Cirrus@Austlit

'Created by powerhouse record label managers, Chris and Darren, this is the girl-band to end all girl-bands. They have moulded, twisted, and worked these girls to become the girls everyone wants. The Sensation Girls.

'Problem is, The Sensation Girls don’t know who they are anymore.

'When unofficial leader DeeDee unexpectedly quits, things begin to unravel. The girls are getting older and bolder and they know what they want, what they really, really want.

'Get ready for dancing, Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes inspired rap, low-rise jeans, and a hell of a lot of mess.'

Source: National Theatre of Parramatta.

'At the prestigious performing arts school Arcadia Grammar, the theatre kids and the musical theatre kids have just one rule: you DO NOT go for each other’s lead roles. But Edie is about to throw the rulebook out the window – and all hell is going to break loose.  

'Edie Emerson is a triple threat: she can sing and dance and act. But despite being the lead in every musical at Arcadia, she knows her future on the stage is uncertain. At least until the infamous director Toby Swan agrees to stage Romeo and Juliet at the academy.

'This show could launch Edie’s career – except she doesn’t do ‘theatre’. And she’s already agreed to star in a new musical written by her best friend, Will. So when Toby casts the annoying-but-hot Noah Winters as Romeo, and he insists on Edie for Juliet, it sets the stage for drama …

'Edie had her role at Arcadia down to a fine art. But does she have what it takes to play the most difficult and complicated role of all: herself?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Interrogating the complex relationship between mothers and daughters, inter-generational antipathy, and female identity inside and outside of motherhood, Grace features a stellar cast including Green Room Award-winning actor Jillian Murray (The Year of Magical Thinking) and Kate Cole (Grounded).

'Grace explores memory and remembrance, and the fairy tales we tell ourselves and each other. The production is supported by exquisite composition from sound designer Grace Ferguson, and set and costume by Sophie Woodward and Jacob Battista.' (Production summary)

'Even though she lives on the wrong side of town, 14-year-old Santee believes her world is like ours: that running late for curfew will only get you grounded, and that the government tries to keep its good citizens safe and secure. Until one night, everything changes.

'On her way home from school, Santee takes a detour to the outskirts of town with a boy that she likes – and then finds herself stranded overnight when his car breaks down. When she’s finally able to get a lift towards home the next morning, Santee discovers that everything has changed. A 'safety border' – a wall – has gone up around her part of town, imprisoning her family and trapping her on the outside...

'With its subtle familiarity and a tender, defiant teen romance at its core, Katy Warner’s powerful debut novel is about the importance of hope and standing up for what you believe in.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Spencer tells the story of a tight-knit family led by single-mum and matriarch Marilyn and her three adult children – wayward daughter Jules, mouthy coulda-been Ben and AFL player and golden-boy Scott.

'About to meet the young son – Spencer – he never knew he had, Scott and the family have returned home to help mark the occasion. With the surprise appearance of the father they barely remember, the entire family is forced to work together to clean up both the house and their own fractured relationships as the clock ticks down to Spencer’s arrival.'

Source: Lab Kelpie.

'A darkly comic mixture of the Howards, the Abbotts, the Camerons and the Thatchers of the world, A Prudent Man looks at what it means to be a decent human being, and what it means to be right - in more ways than one.

'What makes the Cory Bernardis and Pauline Hansons of this world tick? What would happen if their world started to shift ever so slightly?'

Source: Production blurb.

'Pedro and Flora. Flora and Pedro. Best Friends. Until one day he stops going outside and starts building a gigantic pillow fort.

'Pedro has the best reasons to stay inside but Flora knows what he’s missing and will do whatever it takes to get her best friend back.

'You can’t stay inside your fort forever, can you?

'A show about irritating best friends, pillow forts, dancing pegacorns and that weird anxious feeling.'

Source: The Blue Room Theatre.

'A darkly comic two-hander by award-winning playwright Katy Warner, in which military traditions blend with broken hearts and just a hint of Beckett …

'Set in a room that is filling with snow, two women soldiers sift through the debris to find a sense of themselves amongst the memories and lies, pop-culture references, and stereotypes. They have been told to protect the base but it’s been so quiet for so long and the vodka has run out, the radio is broken and the baby won’t stop crying.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'With meticulous detail, a woman sets up an elaborate suicide device whilst her husband complains of lost promotions and forgotten birthdays. A surreal exploration of the blurred line between memory and truth, expectations and reality, love and lust.'

Source: Mutation Theatre blogspot, www.mutationtheatre.blogspot.com (sighted 29/09/2010)