Walking by Apple Tree Creek

Title: Walking by Apple Tree Creek
Author: Brown, Ian
Price: $24.95

Cast: 1M 1F
Character Ages: 60+
Length: 1hr approximately
Target Audience: Adult
Style: Drama
Themes: Age, dementia, relationships, travel, companionship

A story about an ordinary Australian family and the manner that ordinary Australian families relate Australian Stage

SYNOPSIS
Del and Stan are two grey nomads who have sold up their house, bought a mobile home and have hit the road to explore Queensland. On the road theyve faced the Big Pumpkin in Beaudesert, the Big Prawn in Ballina, the Big Chicken in Moonbi, the Big Snake in Ayr, the Big Beer Bottle and Big Shell in Tewantin, the Big Pineapple in Gympie and Nambour, the Big Bull in Rockhampton and the Big Avocado at Tropical Fruit World in Tweed Heads. Now they must face the big things in their own lives. Faced with Stans dementia and ensuing silence, Del battles with a past filled with secrets and lies.

PRODUCTION HISTORY
First produced by La Boite Theatre Company in August 2007 as part of the mainstage season.

PLAYWRIGHT
Ian Brown originally trained as an actor at James Cook University in Townsville, graduating in 1984. He worked with Rem Theatre and the Queensland Performing Arts Trust in Brisbane in the mid-eighties before moving to Tasmania, where he helped found The Phoenix Company throughout 1987-88. Returning to study, he completed a Bachelor of Arts - Drama (Honours) in 1996 at QUT. Throughout that time and to the present he has worked as a writer, actor, director, dramaturg, producer, educator, and consultant with every major performance company in Queensland, as well as fulfilling representative roles to many state and national arts organisations. For five years he was the Executive Director, and for three years the Chair, of Playlab. Writing credits and commissions include Walking by Apple Tree Creek, The Valley Member, Live at Rics, Showing A Clean Set Of Heels, Reading Patrick, and Drunk & Disorderly. He continues to work as a writer and educator.

Publisher: Playlab Press
Publication date: 01/01/2007
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921390012
Publishing status: AU Dropshipping