James Millar James Millar i(A118530 works by)
Gender: Male
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2 8 y separately published work icon Like a House on Fire Cate Kennedy , Brunswick : Scribe , 2012 Z1891466 2012 selected work short story 'From prize-winning short-story writer Cate Kennedy comes a new collection to rival her highly acclaimed Dark Roots. In Like a House on Fire, Kennedy once again takes ordinary lives and dissects their ironies, injustices and pleasures with her humane eye and wry sense of humour. In 'Laminex and Mirrors', a young woman working as a cleaner in a hospital helps an elderly patient defy doctor's orders. In 'Cross-Country', a jilted lover manages to misinterpret her ex's new life. And in 'Ashes', a son accompanies his mother on a journey to scatter his father's remains, while lifelong resentments simmer in the background.

'Cate Kennedy's poignant short stories find the beauty and tragedy in illness and mortality, life and love.' (From the publisher's website.)
1 1 Drama Queen Geraldine Turner , James Millar , David King (composer), 2012 single work musical theatre 'Two women - a mother and a daughter - a dysfunctional relationship, and the lifelong search for the "gold" in their lives all wrapped up in the seductive world of show business and men.' (Street Theatre website)
1 2 LOVEBites James Millar , Peter Rutherford (composer), 2008 single work musical theatre humour

'An absent minded young ladyleaves behind more than she intended after a one night stand. A pair of Eric Satie fanatics discover each other in an elevator. An A-List celebrity joins the Mile High Club with a stewardess. A couple of strangers are dumped together by the same wave. A worry wart panics about the romantic unknown as she dangles precariously from a rock face. a Book Group with only two members develops into something much greater than an innocent discussion about the latest Helen Garner novel and a florist....is sent flowers.

'"LOVEBites" is a series of short stories about falling in love...and what happens after the confetti settles. Catching one half of each couple in the instant that love strikesand then hearing from the other half about how it ended up. "LOVEBites" is a unique, hilarious and moving song cycle that gives only the beginning and end of each relationship from the separate perspective of the two individuals who share it.'

Source: Seymour Theatre Centre website, http://www.seymour.usyd.edu.au/
Sighted: 16/11/2009
1 2 Breast Wishes Merridy Eastman , Jonathan Gavin , Richard Glover , Wendy Harmer , Sheridan Jobbins , James Millar , Debra Oswald , Bruce Brown (composer), 2007 single work musical theatre 'Breast Wishes is about love, loss, life and silicon. Breasts are a badge of femininity, sex, motherhood and stardom; they influence our identity and define us - they are in short marvellous! Big, small, melons, pears - half of us have them and the other half wish they did. Breast Wishes is an exploration of the roles we play as we traverse the rocky landscape of health, family and womanhood with great humour and pathos. A sophisticated and hilarious glimpse of cleavage and beyond.' Source: www.breastwishes.com.au (Sighted 30/09/2008).
1 3 y separately published work icon The Hatpin James Millar , Peter Rutherford (composer), 2005 2008 Z1552184 2005 single work musical theatre historical fiction
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