Playwright
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Margery is a playwright, actor and singer. With her partner Michael, Margery co-wrote CRIBBE for 4MBS Classic Arts (Three seasons including a sell-out return season at the Cremorne and Queensland tour in 2014. Published by Playlab Press). In 2013 Margery and Michael co-wrote HEART OF AN OPEN COUNTRY for the Queensland Music Festival. With Michael she co-wrote the script and lyrics for the music theatre work BEHIND THE CANE for the Queensland Music Festival 2011 (AWGIE nomination 2012, published by Playlab Press). Other playwrighting credits include commissions for La Boite Theatre - JAMES AND JONNO (Queensland and national tour), MILO'S WAKE (New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award for Best Stage Play, Matilda Award, Perform/4MBS Award, AWGIE Nomination. National tour, international productions New Zealand, London, Edinburgh Festival, translated production in Tokyo. Published by Currency Press).
Other writing credits: La Boite Theatre - X-STACY (return season and national tours, published by Currency Press, Australia and Dramatic Lines, London. Matilda Award Commendation), WAY OUT WEST (Queensland tour, published Playlab Press, ABaf Award), STILL STANDING (return season and Queensland tour). GLADYS, MY LIFE IS LOVE (QPAT), SNAPSHOTS FROM HOME (AWGIE Award, Cremorne Theatre and return season for the Brisbane Festival, published by Playlab Press), WHAT NEXT? (AWGIE Award), Skating on Sandgate Road (ACU and Q150).
Margery and Michael’s work in verbatim theatre is the subject of a doctoral thesis by Doctor Brent Downes, completed in 2013. Margery has received the Trust Award for Excellence for Outstanding Contribution to Theatre in Queensland and Australia, the Playlab Award for Services to New Work in Queensland and the Centenary Medal for Services to Queensland Theatre.
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ProductionRoleCompany / Director
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X-STACYDrawn by the power of the beat and the tribal escape of dance, Ben hangs out with Fergus, a choice rave DJ who is heading for the stars. For Zoe, an aspiring DJ, music is the drug and she's addicted. Ben's mother seeks rapture through the Church and the stories of the saints. And Stacy...? When his younger sister, Stacy, wants to check out the rave scene, Ben knows he'll have to watch out for her. And tonight she's going to drop her first ecstasy tab. Later, when everything goes totally wrong, Ben can't forgive himself and his mother retreats into the Church. But it is time to face up to the truth about what really happened that night.ACTS:TwoLENGTH:CAST:2m, 4fPublication: Currency Press / www.currencypress.com.au
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MILO'S WAKEMilo's wake will be the perfect opportunity for Milo's loved ones to remember him fondly, sing his praises and enjoy a pint or five of Guinness. Not wanting to miss such a good party, Milo O'Connor decides to hold his wake while he is alive and well.
And so, in an Australian Irish pub, Milo gathers with his family, friends, and a few uninvited ghosts, for an evening of food, drink and rousing tribute. Brimming with the irrepressible spirit of the Irish, the wake promises a riotous night of emotion, song and laughter.ACTS:TwoLENGTH:CAST:4m, 2fPublication: Currency Press / www.currencypress.com.au -
SNAPSHOTS FROM HOMESnapshots from Home evolved out of an oral history project conducted by the Queensland Performing Arts Trust as part of the Australia Remembers celebration in 1995, looking back at the six years of World War II and how this affected those left at home.ACTS:OneLENGTH:CAST:4Publication: Playlab Press / www.currencypress.com.au
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STILL STANDINGTwenty years on, three of the four surviving members of a rock group are reunited at the opening of a new club.ACTS:TwoLENGTH:CAST:2m, 1f + band
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JAMES AND JOHNNOA story of two brothers, an old leaky boat and one long Titanic-esque ocean adventure through the shoals and hazards of Moreton Bay. Will they survive all this - and each other? Can anything keep them together? This play gives a fascinating insight into the chaotic lives of two warring brothers and their childhood and life on Moreton Bay.ACTS:TwoLENGTH:CAST:2m
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WAY OUT WESTWay Out West takes you on a sometimes hilarious, sometimes moving journey through Western Queensland and is a celebration of the spirit of the people and the places that make it unique.ACTS:TwoLENGTH:CAST:3m, 2f + BandPublication: Playlab Press / www.playlab.org.au
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