The year is 1962 and the world is worrying about the Cuban missile crisis, except for Lewis, a youth growing up in a Melbourne housing commission suburb. He is preoccupied with flying saucers, much to the disgust of his friend Brian who can think only of losing his virginity.
Summer of the Aliens is a vivid and amusing evocation of a family and a neighbourhood whose increasingly strange behaviour Lewis is forced to interpret in the only way he can... the aliens must be among us!
LOUIS NOWRA's plays have been performed here, in Europe, England, Asia and North America. They include Inner Voices, Visions, Inside the Island, Sunrise, The Golden Age, Capricornia, Byzantine Flowers, The Watchtower, Summer of the Aliens, Cosi, Radiance, The Temple, Crow, The Incorruptible, The Jungle, Language of the Gods, The Boyce Trilogy. Some non-fiction works are Walkabout, Chihuahuas, Women and Me, Kings Cross, and its companion volumes, Woolloomooloo and Sydney. His novels comprise, The Misery of Beauty, Palu, Red Nights, Abaza, Ice , Prince of Afghanistan. The Twelfth of Never and Shooting the Moon are his memoirs. Radio plays for the ABC and BBC include The Song Room, Far North, Jez and The Light of Darkness. He was the principal writer for the documentary series First Australians and created the TV series The Last Resort and The Straits. Besides writing libretti, and the telemovies Displaced Persons and The Lizard King, his screen credits include Map of the Human Heart, Cosi, Heaven’s Burning, Radiance, K-19 and Black and White. His most recent works are Collected Stories, the Audible dramas The Goodbye Party, Beatrice Dark, The Divine Hammer and the play, This Much is True.
| Cast Info | 7F, 7M, (doubling available) |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
| Themes | Large Cast |
| Audiences | Adult |
| Extent | 96 |
| Edition | Standard |
| Size | 198 x 129 |