When a boat explodes in the bay, sparking a bushfire, 12-year-old Dan’s world goes up in flames. By nightfall, police have unearthed bones beneath the family shed, and his dad is dragged into a murder case that feels dangerously convincing. With their home reduced to ash, and Paddy the dog missing, Dan and his sharp-eyed neighbour Lily set out to uncover the truth. Through caves and bush tracks they chase secrets the adults don’t want to face. Someone is watching from the hill. The past won’t stay buried, and the next blaze is already on the wind. Gritty, urgent and deeply Australian, Fire Autumn is a heart-thumping mystery about loyalty, secrets, and the courage you need when everything goes up in smoke.
Meg, a retired doctor, is settling into her new home by the river when she witnesses a helicopter crash. Inside, the pilot and his nephew are trapped, and the helicopter is leaking fuel – a single spark could cause an explosion. Risking her life, Meg joins a stranger who is trying to help. But then... ‘Don’t I know you?’ She realises that this man is no stranger at all. It’s Colin, a man from her past, who is still haunted by a shocking secret from the Vietnam War. Now, with his true identity revealed, there is nowhere to hide and someone wants him dead. As danger closes in, Meg and Colin imagine the life they might have built together if they had not been separated by war. Reunited after decades, they confront a deadly truth, and wonder if there might be such a thing as new love after seventy.
When Mary Gilmore first arrived in Sydney in 1890, at the age of twenty-four, Henry Lawson was sent by his formidable mother, Louisa, to call on Mary. Thus began one of Australia’s greatest, and largely untold, love stories. Mary and Henry seemed destined to marry until a cruel act of deception kept them apart. All My Love is closely based on Mary Gilmore’s own account of this remarkable relationship. It also draws on Lawson’s autobiographical writing. This wonderful play tells the surprising and heartbreaking story of two of Australia’s most significant writers in a compelling, tender and dramatic way.
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“A gently eloquent but deeply moving story of two people whose love story will endure through their letters, their poetry and the impact they made on the history of their time.” – Carol Wimmer, Stage Whispers​
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