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'In a world with a shortage of men, Angela buys an android for company but when she changes her mind and wants to send him back, her friend Larissa can see the advantages of having an android.'

Source: Arts Features International.

Production Details

  • Produced in Eltham Little Theatre, Melbourne, March 2012, as part of Ten Minute Quickies.

    Director: Adrian Rice.

    Cast: Amber Little (Angela), Peta Owen-Palmer (Larissa), and George Iskander (Wayne).


    Staged at Crash Test Sydney, 2013.

    Director: Joy Roberts.

    Cast: Debbie Tilley (Angela), Katherine Wasiel (Larissa), and James Anderson (Wayne).

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    y separately published work icon Arts Features International : Under the Radar Ruth Skilbeck (editor), Newcastle : Borderstream Books , 2019 15428140 2019 anthology poetry short story drama essay interview

    'Arts Features International: Under the Radar features new and historical literary, film and art works, film work in progress and women filmmakers we'd like to know more about. It includes several pieces inspired by Chris Wallace-Crabbe’s epic poem The Universe Looks Down, extracts from which are printed here, including a current exhibition of a new book and prints The Universe Looks Down by Kristin Headlam at the Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne, and a documentary film in-progress by Georgia Wallace-Crabbe and Gregory Miller; the issue includes more on their work; poems by Richard James Allen; a short story by Ruth Skilbeck, an extract “Ruby: Hong Kong Airport” from her novel, and her piece on Behrouz Boochani and Arash Kamali Sarvestani's film made from footage filmed on a mobile phone inside Manus Island detention centre Chauka, Please Tell Us the Time; historical artworks by Andrew Doyle (one of the earliest settler artists in Australia); artworks by Arthur Boyd; Newcastle waterways litter-collecting photojournalism by Michael Gormly; an essay and interview by Ruth Skilbeck on Karen Pearlman’s film trilogy-in-progress on the invisible women editors and filmmakers of Soviet montage films; a futuristic short play script by Vee Malnar; and more.'

    Source: Publisher's blurb.

    Newcastle : Borderstream Books , 2019
    pg. 125-133
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