Kit Brookman Kit Brookman i(A130267 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 4 y separately published work icon The Great Fire Kit Brookman , 2016 Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2016 8898942 2016 single work drama humour

'A comedy, a family, ten actors, a landscape (view of the Adelaide Hills), a great deal of conversation about politics and life, Christmas, large hopes, five tons of love. The Great Fire is a big new play about us – middle Australia in 2016.

'Many years ago, in the 1970s, in pursuit of a good life and a sustainable future, Judith and Patrick built a house in the Adelaide Hills. They raised the kids here. As time wore on, bit by bit, the family drifted both from the house and the dream it was born from. Now it’s Christmas, the first grandchild is on the way and all three generations have gathered again. In the tinderbox heat of summer, Judith is at a crossroads: can the life they pursued in the first place come good again?

'Warm, funny, deeply felt, The Great Fire is the work of a brilliant new writing talent, Kit Brookman, with a brilliant ensemble cast. We present it here as a kind of companion to The Blind Giant is Dancing – a pair of plays a generation apart about family, about holding your course, about what will survive of the fading triumph of Australian social democracy.' (Publication summary)

1 The Plant Kit Brookman , 2016 single work drama

'Three years on from the sudden death of her husband, Sue’s future still feels blank. Her three children are distant and distracted. For the first time in her life, she’s alone. Sue decides to take drastic action: to be surrounded by life, even if that life is vegetable. But when you need to talk, plants don’t necessarily make the best conversational partners.

'So Sue strikes on a radical solution – one that means her children will have to contend with an unexpected new arrival in the family…'

Source: Ensemble Theatre (https://www.ensemble.com.au/shows/the-plant/). (Sighted: 11/12/2018)

1 1 y separately published work icon A Rabbit for Kim Jong-il Kit Brookman , 2015 Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2015 7770153 2015 single work drama

'Johann’s super-sized rabbits are his pride and joy. Much to his surprise, the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has taken a special interest, and will stop at nothing to get his hands on them. When a bungled undercover rescue mission transports Johann to North Korea, he finds himself, and the bunnies he betrayed, in a bit of a stew.

'Preposterously based on a true story, A Rabbit for Kim Jong-il is a cunning comic thriller spanning two continents. Crammed with secret agents, espionage, double-crossings and a giant rabbit named Felix, the play is also a pointed parable about betrayal and forgiveness, greed and regret.

'A Rabbit for Kim Jong-il was lovingly raised by playwright Kit Brookman and will be set free on stage by Lee Lewis.' (Publication summary)

1 3 Nora Kit Brookman , Anne-Louise Sarks , 2014 single work drama

'It’s all very well to walk out the door slamming it behind you, as Ibsen’s Nora Helmer did in 1879; declaring yourself at long last liberated from A Doll’s House. But what happens after that triumphant moment? How much exactly does it cost a woman to leave her child, family and husband to choose her self?

'Kit Brookman and Anne-Louise Sarks revisioning of Nora’s iconic story overlaps with Ibsen’s revolutionary play but takes an audience beyond the moment of leaving and follows Nora through into the complications that doubtless, surely, follow her choice.

'In 2014 Nora’s dilemma is still going: just how much will a woman put up with and why? And what are her alternatives to putting up with a situation that makes her diminutive?

'Anne-Louise Sarks makes classics reverberate and resound in a new way. Her 2012 production of Medea in our Downstairs Theatre stunned students and teachers alike. This contemporary production will provide a strong framework for students to hone their critical skills by contemplating texts comparatively across time. She brings her unique vision to this deeply felt play about how to work out your own freedom and become comfortable with your own power.' (Production summary)

1 Close Kit Brookman , 2013 single work drama mystery 'The new girl at school has disappeared. What happened to her and who is to blame? Six teenagers attempt to unravel the mystery, piecing together fragments of the puzzle and trying to get closer to the truth.

Close is a contemporary mystery from one of the country's most original new voices, dealing with the challenges of loss, guilt and being an outsider. A dark, funny and unnerving new drama not to be missed.' (Source: http://www.pwa.org.au/close/ )
1 4 Small and Tired Kit Brookman , 2013 single work drama

'Orestes has come back to bury his father. He has been away a long time. His mother is hardened, his sister is strangely ill. He will see them, he will bury his father, and then, in all likelihood, he will drift away again. But in a bar one night, slightly drunk, he meets a gentle soul called Pylades...

'Kit Brookman's play springs from the myth of Orestes and the House of Atreus, but Brookman's leap of imagination has been to fully dissolve the myth into the contemporary world.' (Source: http://www.stagewhispers.com.au/news/2013-season-belvoir )

1 Night Maybe Kit Brookman , 2013 single work drama

'Tom abandons his sister Sasha by the side of the road. She plunges headlong into the night.

'As she hunts him down she peels back the layers of their shifting relationship, past gender, sexuality and both their bodies.'

Source: Theatre Works program.

1 1 All Over Kit Brookman , 2012 single work drama
1 Stars and Ink i "Nothing about the universe is peaceful,", Kit Brookman , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Disappearing 2012;
1 2 Heaven Kit Brookman , 2011 single work drama 'When Angela Farnsworth is run over by a bakery van and killed after walking home from school one day, the world starts to look very different to Max. Death seems just around the corner, and whatever it is that comes after becomes a terrifying mystery. So, despite the scepticism of his friends, Max decides to ask the only person he knows who might be able to shed some light on the whole mystery of the universe. Summoning the dead can have unforeseen consequences. "Heaven" is a bittersweet comedy about death, growing up, and the perils of becoming an amateur medium.' Source: http://www.moshtix.com.au/ (Sighted 03/12/2012).
1 From 'How Stars Are Like Us' i "The other sky has its bright face on,", Kit Brookman , 2011 extract poetry
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 23 October 2011; (p. 7)
1 Phaedra Hangs Out the Washing i "the beauty of boys", Kit Brookman , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 13 February 2011; (p. 7) The Disappearing 2012;
1 How Stars Are Like Us i "The heart is like a star,", Kit Brookman , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Clubs and Societies 2011;
1 The Other Sky... i "The other sky has its bright face on,", Kit Brookman , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Clubs and Societies 2011;
1 The Theory of Everything i "Stars", Kit Brookman , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Clubs and Societies 2011; First Light : Clubs, Societies and Poetry 2012; (p. 12-14)
1 Bodies i "I am becoming more interested", Kit Brookman , 2010- single work poetry
— Appears in: Harvest , Winter no. 5 (p. 50)
1 Stories from the 428 Donna Abela , Kit Brookman , Tahli Corin , Matt Edgerton , Joanna Erskine , Šime Knežević , Patrick Lenton , Jasper Marlow , Brooke Robinson , Alison Rooke , 2010 anthology drama 'Buses are a necessary part of Sydney life and inspire rage and romance in equal measure. A group of Australia’s impressive award-winning and emerging playwrights have collaborated to create a unique show inspired by conversations, scenes from the bus window, overseen text messages or perhaps the person sitting across from them on the 428 bus from Circular Quay to Canterbury.' Source: http://storiesfromthe428.com/?page_id=526 (Sighted 16/09/2010).
1 Dusk i "We set out at dusk, down to the dock,", Kit Brookman , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 55 no. 1 2010; (p. 74-75)
1 Antigone Holidays to Thebes i "I am not welcomed with open arms.", Kit Brookman , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heat , no. 22 (New Series) 2010; (p. 127-128)
1 M. Hutchison i "ashes strewn", Kit Brookman , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 69 no. 2 2009; (p. 15)
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