PLAYS AND FILMS
MAJOR PLAYS
DANGEROUS CONCEITS (2024)
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First performed at the Tuggeranond Arts Centre, Canberra.
17-19 September 2024. Directed by James Scott. It’s Sydney in the 1950s: a city of slums, rats and violence. It’s hardly a place for women who want to improve their lot in life… or is it? Poison can solve some of your problems, it seems, especially if you’re Yvonne Fletcher, Caroline Grills, or Veronica Monty – three women who each took a little vial from supermarket shelves and turned it to their own devices. In Dangerous Conceits, their chilling stories play out – and as audience, we’re left wondering: whom should we believe? Original Cast Yvonne Fletcher ... Zoe Smith Caroline Grills ... Olivia Brooks Veronica Monty ... Annabelle Smithers Detective Sergeant Fergusson / Richard Grills / Broadcaster ... Leo Scott Bluey Fletcher / Bobby Lulham / Neighbour / Health Officer / Priest ... Conor McLauchlan Chrissie Downey / Policewoman Margaret Fisher / Doctor ... Nadia Thivy Judith Lulham / Flo / Christine Mickelson / Policeman / Dr Greenberg ... Lauren Shaw Scientist / Neighbour / Mrs Lundberg / Policeman / Solicitor ... Maddison Cruickshank |
THE MYSTERIOUS TALE OF THE MARY-CELESTE (2024)
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First performed at the PIP Theatre, Brisbane, 2-3 September 2024
The Mysterious Tale of the Mary-Celeste tells the story of a merchant vessel which was found abandoned near the Azores Islands in 1872. Known as a ‘ghost ship’, due to the absence of people on board, the Mary-Celeste has puzzled historians and adventurers alike. No one knows what happened to its crew: was it pirates? Disease? Aliens, even? This play is a mad romp through all the possible explanations… while also pointing to the fragility of human life when we are at the mercy of forces greater than ourselves. Original Cast Benjamin Briggs - Bowen Clarke One/Pirate/Mutineer - Toby Sillars Two - Dannielle Barlow Three/Captain Morehouse - Benjamin Logan Four - Lucy Victoria Five/Anderson - Charlie Denman Six/Wright/Crew Member - Jamison Rigby Seven/Deveau - Carlotta Marchione Eight/Sarah Briggs - Natalia James |
THE GETTING OF WISDOM (2023)
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Adapted from the novel by Henry Handel Richardson
Directed by Samuel Farr First performed at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre, 17-19 August, 2023 The classic Australian novel, 'The Getting Of Wisdom' was first published in 1910. It tells the story of young Laura Tweedle Rambotham and her life at boarding school, a ladies' college in the 1890s. Something of a country bumpkin, Laura struggles to fit in, and has great difficulty growing into the person her school wants her to be. Original Cast Laura ... Ellison Haughie Henry ... Nadia Thivy Pin/Tilly ... Ashleigh White Mother/Annie ... Kyla Duvenhage Godmother/Jessie/Miss Isabella ... Ruby Laing Cousin Grace/Mrs Shepherd/Cupid...Isabella Fraser Mrs Gurley ... Rebekka Boddeus Miss Zielinski ... Kailey Lyons Miss Day ... Taylah Muller Headmaster ... Sophie Khokhar Reverend Shepherd ... Ace Morton Lilith ... Hayley Feldtmann Maria ... Ruby Kisiel Evelyn ... Gabriella Heron Mary/Jim ... Ayanna Akeli-Falaniko Kate ... Ruby Sumner-Potts Bertha ... Elizabeth Gawthrop Inez ... Dellaney Hayward Three Little Maids ... Ruby Kisiel, Ruby Laing & Taylah Muller |
THE THING THAT'S MISSING (2023)
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First performed 29-31 March, 2023, at the Mill Theatre, Canberra. Directed by James Scott.
The Thing That's Missing presents the stories of four young people who’ve had something taken away… and how they choose to cope with it. Sometimes things are ripped from our lives, sometimes we lose them, and sometimes what’s missing are people who have deliberately left us behind. This play is a beautiful, funny, and often poignant exploration of loss, and finding strength in the midst of it – and whether it’s an object, a future or a relationship that’s gone astray, The Thing That’s Missing brings home to us the value in what we have. Original Cast Melody ... Annie Nogaliza Beatrice ... Bronte Thomson Yatima ... Mikkie Martinez Preston ... Isaac Travers |
SANITY - A LOCKDOWN PLAY (2020)
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First performed 16-18 December, 2020, at the Perform Australia Theatre, Canberra. Directed by Clare Moss.
In an imaginary place that's part-dream world, part-modern home and part-asylum, dwell five women and two men. They can't go anywhere - they're in lockdown. Living lives that are limited by the walls around them, they muse about the meaning of life, God, battery hens, their hopes for the future, and whether or not they're sane. This is a play for 2020 and beyond, reflecting on what we've been through and what we've yet to discover. Original Cast Woman 1 ... Isabella Richardson Woman 2 ... Sarah McDowall Woman 3 ... Aphrodite Waters Woman 4 ... Victoria Clarke Woman 5 ... Divya Agrawal Man 1 ... Rhys Kerec Man 2 ... Dyllan Ormazabal |
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THE PARK (2020)
First performed 13-15 November 2020, at the Perform Australia Theatre, Canberra. Directed by Sarah Carroll. The park is a place for friends, families and lovers. And sometimes it's a place for important conversations. Original Cast Poco ... Zelda Trichard Nora ... Courtney Buse Torvald ... Nicholas Pardy Romeo ... Josh Knight Demetrius ... George Beliabassakis Hermia ... Courtney Bocking Helena ... Ali Ardern Tony ... Tony Gorst Maria ... Tobi Odusote Liza ... Max Jansen |
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CHEZ FRANCOIS (2019)
Three teenage girls prepare for their formal at a local hairdresser. But where is Erin? She's late... A coming-of-age play about body image and sexual assault. First performed 2-4 July, 2019, at the Perform Australia Theatre, Canberra. Directed by James Scott. Original cast: Janine … Hannah Lopez Chrissie … Tegan Lewis François … Rieley Hole Sophie … April Hand Becca … Samantha Huggins Lauren … Jessica Fellows Erin … Caitlin Gooding |
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ALL THAT I AM AND ALL THAT I HAVE (2018)
So what’s love got to do with it? In this series of vignettes about the world’s most universal subject—love—we see a delightful and quirky ensemble of characters learn what it’s like to be vulnerable... in what are sometimes hilarious, but sometimes hopeless situations.
First performed 19-21 October, 2018, at the Perform Australia Theatre, Canberra. Directed by Craig Alexander.
Original cast:
Jonas … Ryan Bottles
Clementine … Britnee Olsen
Millie … Emilie Martin
Mick … Callum Wilson
Chandler … Chris O’Neil
Carol … Ko Kwan
Penny … Sarah Bergman
Charlotte … Kate Maude
Raquel … Maxine Beaumont
Serena … Michelle Milbourne
Vivienne … Cassandra Nolan
Peter … Chandra Kommalapati
So what’s love got to do with it? In this series of vignettes about the world’s most universal subject—love—we see a delightful and quirky ensemble of characters learn what it’s like to be vulnerable... in what are sometimes hilarious, but sometimes hopeless situations.
First performed 19-21 October, 2018, at the Perform Australia Theatre, Canberra. Directed by Craig Alexander.
Original cast:
Jonas … Ryan Bottles
Clementine … Britnee Olsen
Millie … Emilie Martin
Mick … Callum Wilson
Chandler … Chris O’Neil
Carol … Ko Kwan
Penny … Sarah Bergman
Charlotte … Kate Maude
Raquel … Maxine Beaumont
Serena … Michelle Milbourne
Vivienne … Cassandra Nolan
Peter … Chandra Kommalapati
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THE RATIONAL DRESS SOCIETY AND OTHER TALES (2017)
The Rational Dress Society And Other Tales is the story of the Victorian corset and its unseemly demise. Set in a Victorian music hall, this play-with-music takes us back to a time when the Corset - that classic undergarment forming the perfect silhouette - was used not only to support women, but to control them. Seen through the eyes of a range of historical characters - from Oscar Wilde, to suffragettes, to gymnastics instructors, and indeed, members of the Rational Dress Society from which the play takes its name - the corset's dalliance with the female form is observed, marvelled at and... rightly questioned. In the vein of the BBC's Horrible Histories, The Rational Dress Society and Other Tales takes its audience on a romp through nineteenth century mores, fashions and values... to discover a world that's perhaps not so different from our own. First performed 1-3 November, 2017, at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre. Directed by Clare Moss. Original cast: Burlesque … Angela Ford Ringmaster … Jayme Markus Girl In Pantaloons … Laura Higgins Heckler/Bystander/Man … Jake Giddings Mother/Correspondent/Madame Osterberg … Amelia Forsyth-Smith Teacher/Male Poet/Paul Poiret … Amy Tipler Corsetier/Suffragette/Mackinley/Mary Phelps Jacob … Anneliese Cox Correspondent/Dr Alexander/Oscar Wilde … Cara Matthews Barrister/Suffragette Leader/Female Poet … Ellen Woszatka Handsome Young Man/Correspondent … Harison Butler Correspondent/Corsetier/Suffragette … Hannah Miller Correspondent/Mrs Smith/B.O. Flower … Michaela Slater Edward Ferrero/Mrs Ecob/Snyde … Phoebe Black Suffragette/Gymnast/Corsetier/Bottomley … Isabella Quinn Lady Harberton/Dr Drake/Flapper … Summa Connolly Accompanist … Mark Johnson |
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AUSTRALURBIA (2016)
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While Australia’s popular image is built on its sweeping landscapes, rugged terrain and nasty predators, the reality is that most of us live away from these things, in tribes, in suburbia. And that’s what this play is about. Australurbia is a series of humorous vignettes exploring our social isolation as well as our connectedness, with the home as the focal point of the great Australian dream.
Performed at the CADA Theatre, 16-18 November, 2016. Directed by James Scott. Claudia … Genevieve Ridgway Nana … Amy Gilmore Harry … Russell Nash Delma … Anneka van der Velde Jono … Ash Hamilton-Smith Gail … Renee Boyle Jake … Patrick Uren Wazza … Samuel Bruce Bazza … Robert Shiells Gazza … Rodney Dwyer Shazza … Maddison Hughes Lien … Jenny Ng Wenona … Tijana Kovac |
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THE SOUND OF MUSICALS (2014, PLAY WITH MUSIC)
Co-written with Glenn Braithwaite
Co-written with Glenn Braithwaite
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A history of musical theatre on the stage! Traverse some 2000 years of musical theatre and be mesmerised by some of the art form's "greatest hits".
Performed in 2014 at the CADA Theatre, Canberra, 19-21 November, 2014 Original cast: Izaac Beach, Monica Engel, Jennifer Marlton and Casey Walsh. |
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LIES, LOVE AND HITLER (2010)
Dr Paul Langley, age 39, is slightly mad. Like most academics, he has a very good brain - it's just that he thinks it's a little out of whack - mainly because he keeps seeing visions of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the dead man whose life and work he's been studying for years. Langley finds himself in trouble when he falls for one of his students and finds she has a secret which threatens to destroy them both. Against the backdrop of Bonhoeffer's broad, history-making decisions, we see Langley's very personal ones. Bonhoeffer walks Langley through his inner conflict and Langley learns why, in morally ambiguous circumstances, it's sometimes necessary to risk everything for a better future.
LIES, LOVE AND HITLER was shortlisted for the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award in 2009, under the title, My Own Private Bonhoeffer, and had its world premiere at Canberra’s Street Theatre in 2010 as part of the ‘Made in Canberra’ series, where it enjoyed a sellout, extended season.
First performed at The Street Theatre, Canberra. Directed by PJ Williams.
Original Cast:
Dietrich Bonhoeffer ... Dallas Bland
Langley ... James Scott
Hannah ... Hanna Cormick
Dr Paul Langley, age 39, is slightly mad. Like most academics, he has a very good brain - it's just that he thinks it's a little out of whack - mainly because he keeps seeing visions of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the dead man whose life and work he's been studying for years. Langley finds himself in trouble when he falls for one of his students and finds she has a secret which threatens to destroy them both. Against the backdrop of Bonhoeffer's broad, history-making decisions, we see Langley's very personal ones. Bonhoeffer walks Langley through his inner conflict and Langley learns why, in morally ambiguous circumstances, it's sometimes necessary to risk everything for a better future.
LIES, LOVE AND HITLER was shortlisted for the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award in 2009, under the title, My Own Private Bonhoeffer, and had its world premiere at Canberra’s Street Theatre in 2010 as part of the ‘Made in Canberra’ series, where it enjoyed a sellout, extended season.
First performed at The Street Theatre, Canberra. Directed by PJ Williams.
Original Cast:
Dietrich Bonhoeffer ... Dallas Bland
Langley ... James Scott
Hannah ... Hanna Cormick
MEDIA
- https://www.australianstage.com.au/201011184051/reviews/canberra/lies-love-and-hitler-%7C-cada.html
- https://lisathatcher.com/2014/04/23/love-lies-and-hitler-elizabeth-avery-scott-places-the-modern-moral-dilemma-central-stage-theatre-review/
- https://hope1032.com.au/stories/life/inspirational-stories/2014/lies-love-and-hitler-meet-dietrich-bonhoeffer/
- https://www.publicchristianity.org/person/elizabeth-avery-scott/
- https://thebrag.com/love-lies-hitler/
- https://suzygoessee.com/2014/04/24/lies-love-and-hitler-cada-studio-productions-sydney-independent-theatre-company/
- https://cityhubsydney.com.au/2014/04/lies-love-and-hitler/
A TREE IN THE FOREST (2004)
One-man show, first performed at The Black Stump Festival, Appin, NSW. Directed by Elizabeth Scott.
Original Cast:
Dietrich Bonhoeffer ... James Scott
One-man show, first performed at The Black Stump Festival, Appin, NSW. Directed by Elizabeth Scott.
Original Cast:
Dietrich Bonhoeffer ... James Scott
SHORT PLAYS
OLD KING COLE HAS A TOOTHACHE (SHORT PLAY)
Performed by children at the Performathon 2020 Livestream.
Performed by children at the Performathon 2020 Livestream.
THE KING WHO WASN'T (SHORT PLAY)
Performed by children at the Performathon 2020 Livestream.
Performed by children at the Performathon 2020 Livestream.
THE QUEEN OF CATS (SHORT PLAY)
Performed by children at the Performathon 2020 Livestream.
Performed by children at the Performathon 2020 Livestream.
DOGS VERSUS CATS (SHORT PLAY)
Performed by children at Canberra Academy of Dramatic Art, 2014
Performed by children at Canberra Academy of Dramatic Art, 2014
LOVER'S VOWS (SHORT PLAY)
Performed at the Jane Austen Festival, Canberra, 2014. Directed by Brendan Kelly.
Performed at the Jane Austen Festival, Canberra, 2014. Directed by Brendan Kelly.
FIVE MINUTES MORE (SHORT PLAY)
Performed at the ACT Government International Women's Day celebrations, Canberra, 2012. Starring Anastasia Scott and Clare Moss. Directed by James Scott.
Performed at the ACT Government International Women's Day celebrations, Canberra, 2012. Starring Anastasia Scott and Clare Moss. Directed by James Scott.
A TEEN'S GUIDE TO PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (SHORT PLAY)
Performed at the Jane Austen Festival, Canberra, 2013. Directed by James Scott.
Performed at the Jane Austen Festival, Canberra, 2013. Directed by James Scott.
FILMS
UNIDENTIFIED (2020)
Short film written by Elizabeth Avery Scott. Directed by James Scott. Currently submitted to film festivals.
MONKEY MIND
Short film written by Elizabeth Avery Scott. Directed by Caroline Simone O'Brien.
