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Every summer Roo and Barney have come down from their work in the Queensland canefields to the Carlton house they share with Olive and Nancy for an annual celebration of love and laughter. But this year Nancy has deserted the house to get married, and Pearl has taken her place... Ray Lawler's brawny canecutters, and their long-standing seasonal romance with two Melbourne barmaids, are now part of Australian legend. "Summer of the Seventeenth Doll" is one of the pillars of our national theatre; with its premiere in 1955, it is said Australian playwriting came of age. In this new edition it's clear The Doll still speaks to us today. Coming through in print and on stage as what it has been always -- one of our works of literature most closely identified with the Australian character. (3 acts, 3 male, 4 female).

In 1948, Angela left Malta. Having gathered up five children, she sailed out on the Strathnavar, leaving poverty and the war behind. Her destination: Australia. In Surry Hills, she could build a bright new life. If only she could first learn the language, finish shoring up their dilapidated house, find new friends, get the racist neighbour off her back and keep her son away from sly grog queen Kate Leigh's kids. Back in Malta, someone else has made a journey. Making his way along Kalkara's glistening harbourside, a young man with flowing black hair has returned to claim his past. Paul Capsis is walking home. A journey that begins at a kitchen table becomes a sprawling family history and a fitting tribute to a much-loved matriarch. (1 male or 1 female).

Brett Sprague is just out of jail. Reunited with his mum Sandra and brothers Glenn and Stevie, he's ready to reclaim his life. But things have changed while Brett has been inside. Girlfriend Michelle may have moved on, Glenn's moved out and Stevie is about to be a dad. As Brett's disruptive force takes hold, tensions flare and Brett embarks on a drink-fuelled rampage, sweeping his brothers along with him - with terrifying consequences. Twenty-one years ago, audiences were lining the streets to see the original Griffin production of The Boys. Since then, it's become a classic of the Australian stage and screen, winning along its way an AWGIE and four AFI Awards. (2 acts, 3 male, 4 female)

Side by side in a leafy suburb, Thom lives in one flat, Alethea in another. It's pretty clear that their respective, unsatisfying lives would improve enormously if they just met each other. But with a wall literally between them, this seems highly improbable. Then there's the building's Power Box, having an existential crisis about the eventual collapse of the universe, and the super nova from five thousand years ago. Then there's time travelling on an equation for the speed of light and too much sugar. There's demon magpie attacks, laptops in love, cats dancing to Prince and sock puppet nightmares. And a tiny prayer by the Wall, hoping that all of these pieces can come together for one magical moment of love. (1 act, 1 male, 1 musician).

Something strange is happening in the country town of Hollow -- a mysterious syndrome that seems to strike only the young. The town is quarantined, schools are closed and fences go up. Guards patrol new enforced borders, but amongst the townsfolk denial runs deep. Part science-fiction, part satire, Falling Petals is a darkly humorous fable about the consequences of a culture of disposable youth and it also blasts the urban/rural fissure open. (1 act, 2 male, 3 female).

If you don't know who you are and you don't know where you are headed, you might find yourself spiralling in ever-tightening circles until you come to rest in a nondescript part of town in a crummy two-star hotel, where the service is churlish, the lift doesn't work, the toast is burnt and the pot plants set off your allergies. But keep your expectations low, really low, and, who knows? -- you might be pleasantly surprised by how everything works out. A hotel with reservations. Award-winning playwright Daniel Keene's play is an eccentric fable about taking up residence and trying to move on. (6 scenes, 4 male, 3 female).

Emma the Greek will sail the seas alone to save her father; Noah will search for his wife who flew off a bridge; Elise will fight the dragons snapping at her heels as she drives each night to lull her baby to sleep; Caleb, a curious misfit, will swim vast oceans to prove his love for Sylvia Wist; Sylvia Wist can climb up waterfalls and jump time and space. She may not be ordinary but then neither is love. At Sea, Staring Up is a richly poetic magical relationship drama that follows the journeys of five characters all motivated by love. Set over three continents and one vast ocean this richly poetic, thought provoking play weaves together a world of people who have lost, or are looking for love. (7 male, 3 female).

Three family members, three monologues, one day, and a heartbreaking tragedy of miscommunication. (1 male, 2 female).

Sappho was the world's first love poet, the inspiration for every lovelorn writer and songster since. As centuries have passed, her tale has become a gap in time for generations to pour their desires into. What is the truth behind her own story?

Love Me Tender is a play of beauty and emotional power. Inspired by Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis, Tom Holloway has orchestrated a thrilling vision of contemporary Australia.

The Stones is about two boys charged with manslaughter after throwing rocks from a freeway overpass. Burnt is a story about regional Australia struggling in a drought. Taboo deals with date rape and internet dating.

Things are not going well for the Conway sisters. Dad's just married the Geography teacher, oldest sister Bec's been evicted and Evie's suffering serious issues with her new besties. Michaela has twenty-four hours to solve her sisters' problems before she sits the most important exams of her life. What else could go wrong? A hilarious offering from Debra Oswald, "House on Fire" is guaranteed to put a smile on your lips and light a small flame in your heart. (2 male, 9 female).

Three sisters reunited after ten years in different worlds, again feel the constraints of family life. "Hotel Sorrento" looks at conflicting concepts of national identity and family loyalty. (2 acts, 4 male, 4 female).

Forty years ago, a young playwright muscled his way onto the scene with a clutch of time-defining plays, including Don's Party. With this sequel, David Williamson celebrates four decades of telling the tribe their story. It is 21 August 2010, the night of yet another federal election and, of course, yet another election night party at Don's place. Over the decades, as he and his friends watched governments come and go, they have also closely followed the incoming results from each other's lives: the tallies of luck and misfortune, the unexpected swings for and against. And through it all, the lesson that this crowd of superannuated baby boomers never seemed to learn is that politics and strong personalities should never be mixed with alcohol. (4 male, 5 female).

Every week somewhere in Australia news headlines proclaim yet another tragedy of young lives lost in a car wreck. Communities are shocked, politicians duck for cover and families are torn apart . . . the same story again and again. Set a month after the crash, Engine is the story of 'Grumpop' who lost a grandson and Natasha who lost a brother. "Engine" is a highly charged theatrical event about family, friends and cars and of fixing what's broken and celebrating life. (1 act, 9 male, 2 female).

In 2002, a young man rehearses for his first armed robbery on a bookstore in Newcastle. On the other side of the world, Chechen rebels hold siege of the Moscow Theatre, demanding liberation. One is a local, small time theft and the other an international political crisis, but both are born of a similar futility and powerlessness to be heard. Moving back and forth between Moscow and Newcastle, these real events are the basis for this exploration on what drives such acts of terror and the impact they hold on the victims. This AWGIE-award winning play observes with sensitivity and humour the perspective from both ends of the gun. (1 act, 2 male, 2 female).