Cirrus@Austlit

'“Six months and then my temporary working visa expires. Half a year to achieve my quest to have my engineering degree recognised by the Australian government, to become wealthy, to be able to bring my abandoned family here to this bloody country – I Am No Closer To Achieving My Goal Than The Day I Arrived Six Months Ago…”

'Cultures clash, friendships are formed, lovers meet, ambitions are foiled, abalones are eaten, in this hugely entertaining adaptation of Cher Chidzey’s novel by award winning theatre maker Adam Cass.'

Source: La Mama Theatre.

'In August 2017, Melbourne's La Mama Theatre celebrates 50 years since the premiere of its first production, Jack Hibberd's 'Three Old Friends'. La Mama commemorates the rich life story of the theatre so far, tracking the history and chronology of the work that has been made and the many careers that have been born, raised and cherished there. Complemented by hundreds of wonderful photographs, the book is woven together through a series of rowdy yarns spun by the La Mama community, capturing a sense of the magic that has been inspiring audiences for fifty years.' (Publication summary)

'Bock returns to her desolate hometown to find her father.

'But she’s not the only one looking for him.

'Late at night in a nowhere town, girls roam the street, men hide for cover under their beds and nobody is left without blood on their hands.

'Award winning playwright Adam J. A. Cass and She Said Theatre storm into La Mama with a powerhouse all-female cast. Memories become nightmares as five lives are inextricably caught in a forever-yesterday dystopia, pinned, all flapping wings and buzzing.' (Production summary)

'Johnny is withdrawing into a world of gaming, social media and pornography as his relationship with Julia at home founders. Meeting a young girl from Eastern Europe in a chat room he is quickly drawn into an online game and begins spending large sums on maintaining his avatar, as well as making some dangerous choices in his friendship with the girl. Incorporating stunning visual effects and computer animation, the virtual world in ROAM becomes a battlefield for minds, hearts and credit cards. Can immersion in internet relationships render real world communication obsolete? How much of ourselves do we keep secreted away from our closest intimates?' (Red Stitch website)

'Two cultures collide as the now infamous story of Azaria Chamberlain is reinvented in a bold, contemporary work, that resonates as strongly as it did 30-years ago. Looking beyond the bare facts of the story, "The Rock" delves into the mythical realms of the Australian land and asks the question "what happens when the natural order of life gets messed up?"

Contemporary dance forms, such as Butoh, Pitjantjatjara language, text and physical theatre combine to move through different worlds, laws, cultures and faiths and tell this epic story of the desert, persecution and a lost child.

Debris floats eerily, unable to sink in and disintegrate; it lands only to pick up again. Days and nights shift erratically to scold and freeze with her fevers and chills. Madness creeps in from those memories, those nightmares that aren't quite clear. Wings are clipped and birds are caged against their will. And still she has not been found...' Source: www.pozible.com (Sighted 19/10/2011).

'Johnny is a digital chameleon, able to change who he is with the stroke of a key and the click of a mouse — a skill he puts to use in an online chatroom. Posing as a girl, under the screen name AlbaJay, Johnny stumbles across someone he knows from his real life, a boy from school, MarkyMark.

'The two begin a digital relationship, but as the fictional world he has created starts to collide with reality, Johnny must do whatever it takes to make sure MarkyMark still loves him.

'Based on true events, I Love You, Bro is a tale of love and deceit in a digital world.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.