Cirrus@Austlit

'Devised and performed by the Iranian Verbatim Theatre Group from Tehran, Manus tells the stories of eight asylum-seekers fleeing persecution and personal risk in Iran, and the events leading to their indefinite incarceration on Nauru and then Manus Island.' (Introduction)

'First performed in 1977, The Club ranks among the best of David Williamson’s extensive dramatic repertoire. Set in an unnamed AFL football club, its brisk farce and pungent satire captures the niggle, backbiting and shameless hyp­ocrisy of male boardroom culture.' (Introduction) 

'When 13-year-old Charlie Bucktin is woken in his bedroom sleep-out by a knock on the window, little does he knows this marks the end of his childhood. Called by his new friend Jasper Jones, an outcast Aboriginal boy, to help solve a mysterious death, Charlie begins to glimpse the bleak secrets of his home town of Corrigan.' (Introduction)