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Playlab is a not-for-profit script development and playwright development agency, funded by the Queensland State Government, through Arts Queensland. Playlab Press is a part of Playlab Inc and is Australia's second largest publisher of theatre and new work for performance.
Playlab has been promoting, developing and publishing some of the best new performance work since 1978, and the current Playlab Press catalogue provides a wide selection of contemporary new texts for performance, study or pleasure. Playlab receives operational funding from the Queensland Government and project funding from the Australia Council. New 2009 Catalogue Now Available. Please email us at info@playlab.org.au for a copy of the new catalogue.
To access the Playlab Catalogue online click here: [read more]
Playlab Inc has Public Liability Insurance for $10,000,000
Playlab
Level 2
Metro Arts Building
109 Edward Street
Brisbane Qld 4000
Australia
Phone: 07 3220 0841
Fax: 07 3220 0828
Email: info@playlab.org.au
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Playlab has moved offices to the 2nd Floor of Metro Arts, 109 Edward St, Brisbane 4000
NEW SCRIPT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM
Playlab is pleased to offer a brand new script assessment service in 2010. For the first time, non-members will have the opportunity to access this important service and all assessments will be delivered either face to face or by phone. You will have the opportunity to discuss your work in detail with a professional dramaturg, director, or writer and seek more personal advice to guide the development of the work and your career. Your assessor will also provide you with a brief summary of their notes for future reference.
While the cost of assessments will rise, this is the first time in 5 years our assessment prices have increased. The cost of Playlab script assessments will remain substantially lower than those of other service providers, and we can assure you that over 80% of the cost goes directly to the assessor. So your money is supporting other artists rather than administration fees.The new assessment fee schedule is:
NON-MEMBERS
Phone Consultation (max. 1 hour) $135Face to Face Assessment (max. 2 hours) $330
MEMBERS
Phone Consultaton (max. 1 hour) $110Face to Face Assessment (max. 2 hours) $220
For more information please contact the office on 07 3220 0841 or info@playlab.org.au
ED CONSULTATION HOURS
In 2010, Playlabs ED, Saffron Benner will be available for free consultations on Wednesday mornings between 10am and 12pm. If you would like information, advice or answers to your questions about the industry or your work, please call the office at this time or call anytime to make a booking for your consultation on 07 3220 0841 or info@playlab.org.au
LA BOITE - THE STORY OF AN AUSTRALIAN THEATRE COMPANY
In our final publication for the year, Playlab is proud to bring you the first ever published history of La Boite Theatre Company. LA BOITE - THE STORY OF AN AUSTRALIAN THEATRE COMPANY is Christine Coman's meticulously researched and enlightening work that both interrogates and celebrates the history of Queensland's oldest theatre company. Highlighting the roles key people played in its evolution - particularly four remarkable women - Christine Coman's explores La Boite's colourful past, its cultural significance to Brisbane, and its vibrant and enduring role in the nation's theatrical history.
Complete with photos from over 75 years of history. Available now: $55.00. Playlab members, schools and universities receive 10% discount. Order now!
PLAYLAB PRESS NEW TITLES
Playlab is proud to announce the release of three new titles.
THE FORWARDS and THE APOLOGY by Stefo Nantsou. Two powerful and popular plays for young people from the award-winning Zeal Thatre. THE FORWARDS was created through workshops with students from regional high schools around Victoria and deals with football culture, alcohol abuse and reckless behaviour in small country communities. Since its premiere in 2004, Stefo Nantsou's funny and insightful play has toured extensively throughout Australia and was translated into Hungarian for Kolibri Theatre's production of 'CSATAROK' in 2006. THE APOLOGY premiered at the Newcastle Showroom in 2005. This award winning production is a powerful study of teenage violence and the effects of long-term bullying. THE APOLOGY has toured extensively throughout Australia and was translated and produced in the Denmark by Teatret Neo in 2006, directed by Stefo Nantsou. Available now $19.95.
THE DARK ROOM by Angela Betzien. "Thrilling... tense and unsettling" THE WEST AUSTRALIAN
Set on the border of a military town, six unlikely characters converge late one night at a run-down motel. A teenage boy from a nearby country town waits for a stranger. Pregnant Emma waits for her husband, a country cop, wasted after his best friend's wedding. Anni, a government youth worker accompanied by a withdrawn and violent fourteen year-old girl, waits for the dawn. As the night draws on, each of them becomes trapped in dark and dangerous territory, each of them searching for a way out. This haunting new psychological thriller from the writer of the the award-winning play 'Hoods', is a modern day ghost story full of lingering memories and emotional drama. Available now $19.95.
OODGEROO - BLOODLINE TO COUNTRY by Sam Watson. She was Oodgeroo of the Noonuccal people. She was Kath Walker, poet and activist. She was mother to her two sons. Sam Watson's new work tells the true story of Oodgeroo Noonuccal, poet and activist, and her son, Denis Walker co-founder (with Sam Watson) of the Australian Black Panthers. OODGEROO - BLOODLINE TO COUNTRY weaves Oodgeroo's personal and cultural life with her time on a BOAC aircraft hijacked in Dubai by Palestinian terrorists in 1974. Sam Watson tells the previously untold story of the tensions that tore at the fabric of one of Australias's most prominent families. This play comes with teacher's notes. Available now $19.95.
To purchase any of these exciting new titles go the Playlab catalogue at www.playlab.org.au or through www.australianplays.org.au
COMMISSIONING W/RIGHTS PANEL DISCUSSION
Hosted by Metro Arts and Playlab with a performance by deBASE Productions.
Part of the National Play Festival 2010
An industry discussion panel, featuring Saffron Benner (Playlab), Stephen Carleton (playwright, University of Queensland), Erica Fryberg (Queensland Theatre Company, Angela Keefe (Australian Writer's Guild) and facilitator Robert Kronk (deBASE productions) will explore what to do, what not to, where the industry is headed and how to build a framework for a successful commission.
What happens if the work is devised - who 'owns' the work? What rights do writers and companies have? How do you negotiate a commissioning agreement? How much should the writer be paid? What do you do when things go horribly wrong? And what happens when you don't have The One in you? This panel discussion will answer all of your questions on how new works are commissioned and more.
The discussion will be followed by a showing of deBASE Productions' latest commission, Chasing the Lollyman, written by and starring Mark Sheppard and co-devised with, and directed by Liz Skitch.
Date: Tuesday 16 February 2010
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm followed by a showing of Chasing the Lollyman
Where: Metro Arts Studio, 109 Edward St Brisbane.
Cost: FREE
OFFICE HOURS
The Playlab office will normally be open Monday - Friday, 9.30am - 5pm unless otherwise notified. If the office is closed, please contact us to make an appointment.
AUSTRALIANPLAYS.ORG
Playlab is proud to be a part of AustralianPlays.org - an online showcase of the best Australian scripts.
Playlab, in collaboration with the Australian Script Centre, Currency Press, and PlayWrighting Australia has established AustralianPlays.org to provide a one-stop shop for theatre professionals, community groups, researchers, educators, students and others with an interest in fine writing for performance.
Scripts for sale may be available in digital format as downloadable PDF documents or as print-published books. You can also use the secure online shopping cart to buy a licence to make multiple copies of your PDF purchases. Free extracts of all digitised scripts are available and you can browse the catalogue for plays by title, writer, category, subject, cast size or target audience.
Membership and subscription to an e-news update is free. To find out more information: Visitwww.AustralianPlays.org
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