The Ripple Effect Silent Disco The Making 0f Elizabeth The Man in the Attic Wildcat Falling Valentine’s Day Good Grief Apart A Night on the Tiles Harp on the Willow Off to the Colliney The Ice Season We Have What You Want Slut Shots The Salt Maiden Blame it on the Moon Tough Girls The Australian Script Centre Calling All Angles The Hypocrite 2009 Annual Report Coup D’Etat The Haunting of Daniel Gartrell Baby Boomer Blues Wanderlands Three Short Plays About the Same Two People The Berry Man Return to Earth Dirtyland Revolution Man of Blood The Getaway Bus The Exploding Breakfast The Glass Soldier The August Moon Portraits of Modern Evil Sherlock Holmes and the Coming of the Fairies Bringing Down the Moon Bumming with Jane Alice of Hearts Taking Liberty The First Sunday in December Half Way There Creche and Burn Uncomfortable Silences Thicker than Water Unaustralia Deep Space 9Mm Code Name: Angel Star Wedding Belles The Kid ‘A’ Project: A Modern Christmas Tale The Fires Of Muspell A Perverse Jury The Never Days Lyrebird (Tales Of Helpmann) Apocalypse Perth Catch the Tail Stories from Suburban Road A Slow Exit (He is Going to Die) A Moment’s Hesitation As She Changes The Expression On Her Face Eyes to the Floor Multiple Choice Blue Italian Little Red Dreams In Control Hanging on to the Bottom of the World Freedom Honour Killing Love Field Blood Libel When Our Teacher Was a Creature Between These Lines Seeing The Elephant Sir Van M Carbon Dating Bare Witness Rain Wretch Utzon The Same Paige Inside Out Australian Script Centre ABN: 6343 945 6892 1st Floor, 77 Salamanca Place Hobart Tasmania 7004 P +61 3 6223 4675 F +61 3 6223 4678 E [email protected] www.ozscript.org The Australian Script Centre is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and by State Ministers for the Arts through Arts Tasmania, Arts WA and Arts SA. Our patrons: David Williamson Robyn Archer The Ripple Effect Silent Disco The Making Of Elizabeth The Man In The Attic Wildcat Falling Valentine’s Day Good Grief Apart A Night On The Tiles Harp On The Willow Off To The Colliney The Ice Season We Have What You Want Slut Shots Newsroom The Salt Maiden Blame It On The Moon Tough Girls Into White Wanderlands Coup D’Etat The Hypocrite The Cobra The Haunting Of Daniel Gartrell Baby Boomer Blues Calling All Angels Three Short Plays About The Same Two People The Berry Man Return To Earth Dirtyland Revolution Man Of Blood ContentsThe The Exploding Breakfast Getaway Bus The Glass Soldier The August Moon About the Australian Script Centre 1 Chairʼs Report 3 Directorʼs Report 4 The Team 5 The Board 7 New Plays 9 Auditorʼs Report 12 Special Thanks 15 hanks for your T work. It is great to be represented. There is far more weight behind an enquiry when it comes from the Australian Script Centre. Allen Lyne, playwright The Ripple Effect Silent Disco The Making Of Elizabeth The Man In The Attic Wildcat Falling Valentine’s Day Good Grief Apart A Night On The Tiles Harp On The Willow Off To The Colliney The Ice Season We Have What You Want Slut Shots Newsroom The Salt Maiden Blame It On The Moon Tough Girls Into White Wanderlands Coup D’Etat The Hypocrite The Cobra The Haunting Of Daniel Gartrell Baby Boomer Blues Calling All Angels Three Short Plays About The Same Two People The Berry Man Return To Earth Dirtyland Revolution Man Of Blood AboutThe The Exploding Breakfast the Getaway Bus The Glass Soldier The AugustASC Moon The Australian Script Centre is a Our Mission History champion of great performance writing. Weʼve been selectively The ASCʼs mission is to be an integral The Australian Script Centre grew out collecting, promoting and distributing part of the Australian theatre industry of an initiative of Barbara Manning contemporary Australian playscripts by providing a gateway to the best of and the Salamanca Theatre Company, since 1979 and now house a contemporary Australian performance called the Salamanca National comprehensive and extraordinary writing. Script Resource Centre. Initially the catalogue of production-ready centre was a distribution service plays. The Centreʼs work supports for playwrights writing for theatre- playwrights in particular by filling the Our Values in-education. It ran successfully gap left by the very small number throughout the 1980ʼs and in 1993 of Australian plays that achieve In all areas of practice and operation, separated from the Salamanca Theatre commercial publication. Our online we strive to: Company to become the Australian store, AustralianPlays.org gives • Recognise the inherent importance Script Centre. The centreʼs collection playwrights a global distribution and of finding innovative, responsive rapidly grew as it began to incorporate marketing network for their work as and creative new ways to promote all styles of play and radio scripts. well as giving producers everywhere Australian playwriting, and We now house the largest and a simple access point for the best in most comprehensive collection of • Ensure that integrity underlines all Australian performance writing. contemporary Australian playscripts. business and is evident through our The ASC collection represents a systems of good governance, financial The Australian Script Centre is a non- significant cultural and historical and legal responsibility. profit association whose stakeholders resource. comprise a diverse community of theatre-makers, playwrights, drama educators, students, theatre companies and producers. It is the only national arts organisation based in Tasmania. hank the gods for Ozscript’s collection, T which turns the spotlight on unpublished new writing and gives us a fighting chance of getting our work in front of a wider audience. Peter Fyfe, playwright The Australian Script Centre page 1 Annual Report 2009 The Ripple Effect Silent Disco The Making Of Elizabeth The Man In The Attic Wildcat Falling Valentine’s Day Good Grief Apart A Night On The Tiles Harp On The Willow Off To The Colliney The Ice Season We Have What You Want Slut Shots Newsroom The Salt Maiden Blame It On The Moon Tough Girls Into White Wanderlands Coup D’Etat The Hypocrite The Cobra The Haunting Of Daniel Gartrell Baby BoomerAbout Blues Calling All Angels Three Short Playsthe About The Same Two ASC People The Berry Man Return To Earth Dirtyland Revolution Man Of Blood The The Exploding Breakfast Getaway Bus The Glass Soldier The August Moon Our plays AustralianPlays.org Playscripts are the ASCʼs lifeblood. Set up and managed by the Australian We strive to build a catalogue that Script Centre in collaboration with represents the full spectrum of other Australian theatrical publishers, Australian playwriting in terms AustralianPlays.org is a one-stop shop of genre, style, cultural diversity, for theatre professionals, community intended audience and subject matter. groups, researchers, educators, students and others with an interest in Australian performance writing. Licensing To simplify rights management for playwrights and theatre-makers, the ASC issues licences on application for the copying and, in many cases, also the production of plays in its catalogue. The ASC also enters into licensing agreements with various suppliers for the distribution and sale of Australian theatrical works through AustralianPlays.org. ou guys do such Y a fantastic job at getting Australian writers out there into the community. We appreciate it very much! Emilie Collyer, playwright The Australian Script Centre page 2 Annual Report 2009 The Ripple Effect Silent Disco The Making Of Elizabeth The Man In The Attic Wildcat Falling Valentine’s Day Good Grief Apart A Night On The Tiles Harp On The Willow Off To The Colliney The Ice Season We Have What You Want Slut Shots Newsroom The Salt Maiden Blame It On The Moon Tough Girls Into White Wanderlands Coup D’Etat The Hypocrite The Cobra The Haunting Of Daniel Gartrell Baby Boomer Blues Calling All Angels Three Short Plays About The Same Two People The Berry Man Return To Earth Dirtyland Revolution Man Of BloodChair’s The The Exploding Breakfast Getaway Bus The Glass Soldier The AugustReport Moon Early in 2009 the Australian Script Of course the Centre entered 2009 Iʼd also like to take this opportunity Centre marked its 30th birthday with a great deal of optimism thanks to acknowledge two staff members with a number of popular public to newly minted Key Organisations who departed the Centre during celebrations – play readings as part of status (accompanied by increased the year: David Roberts (our first Tasmaniaʼs Ten Days on the Island in funding) from the Australia Councilʼs digital guru) and Lian Tanner (our collaboration with Tasmanian Theatre Theatre Board; and Centre staff long-serving Script Manager). The Company and, in partnership with have worked hard to deliver the Centre was very lucky to have had ABC Radio, a national poll to find first year of an ambitious three- Lian at the script helm for nearly a Australiaʼs most loved play. year plan. The Centre also received decade. Her sound judgement, quiet a substantial funding boost from efficiency and championing of the In many ways these initiatives, while Arts Tasmania during the year, for catalogue contributed greatly to the not representing the core of the which itʼs particularly grateful as it Centreʼs work and to the betterment Centreʼs operations, do illustrate its acknowledges the high value placed of production opportunities for many determination to connect with and on the local delivery of a specialist playwrights across the country. serve a national community of theatre national service. artists and educators while gathering I reserve my final thanks for the strength and stimulus from its home Encouragingly, the Centre is currently Centreʼs current staff: Gail, Pip, Glenn base in Hobart.