DIRTYLAND
by Elise Hearst - with Esther Reich, Angus McGruther, Brian Loughnane, Corey Shank, Krisana Locke, Alan Dixon
DIRTYLAND is an apocalyptic piece by Australian playwright Elise Hearst about a community in rural Australia where one part of the population has murdered another. Some of the young adult survivors are looking for a way to escape to the city and the past that haunts the town. The problem is that no one will have them knowingly, and the only person who can sneak them out of town is demanding a rather odd form of payment.
Elise Hearst is a Melbourne based writer and co-founding member of KumQuat Theatre. She graduated in 2005 in Creative Arts at Melbourne University. She attended World Interplay 2005 and in 2006 relocated to London to attend the Royal Court Theatre's Young Writers' Programme and Invitational Programme. Since returning to Melbourne an earlier version of 'Dirtyland' was showcased at the 2009 PlayWriting Australia National Play Festival in Hobart, Tasmania. Elise is currently working
on a script development with the Melbourne Theatre Company.
on a script development with the Melbourne Theatre Company.
Credits include 'Apple' (La Mama Theatre, Melbourne), 'Tough Love' (Theatre 503, London), 'On the Threshing Floor' (Doghouse Writer's Group/Hampstead Theatre, London), 'Pick Up' (National Youth
Theatre/Soho Theatre, London), 'Dirtyland' extracts (Hampstead Theatre, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, LATER @ Trafalgar Studios, London), 'Sandwiches' (Melbourne Town Players, Melbourne) 'My Night with Harold', (23rd Productions/Brisbane Festival, Brisbane). Awards include 2nd place Monash University National Playwrights' Competition for Apple.
'Dirtyland' was developed with the assistance of PlayWriting Australia.
Theatre/Soho Theatre, London), 'Dirtyland' extracts (Hampstead Theatre, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, LATER @ Trafalgar Studios, London), 'Sandwiches' (Melbourne Town Players, Melbourne) 'My Night with Harold', (23rd Productions/Brisbane Festival, Brisbane). Awards include 2nd place Monash University National Playwrights' Competition for Apple.
'Dirtyland' was developed with the assistance of PlayWriting Australia.