'Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway, this novella explores coercive control.' 

''Till death do us part' is put to the test in this heartbreaking memoir.'

'A memoir that tracks what happens when a formerly dutiful child decides to pursue her own path.'

'A complex and confronting story about migrant youth from the towers of Melbourne's inner west, their teachers and the local police.'

'A feminist perspective on Henry Lawson's 'The Drover’s Wife'.'