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7:30pm tonight for one night only
at the Bridge Street Theatre Coniston

Last night our seven writers stayed awake and wrote an original short play from scratch. This morning, our actors received their scripts, and are now putting the finer touches on the plays they will perform for our audience tonight.

The Plays

FAMILY DRAMA by Diana McLaren

Starring
Inga Silfr, Ethan Gomez, Charmain Sharp, and Maxwell Tassell

This​ short ​ play ​ looks ​ ​at ​ ​the ​dynamics ​of ​family ​with ​ a ​ ​sense ​of ​ fun. ​ When ​ Mum ​ and ​ ​Dad ​ ​are ​fighting ​the children​ intercede ​ to ​ ​stop ​the ​ argument ​ ​in ​ ​a ​very ​strange ​ way. ​ As ​ they ​ ​all ​discuss ​the ​best ​way ​to ​make everyone​ happy. ​ ​As ​ ​they ​slowly ​begin ​to ​realise ​that ​all ​their ​doing ​is ​making ​themselves ​unhappy ​they get​ more ​ and ​ more ​ ​desperate ​ ​till ​ ​there’s ​nothing ​left ​to ​try.

THE QUALITY OF LIFE by Sevgi Murphy

Starring
Sophie Bentley, Natalie McConchie, Beth McGoldrick-Fuller

THE QUALITY OF LIFE follows the fictional story of Alice; a once exuberant teenager who is currently experiencing a Major Depressive Episode. It portrays the devastating feeling of isolation which many sufferers encounter as a consequence of stigma and lack of education surrounding mental illness. Furthermore, THE QUALITY OF LIFE attempts to highlight that Depression presents not just as sadness but rather as a range of moods and behaviours.

THE HUMAN TRAP by Alexander Cuff

Starring
Vu Moyo, Dylan Horvat, Jarrod Sleiman, James Turnball, and Alex Groombridge

Martin​ ​Smith ​is ​ the ​ last ​ surviving ​ human ​ ​in ​the ​universe. ​So, ​ naturally, ​ poachers ​ ​want ​ him ​ dead. ​ The latest​ ​in ​a ​long ​line ​of ​bounty ​ ​hunters ​ ​trying ​to ​claim ​ ​his ​head ​are ​a ​ cold, ​ unfeeling ​ ​scientist ​and ​his emotional​ robot, ​ as ​ well ​ ​as ​an ​alien ​ and ​ his ​ ​imperfect ​clone. ​Will ​Martin ​survive…​ the ​ Human ​ Trap?

HOTEL ASPEN II: JANITORIAL INDESCRETION
by ACE A. POVEY-ROBERTSON

Starring
Bernadette Le Mesurier, Kim Hobbs, and Dave Tinelt

Two washed-up assassins finish up their last jobs, and prepare to retire. However, a young driver crashes into the train station and delays their departure. The two assassins take refuge from the rain in a terrible bar with an even worse bartender. Surely the train station will be cleaned up soon, right? Surely those rumours are nothing, right? Surely the bartender is doing those things with some sort of self-aware sense of humour, right? Ugh. Should have gone to Maccas.

IT’S ONLY A PAPER MOON by Bradley Ward

Starring
Lisa Omodei, Kirra McGoldrick, Jen Jackson and introducing Charlotte Cuff

After explaining that their writer failed to write something worth staging, four actresses take to the stage to tell a simple noir story:

“Detective Charles Blaine is approached by an old flame to investigate a man who is blackmailing her. After a violent altercation with a wrongfully accused man, Charles finds himself in deep trouble…”

This simple story suffers at the hands of the actresses, who are unable to agree about anything, including who should be telling the story, or how it should be told. After getting distracted and derailed several times, the actors are able to find an ending that touches upon the nature of storytelling itself.

BALANCE AND FRICTION by David Rienits

Starring
Rebecca Wall, Monica Schwenke and Clara Staples

Sofia’s traumatic childhood sexual assault experience is causing her to develop symptoms of PTSD whilst at university. When her friend Holly doesn’t accept this explanation for her odd behaviour, is escalates into a full-blown argument with her supportive friend Jade, who may have a similar story to tell…

BADDA BING BADDA BANG by Tom Peach

Starring
Bryson Grenfell, Sam Lovell, Matthew Latham and Sam Sweeting

Tony has an arrangement with his best mate Peter.  If either one of them is incapacitated, or worse, then they will get round to the other’s apartment and ‘mop up’ – removing any incriminating evidence of wrongdoing before older relatives arrive.

Now Peter has passed away Tony has to convince his friends to help him, break into the apartment, find the stuff, and decide what to do with it.

24 HOUR THEATRE ILLAWARRA

Saturday 2nd September 2017
Bridge Street Theatre, Coniston

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