Campion Decent Campion Decent i(A13960 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 2 y separately published work icon Unprecedented Campion Decent , 2023 Fortitude Valley : Playlab , 2023 27278143 2023 single work drama
1 y separately published work icon The Campaign Campion Decent , 2018 13418600 2018 single work drama

'"I was arrested for being gay before I’d even danced with another man." – Rodney Croome

'In 1988 more than one hundred arrests were made at Salamanca Market when the Tasmanian Gay Law Reform Group defied a ban on a stall that featured petitions to decriminalise sexual activity between consenting adult males in private. The arrests lit the spark for a campaign to change a law in Tasmania that was the most draconian in the Western world in terms of its penalty and, by the time of its repeal, the last of its kind in Australia.

'From candid interviews with the people who were there, Campion Decent has fashioned a gripping account of Tasmania’s decades-long gay law reform campaign; the venomous parliamentary debates and public meetings, the individual acts of bravery and humour amidst the hurt, and the dogged march to a landmark United Nations ruling that had far-reaching repercussions in the Federal and Tasmanian Parliaments and the High Court of Australia.

'Honest, raw and urgent, The Campaign chronicles Tasmania’s journey from exclusion to inclusion, from opposition to acceptance, and from hatred to embrace.'

Source: Tasmanian Theatre Company.

1 3 Unholy Ghosts Campion Decent , 2012 single work drama

'A successful man of the theatre finds a front row seat in a strange new tragicomedy: the undignified death of his parents. There’s not much time left for either his ailing mother the actress, still prone to melodramatics, or his father the salesman, still flogging his side of the story. But there’s just enough time to open old wounds and have a jolly good go at new ones.

'At once personal and universal, 'Unholy Ghosts' invites us to reflect on the narrative turning point that visits all our life stories. It’s an irreverent, life-affirming take on loss with all the inherent funniness of a good funeral.' (Source: Griffin Theatre Company website)

2 3 y separately published work icon Embers Campion Decent , 2006 Hobart : Australian Script Centre , 2006 Z1280895 2006 single work drama 'An account of the fires that ravaged the communities of Victoria's northeast and Gippsland in January 2003; the heart-stopping tales of survival, the awe-inspiring courage and endurance of communities put to the test, the spine-chilling evocations of the wave of heat that roars through pristine valleys - and the mountains of sandwiches volunteers anxiously prepared.' Source: http://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/stcenews/2006/july/STC/july_online.html (Sighted 29/06/2006).
1 y separately published work icon Storyline Campion Decent (editor), 2002 Surrey Hills : Australian Writers' Guild , Z1363546 2002 periodical (2 issues) Storyline is the online journal of the Australian Writers' Guild. "To further the cause of writing for performance in Australia. To convey news and information of relevance and interest to performance writers." - AWG website
1 Monologues Campion Decent , 2002 extract drama (Three Winters Green)
— Appears in: Four W , no. 13 2002; (p. 142-144)
1 Baby X Campion Decent , 2000 single work drama humour
— Appears in: Inside 2000 2000; (p. 109-151)
This drama concerns two lesbians who ask a gay male male friend to be a sperm donor.
1 1 y separately published work icon Inside 2000 Jodi Gallagher , Samantha Bews , Gabrielle Macdonald , Campion Decent , Pam Leversha , Sydney Melbourne : Currency Press Playbox Theatre Centre, Monash University , 2000 Z911204 2000 anthology drama
1 Three Winters Green Campion Decent , 1993 single work drama
1 Be Afraid... Be Very Afraid Campion Decent , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Dialogue : Newsletter of the Australian National Playwrights' Centre , March no. 11 1992; (p. 6)
1 Pink Inkers : Anthology Success Campion Decent , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sydney Star Observer , 1 November 1991; (p. 19)
1 Michael Gow : Furiouser and Furiouser Campion Decent , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sydney Star Observer , 1 November 1991; (p. 20)
1 After Life and Before Campion Decent , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: Pink Ink : An Anthology of Australian Lesbian and Gay Writers 1991; (p. 148-152)
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