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A play that shines a light on Australia's unsettled soul. It is set among smart and educated people whose cynicism appears to answer various questions.

-The teenager, the bride to be, the exhausted young mother, the lonely widow . . . they are funny and often touching in these four monologues deftly written by Joanna Murray-Smith. Little gems, as observant as anything in Alan Bennet's Talking Heads--and considerably less static.---Guardian

A reconciliation between a mother and the daughter she gave away at birth. Anna is a successful film editor in her 40s who has defined herself through her political conscience. Living alone in a cold, stylish apartment she believes she has come to terms with her history, until a young woman called Billie arrives at her door.

Margot Mason, a thinly veiled version of Germaine Greer, has writer's block following publication of her groundbreaking polemic, The Cerebral Vagina, when in through the French windows steps one of her ex-students--with a gun. This play frequently says the unsayable and gets away with it under cover of the spiraling comedy.

Gus and Honor have been happily married for thirty-two years. She is a successful writer, he is a revered columnist. They have a perfect understanding of each other. Until a pushy young female journalist--on assignment to profile Gus--quite deliberately seeks to undermine that understanding. The fallout is dreadful--but beautifully and convincingly portrayed in all its painful consequences.

1995, the Swiss Alps. Patricia Highsmith, the queen of the thriller, now ageing and ailing, hides away in her study, surrounded by her collection of books and antique weaponry, finding solace in her seclusion, her cats and her cigarettes. A polished young man turns up, sent by her New York publisher to persuade her to write one final instalment of her best-selling series featuring the master manipulator, Tom Ripley. But as day breaks over the mountains, it becomes clear that the charming stranger is set on a far more sinister mission. Switzerland was first performed at the Sydney Opera...

When a stranger tells her she's a mage, Ailith is intrigued but she's also afraid. Magic is heresy, and heresy means death under the Temple Law. Even literacy is suspect in a girl of her background, and her sister's impending wedding only serves as a reminder that she should be focusing on her future. Then a local priest asks her to rescue his son, and she starts to wonder if her talents could be a blessing, after all. The Lord Baron of Watersmeet, Leofwin isn't accustomed to welcoming uninvited visitors. A commoner turning up at his gates should be no more than a minor footnote to his day,...

Adult Christian education curriculum in the reformed tradition.