In 2013, Karl Redgen woke up in a prison cell in Thailand with a gash on the back of his head, surrounded by a group of men demanding money. Twinception is the story of how Karl’s southeast Asian journey devolved from a drunken trip with his twin brother into a series of manic episodes, an […]

In this ode to youthful obsession and personal myth-making, two things abound: music and death. Bridget Mackay is a music obsessive with dreams of rock stardom that have taken her from Canberra to London and New York before landing in Melbourne. Georgie McAuley, meanwhile, is fixated on understanding death – the unsexy biology of decomposition […]

Who are we lying to more, other people or ourselves? That’s the central conceit driving Detached, a dark comedy that follows three desperados fumbling through their technologically-driven love lives. It’s low hanging fruit material, that the internet and Tinder and perpetual connection drives us apart rather than bringing us closer, but Detached takes a fresh approach with sharp writing […]

In October 2014, Lauren Bok sat on a panel at the National Young Writers’ Festival in Newcastle and told a packed roomful of budding comedians how to write their first five minutes of stand-up material. Less than a year later, she’s set to perform her first 60 minutes as she debuts her first full-length solo […]