Bruce Hoogendoorn Bruce Hoogendoorn i(A15104 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 2 Warts and All Bruce Hoogendoorn , 2014 single work drama

'Simon is 17 years old and has just been sent to stay with his grandmother in Queensland for a change of scene after his life was turned upside down after developing osteoarthritis, which destroyed his promising running career.

'His grandmother is in the midst of writing the family history, which she unsuccessfully encourages him to help with. However, when the ghost of a long-dead relative appears to Simon he starts to work on the family history and unwittingly reignites a feud with some long-estranged relatives.' (Publication abstract)
1 1 The Reluctant Shopper Bruce Hoogendoorn , 2013 single work drama

'The economy is in trouble and The Business Council is very worried about its members. So they take drastic action – they blackmail a wealthy young tax avoider, Sam, to start spending in their members’ shops. But there’s a problem – he’s a Scrooge who hates shopping!'

'However, Barry, from the Council, is not easily put off. And when he brings Sam together with Lisa, a beautiful young shopping addict, the money starts to fly, but with unexpected results. Will the businesses be saved? Will Sam and Lisa live happily ever after in consumer bliss? Or will Barry see the light?' (Source: Canberra Ticketing website)
1 2 The Underground Ark Bruce Hoogendoorn , 2012 single work drama

'The climate has changed and the planet is now too hot to live on. An elite group of professionals are now living underground with the goal of repopulating the country when, and if, it cools down. Five of the women are pregnant, but all are suffering from a life-threatening condition.

'Will the babies survive? Or is it the end for humanity?'

Source: Canberra Theatre website, http://www.canberratheatrecentre.com.au/
Sighted: 12/06/2012
1 1 The Clever Country Bruce Hoogendoorn , 2010 single work drama humour 'A wild romp of a comedy that asks, what's our country coming to when university science enrolments have fallen so low it now takes a higher tertiary entrance score to study fashion design? And what can be done about it? The Minister for Science decides there is only one way to get students enrolling again - make science sexier! Prepare to be delighted as science, fashion design, fame and sex appeal collide and combust in this outrageous comedy on a serious subject.' (Theatre Australia website)
1 1 The Role Model Bruce Hoogendoorn , 2005 single work drama humour
1 Alice of Hearts Bruce Hoogendoorn , 2000 single work drama 'Alice is back in Wonderland. She is now twenty-five, although she thinks she's still seven. She came back to have fun, but can't have any because Wonderland is now run by a cost-cutting CEO. He has put most of the inhabitants to work in a jam tart factory and cut back (executed) the rest.

Alice decides to try and free the Duchess, the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit and others, and take them into the garden where they will start a new society and lead beautiful lives. But there's a problem: they don't want to be freed.

Alice decides to free them anyway ...' (Source: http://www.ozscript.org/script.php?id=1117 )
1 Review of This Is for You Bruce Hoogendoorn , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Redoubt , no. 20 1995; (p. 125-127)
— Review of This Is for You Michael Wilding , 1994 selected work short story
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