Plays by Publisher - Currency Press

St James Infirmary

Nick Enright

Currency Press

4 Male 2 Female

As protesters march against the war in Vietnam, boys in a Catholic school prepare for their final exams Dominic Connolly, passionately opposed to the war paints an anti-war mural on the cadet drill hall and...

$23.99

Nowhere

Dorothy Hewett

Currency Press

4 Male 2 Female

In a once-thriving country town, Josh sits in a shed singing in the ashes of his dreams. Into his life comes Snow, still reeling from his Vietnam memories, and Vonnie, a young Aboriginal girl fleeing from th...

$23.99

It Just Stopped & Myth Propaganda and Disaster in Nazi Germany and Contemporary America

Stephen Sewell

Currency Press

It Just Stopped This savage comedy of manners explores our relationship to art, globalisation, death, technology, America, Campari, cardboard boxes and slavery Sewell's play is funny and shocking in turn ...

$29.99

Converging Realities - Feminism in Australian Theatre

Peta Tait

Currency Press

This looks at the work of women theatre practitioners who express feminist ideas through their use of form Peta Tait identifies how women's work in comic and physical styles, performed in unusual spaces, n...

$34.99

King Tide

Katherine Thomson

Currency Press

2 Male 3 Female

Three years ago, Sal was an award-winning investigative journalist Uncovering government corruption and public scandals she was forever on the front line But her son's death robbed Sal of her willingness t...

$27.99

The Jack Manning Trilogy - A Study Guide

David Williamson

Currency Press

This Study Guide offers info on the genesis of the plays, their plots and many interviews with key figures, including the author

$23.99

A Beautiful Life

Michael Futcher & Helen Howard

Currency Press

6 Male 2 Female

An Iranian family living in Australia attempts to escape memories of torture endured back home Their role in the 1992 raid on the Iranian Embassy in Canberra leads to persecution by the Australian government...

$27.99

Rapture

Joanna Murray-Smith

Currency Press

3 Male 3 Female

A group of friends gather to celebrate the homecoming of two of their group A thoughtful and entertaining One Act play about what happens when cynicism is confronted by faith

$23.99

Almost A Dinosaur

Jill Morris

Currency Press

6 Male 1 Female

Set about 135 million years ago, Almost a Dinosaur is the story of Rosi, who is a...well...Rosi's not quite sure She lives in the forest with Arky Archaeopteryx, Allo Allosaurus, Dindy Deinonychus, the quar...

$27.99

Money and Friends

David Williamson

Currency Press

5 Male 4 Female

A revealing clash between materialism and ideals. Peter, a mathematician who is niceness itself, is in financial trouble because of his brother's bankruptcy. His neighbour Margaret decides he needs help from...

$23.99

All In Good Timing

Henri Szeps

Currency Press

Henri Szeps' passion for acting is infectious. Here Henri - who is particularly well known for his role as Robert in the television series Mother and Son - lays before the reader thirty years of acting exper...

$27.99

Hoods

Angela Betzien

Currency Press

1 Male 1 Female

Each night two hoods ride a train to a wrecking yard on the outskirts of the city Here, in this cemetery of stories, they are storytellers with the power to fast forward, pause and rewind Tonight, they tel...

$23.99

Aftershocks

Paul Brown

Currency Press

7 Male 9 Female

A moving and truthful portrayal depicting the impact and after effects of the Newcastle earthquake on the lives of ordinary Australian people. 2 Acts - 7M, 9W

$27.99

Dead Heart

Nick Parsons

Currency Press

Six hundred kilometres west of Alice Springs lies Wala Wala, a tiny, unorthodox community of white fringe dwellers ministering to a floating population of tribal aborigines The schoolteacher's wife, Kate, ha...

$27.99

Amigos

David Williamson

Currency Press

3 Male 2 Female

Of the Four Amigos who won a rowing bronze at the Mexico Olympics, three are still alive - Jim, an investment banker who thinks an AC after his name might legitimise a life of squalid dealing; Dick, a hea...

$27.99

Harbour

Katherine Thomson

Currency Press

5 Male 5 Female

On the Wednesday before Easter, 1998, one of the most dramatic events in recent Australian history took place It was the culmination of a tightly planned scheme between the Federal Government and a steved...

$27.99

No Sugar

Jack Davis

Currency Press

The spirited story of the Millimurra family's stand against government 'protection' in the Australia of the 1930s. 4 Acts - 12M, 8W

$23.99

Walkabout

Louis Nowra

Currency Press

Nicolas Roeg's Walkabout opened worldwide in 1971. Based on the novel of the same name by James Vance Marshall, it is the story of two white children lost in the Australian Outback They survive only through ...

$23.99

These People

Ben Ellis

Currency Press

2 Male 2 Female

'The whole country needs its stomach stapled. Too many people. It's bursting with struggles and languages and obesity. That's what border protection is about. A national diet. We were unhappy ... maybe we...

$23.99

The Sick Room

Stephen Sewell

Currency Press

4 Male 3 Female

The Sick Room brings together three generations of a family under the one roof to care for a terminally ill teenager, Kate As she faces impending death, the other family members find themselves confronting ...

$23.99