Last Drinks + Rio Saki and Other Falling Debris

Title: Last Drinks + Rio Saki and Other Falling Debris
Author: Charles, Shaun
Price: $24.95

LAST DRINKS
By Shaun Charles

Cast: 5M 1F (can have a cast of up to 11)
Character Ages: 3065
Length: 1.5 hrs approximately
Target Audience: Adult
Style: Historical Drama / Thriller
Themes: Brisbane, crime, corruption, alcoholism, nightclubs

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SYNOPSIS
A decade after the infamous inquiry into the corruption that tore Queensland apart, George Verney is still caught up in the nightmare. He is a disgraced journalist and bit-player with a scandalous past. Following ten years of self-imposed exile, a graphic murder forces his reluctant return to Brisbane. In a town that has forgotten him, George must seek out the truth before it is too late for partners of old. In this dangerously dark play, George must confront his past to find a way to let the dead rest in peace. Adapted from the thrilling crime novel of the same title by Andrew McGahan, Last Drinks offers a dramatic insight into Brisbanes very own underbelly of the 1980s.

PRODUCTION HISTORY
Last Drinks was commissioned and then first produced by La Boite Theatre Company at the Roundhouse Theatre in 2006.

PLAYWRIGHT
Shaun Charles is a writer and director. As a playwright his work includes The Understudy, Three Points of Contact, The River, The Dirt and Us, Rio Saki and Other Falling Debris (published by Playlab Press), Last Drinks (an adaptation of Andrew McGahans novel, published by Playlab Press), The White Earth (co-adapted with novelist Andrew McGahan, published by Playlab Press) and the musical Paradise (also published by Playlab Press) for Backbone Youth Arts and the Brisbane Festival. In 2009 Shaun wrote the libretto for the opera Dirty Apple, produced by Opera Queensland.




RIO SAKI AND OTHER FALLING DEBRIS
By Shaun Charles

Cast: 3M 3F
Character Ages: 1830
Length: 2 hrs approximately
Target Audience: Senior Years / Adult
Style: Drama
Themes: Apocalypse, relationships, family, insanity

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SYNOPSIS
Its a dangerous world. Streets are becoming combat-zones peopled by psychopaths, armed robbers and decapitators. As sirens wail outside, people are searching for their own form of salvation. For Tom, its the curiously olde-worlde vision of his Guardian Angel, for Louis the suicidal quest for any drug to obliterate consciousness, and for siblings Craig and Hannie, its the memory of a childhood moment when, through the keyhole, they witnessed the uncanny spectacle of something that resembled true love. An iconic Brisbane grunge play about the final days of the world, and finding meaning and comfort when the beat of a human heart can seem a latter-day miracle.

PRODUCTION HISTORY
The first performance of Rio Saki and Other Falling Debris was produced by La Boite Theatre Company in September, 1999. It has since been produced by Parnassus Den at La Mamas Courthouse Theatre in 2008 after winning a 2006 Mitch Mathews Award and the Australian Theatre for Young People in 2010.

PLAYWRIGHT
Shaun Charles is a writer and director. As a playwright his work includes The Understudy, Three Points of Contact, The River, The Dirt and Us, Rio Saki and Other Falling Debris (published by Playlab), Last Drinks (an adaptation of Andrew McGahans novel, published by Playlab), The White Earth (co-adapted with novelist Andrew McGahan, published by Playlab) and the musical Paradise (also published by Playlab) for Backbone Youth Arts and the Brisbane Festival.

Publisher: Playlab Press
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780908156979
Publishing status: AU Dropshipping