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1 y separately published work icon Good Cook. Friendly. Clean Brooke Robinson , Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2018 13952325 2018 single work drama

'Where do you go when you don’t have a home?

'Coming home one night, Sandra learns she has two weeks to move out. It’s nothing personal, her housemates just have a friend who needs somewhere to stay. No choice but to pack up and find another sharehouse. But Sandra is in her 50s. And affordable places are hard to find in the ruthless Sydney rental market. In one interview after another, she contorts herself into the shape of what she thinks people want in a housemate. But with each rejection she becomes increasingly desperate, losing control of her life in frighteningly simple ways.

'Brooke Robinson has written an unflinching examination of homelessness, asking how willing we are, as a society, to take care of our most vulnerable. As the housing crisis worsens, what happens to people like Sandra – to those who don’t own a home, who are getting older and don’t have family to fall back on?

'Funny until it’s not, Good Cook. Friendly. Clean. is a devastating portrait of someone slipping through the cracks. It’s not a comfortable play—it’s a critical one. And under the direction of Marion Potts, looking away is not an option.'

Source: Griffin Theatre 2018 season.

1 1 y separately published work icon Animal/People Brooke Robinson , 2015 2015 8982459 2015 single work drama

'A man abandons the victim of a dog attack early one morning. A woman uncovers a hidden secret in the x-rays of her patient. A son sits in a wheelchair.'

'Good parents become bad people in Brooke Robinson's new poetic thriller Animal/People. A sweaty jog through a brutal suburbia, Robinson’s powerfully confessional writing style transforms the question of for whom we are responsible into a much darker riddle, brought to life by James Dalton (Kill the PM, Mr Kolpert).' (Source: eventfinda website)

1 1 y separately published work icon The Voices Project 2014 : Bite Me Felicity Pickering , Brooke Robinson , Emily Sheehan , Julian Larnach , Zac Linford , Kim Ho , Tasnim Hossain , Keir Wilkins , Kyle Walmsley , Joel Tan , Jory Anast , Sophie Hardcastle , Jake Brian , Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2014 7005609 2014 selected work drama young adult
1 y separately published work icon The Voices Project 2011 and 2012 Vanessa Bates , Joanna Erskine , Alex Cullen , Jessica Bellamy , Jasper Marlow , Nakkiah Lui , Zoe Hogan , Emrys Quin , Brooke Robinson , Phil Spencer , Tim Spencer , Chris Summers , Georgia Symons , Carolyn Burns , Sydney : Currency Press , 2012 Z1928139 2012 selected work poetry 'A short, sharp, evocative collection of monologues written by some of Australia's leading young and established playwrights. Each piece is crafted for an actor aged between 16 and 20. Subtle, uplifting, poetic and funny, these pieces are as exciting and diverse as the young actors that perform them. ' (Publisher's blurb)
1 1 Dangerous Lenses Brooke Robinson , 2012 single work drama 'Ann is the central (and only) character. She lives alone in a block of flats but observes her neighbours through her apartment window and satisfies her sense of human contact through the minimal daily interactions she has with them. Ann's addicted to watching her neighbours' lives. She has a job in a nearby chocolate factory, but her real work takes place through the window of her flat. When a new tenant with a little girl moves in, Ann is buzzed. The man denies the presence of his daughter and Ann becomes more involved than she means to. A dark fuzz keeps blurring her vision, which is rapidly deteriorating. Are her eyes just playing tricks or is an actual wrong being done across the way?
Think Rear Window with Jimmy Stewart flying solo and optically impaired instead of held back by a broken leg.' Source: http://venue505.com/theatre (Sighted 26/10/2012).
1 Stories from the 428 Donna Abela , Kit Brookman , Tahli Corin , Matt Edgerton , Joanna Erskine , Šime Knežević , Patrick Lenton , Jasper Marlow , Brooke Robinson , Alison Rooke , 2010 anthology drama 'Buses are a necessary part of Sydney life and inspire rage and romance in equal measure. A group of Australia’s impressive award-winning and emerging playwrights have collaborated to create a unique show inspired by conversations, scenes from the bus window, overseen text messages or perhaps the person sitting across from them on the 428 bus from Circular Quay to Canterbury.' Source: http://storiesfromthe428.com/?page_id=526 (Sighted 16/09/2010).
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