Cybec Scenes 2

by Elias Jamieson Brown, Phillip Kavanagh & Eva Grace Mullaley

Saturday 30 March, 4PM

Southbank Theatre, The Lawler

Readings of excerpts of works-in-development by Elias Jamieson Brown, Phillip Kavanagh & Eva Grace Mullaley.

Approximately 70 minutes, with no interval

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Readings of excerpts of works-in-development by Elias Jamieson Brown, Phillip Kavanagh & Eva Grace Mullaley.

Green Park by Elias Jamieson Brown

28 years ago Warren found a dead body in the Green Park toilets. Tonight, Warren waits in his shoebox apartment overlooking the ARQ nightclub, a stone’s throw from Green Park. He’s waiting for Eden, the dream boy he met online. Eden is 30 years younger than Warren, is very handsome – but he doesn’t look like the boy in his profile photo.

A story of sex and power across generations.

As One by Phillip Kavanagh

Beth, Megan, Steven, Colin, Vicki and Angela all live seemingly separate but surprisingly interconnected lives. They live in the same suburb, share mutual friends but all struggle to find meaningful connections. That is until their plane crashes and they all end up together on a raft in the middle of the ocean. With a chance to start afresh, what kind of society will they choose to create?  Who are they when all existing societal boundaries are removed, and what are they willing to do in order to get what they want?

A sharp, smart and comic parable for our times.

Cycle Broken by Eva Grace Mullaley

Waa lives in a share house with fellow outcasts Church, a dominatrix, and Rhythm, a recent cult escapee. Her daughter, Rumour, has been taken from her by Child Services and now she must jump through endless bureaucratic hoops to try and get her back.

As she reflects on the women who have come before her, all of whom have had children taken from them in their past, she must also contend with the fact that her housemates, the two people she is closest to in this world, might be the reason she can’t get Rumour back in the first place.

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Accessible

Artwork for Elias Jamieson Brown

Elias Jamieson Brown

Green Park

Playwright

Artwork for Phillip Kavanagh

Phillip Kavanagh

As One

Playwright

Phillip Kavanagh is a playwright, originally from Adelaide. He completed a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) and a Master of Arts in Creative Writing at Flinders University, as well as a Graduate Diploma of Dramatic Art (Playwriting) at NIDA. He is currently a PhD candidate at Flinders University. Phillip has been awarded the Patrick White Playwrights' Award, Jill Blewett Playwright's Award, and the Colin Thiele Creative Writing Scholarship. His plays include Jesikah (STCSA), Deluge (Tiny Bricks/Brink/Adelaide Festival), Replay (Griffin) and a new adaptation of Moliére’s Tartuffe (Brink/STCSA). Phillip is one-half of the independent theatre company Tiny Bricks, a creative partnership with director Nescha Jelk. From 2019-2020, Phillip was an MTC resident writer as part of the NEXT STAGE Writers' Program.

Artwork for Eva Grace Mullaley

Eva Grace Mullaley

Cycle Broken

Playwright

John Kachoyan

John Kachoyan

Director

John Kachoyan is a freelance director, writer and dramaturg, who works internationally in theatre, opera and screen. He is currently the Literary Manager of Australian Plays.

For MTC he has been Assistant Director to Simon Philips on the world premieres of North By Northwest and Pennsylvania Avenue and Director of Lucky for MKA in NEON Festival.

He most recently directed the sell-out season of Mr. Burns, a post-electric play for Lightning Jar Theatre at Fortfivedownstairs. Other credits include; Enter Ophelia for Three Birds/Essential Theatre at La Mama, The River for Red Stitch and Elegy for Lab Kelpie including Victorian tour.

John holds an MA from the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama in London and originally trained at NIDA as a playwright. He was part of the 2015 Australia Council’s Emerging Leader’s Development Program (ELDP) and the inaugural Melbourne Festival/Lincoln Centre Director’s Lab.

John is currently on Film Victoria's Key Talent Register, working as Director’s Placement on The Blake Mysteries for December Media/Channel 7. As a writer, he is part of the Australian Writer's Guild's Pathways programme (for TV pilot Last Gasp) and just completed an Advanced Diploma in Script Editing & Development at AFTRS, working on several film and TV projects in development.

John has previously been Resident Assistant Director at the Finborough Theatre, Creative Director of MKA : Theatre of New Writing and Director in Residence for Bell Shakespeare. He is an advocate for new Australian writing and neglected classics – having founded theatre company IronBark in London and the Pub Plays series with Currency Press. In April, 2019 he will be Director In Residence at the National Gallery of Australia for the NGV/Tate touring Pre-Raphaelite exhibition with Enter Ophelia.

Peter Houghton

Peter Houghton

Cast

Lachie Pringle

Lachie Pringle

Cast

Charles Purcell

Charles Purcell

Cast

Naomi Rukavina

Naomi Rukavina

Cast

Nikki Viveca

Nikki Viveca

Cast

Shareena Clanton

Shareena Clanton

Cast

The Lawler

140 Southbank Boulevard

Southbank, Victoria 3006