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After January: the playPhilip Dean, Nick Earls
Alex is marking time while awaiting his school results—body surfing, watching TV and playing pool are meanwhile his primary concerns. So, he's not prepared for the who cuts past him on a wave and draws him into a new way of looking at the world. $25.99
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KesBarry Hines Adapted by Lawrence Till
Billy, a disaffected young boy, has problems at school and at home: he's neglected by his mother, beaten by his brother and bullied on all sides. He adopts a fledgling kestrel and treats it with all the tenderness he has never known. Slowly, he begins to see for the first time what he could achieve – if only he tried. $24.99
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The House of Bernarda AlbaFederico García Lorca Translated by Rona Munro
García Lorca's drama about the shattering effects of emotional repression on a family of cloistered daughters, in a version by playwright Rona Munro for the critically acclaimed Shared Experience Theatre Company. $27.99
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CloudstreetNick Enright, Justin Monjo
Cloudstreet follows the fluctuating fortunes of two families who inhabit a rambling old house in Perth. $25.99
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BacchaeEuripides Translated by Kenneth McLeish, Frederic Raphael
At the whim of Dionysos, a son is torn to pieces by his own mother during the famous women-only Bacchanalian ritual. The story of revenge by the half-man half-god on Pentheus, King of Thebes, and all his people. $14.99
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Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë Adapted by Polly Teale
A bold and theatrically inventive adaptation of the literary classic that puts the interior life of Jane Eyre on stage. $24.99
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WidowsAriel Dorfman, Tony Kushner
In a war-torn village the men have disappeared. The women – their mothers, wives, daughters – wait by the river, hope and mourn. Their anguish is unspoken until bruised and broken bodies begin being washed up on the banks and the women defy the military in the only form of protest left to them. $27.99
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (ad. Edgar)Robert Louis Stevenson Adapted by David Edgar
A superb adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous story of the unassuming Dr Jekyll and his dark alter-ego Mr Hyde. $27.99
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The Venetian TwinsNick Enright, Terence Clarke
This adaptation of Carlo Goldoni's 18th-century comedy The Venetian Twins quickly earned a reputation as one of the most boisterous, vibrant and irreverent works of Australian musical theatre. $25.99
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Blabbermouth: the playMary Morris
A young girl, Rowena, moves to a new country town and school. Although Rowena can hear, she is mute. Her widowed father has a penchant for satin cowboy shirts and embarrassing his daughter in public. $25.99
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