AUSTRALIAN GOTHIC

"Australian Gothic" examines the tension between civil liberties and national security; from Hitler?s 1933 Enabling Act to the recent introduction of new national security laws in Australia.

The play juxtaposes the operations of the Stasi in Post World War Two with the recent broadening of ASIO?S power in a contemporary Orwellian Australia. This play is the fable of tyranny masquerading as protection
"Australian Gothic" has been awarded the 2006 Max Afford Award and The 2006 Griffin Award.
Mary Brown is one of the most promising young playwrights from Australia. Her works include "National Security And the Art Of Taxidermy", "A Street Car Named Datsun 120Y", "All my Sleep and Waking" which received The Canberra Time Critic Circle Award, and "Clown Empire/Red Nose Rising". She works closely on all her work with dramaturge Iain Sinclair.

Directed by

Mary Brown