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Alternative title: Danny Fisher
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Brisbane
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'Brisbane, 1942: a big country town jumping at shadows, never knowing if that buzz in the air is a cicada or a squadron of merciless Japanese Zeroes. World War II took the city’s innocence, and that of 14-year-old Danny Fisher.

'Danny's dashing pilot brother has been killed in the Bombing of Darwin. As Danny's devastated family unravels, the teen finds a surrogate sibling in Andy, one of the Americans stationed in Brisbane. The American pilot takes Danny under his wing, and as the tension begins to rise between the Yank and Aussie servicemen, Danny hatches a reckless revenge plan against those who took his brother.

'A QTC world premiere drawing on true stories from the leafy streets of Brisbane in the middle of wartime, Matthew Ryan’s Brisbane is a life-affirming coming-of-age tale, with moments of sublime comedy amid a heartfelt tale of a family fragmented by tragedy. A living, breathing picture postcard from a time that could have been the making or breaking of a city. ' (Production summary)

Production Details

  • A Queensland Theatre Company presentation. World premiere at Playhouse, QPAC : 11 April - 3 May 2015.

    Director: Iain Sinclair.

    Cast includes Conrad Coleby, Lucy Goleby, Dash Kruck, and Melanie Zanetti.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2015
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2019 .
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      Extent: 88p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 15 August 2019.
      ISBN: 9781760622916
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2019 .
      image of person or book cover 6516159305264339678.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Alternative title: Danny Fisher
      Extent: 89p.
      Note/s:
      • Published August 15, 2019
      ISBN: 9781760626501

Works about this Work

Brisbane Theatre Review (QPAC, Brisbane) Alison Cotes , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Daily Review , 20 April 2015;

— Review of Brisbane Matthew Ryan , 2015 single work drama
'Surrounded as we are by an overkill of heroic or tragic war stories in this ANZAC centenary, it’s a relief to have a new play that looks at war from a different perspective, and for Queenslanders much closer to home.Danny Fisher, a Brisbane boy, is just entering puberty, and like all boys of his age is obsessed with the idea of war, and especially the Air Force.'
Brisbane War Story Rings True to Form Phil Brown , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 20 April 2015; (p. 26)

— Review of Brisbane Matthew Ryan , 2015 single work drama
I'm a sucker for war stories so playwright Matthew Ryan's new play about the World War II years in Queensland capital got me from the get-go...'
Growing Pains Martin Buzacott , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 20 April 2015;

— Review of Brisbane Matthew Ryan , 2015 single work drama
A City Torn Apart and Bewitched by GI Joe Penny Durham , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 14 April 2015; (p. 15)

— Review of Brisbane Matthew Ryan , 2015 single work drama
A City Torn Apart and Bewitched by GI Joe Penny Durham , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 14 April 2015; (p. 15)

— Review of Brisbane Matthew Ryan , 2015 single work drama
Growing Pains Martin Buzacott , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 20 April 2015;

— Review of Brisbane Matthew Ryan , 2015 single work drama
Brisbane War Story Rings True to Form Phil Brown , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 20 April 2015; (p. 26)

— Review of Brisbane Matthew Ryan , 2015 single work drama
I'm a sucker for war stories so playwright Matthew Ryan's new play about the World War II years in Queensland capital got me from the get-go...'
Brisbane Theatre Review (QPAC, Brisbane) Alison Cotes , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Daily Review , 20 April 2015;

— Review of Brisbane Matthew Ryan , 2015 single work drama
'Surrounded as we are by an overkill of heroic or tragic war stories in this ANZAC centenary, it’s a relief to have a new play that looks at war from a different perspective, and for Queenslanders much closer to home.Danny Fisher, a Brisbane boy, is just entering puberty, and like all boys of his age is obsessed with the idea of war, and especially the Air Force.'
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