AustLit logo

AustLit

Aftershocks : A Project of the Newcastle Workers' Cultural Action Committee single work   drama   - Two acts
Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Aftershocks : A Project of the Newcastle Workers' Cultural Action Committee
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Based on the 1989 Newcastle earthquake.

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Aftershocks Paul Brown , ( dir. Geoff Burton ) Newcastle : SBS Independent Aftershocks Films , 1998 Z892844 1998 single work film/TV Stories about the 1989 Newcastle earthquake told by staff and friends of the Newcastle Workers Club, illustrating the effect of the earthquake on the people of Newcastle.

Notes

  • A project of the Newcastle Worker's Cultural Committee with Paul Brown as writer in residence.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Newcastle Playhouse by the Workers' Cultural Action Committee with the assistance of the Hunter Valley Theatre Company, 12 November 1991. Also produced at the Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney, July 1993.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Currency Press , 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Aftershocks - The Years in the Making : Introduction, Paul Brown , single work criticism (p. vii-xxviii)
VIEW ENTIRE CONTENTS ( works)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: 'Aftershocks' : Verbatim Theatre about the 1989 Newcastle
    • Paddington, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press ; Belvoir Street Theatre , 1993 .
      Extent: xx, 45p.p.
      Description: illus., ports
      Note/s:
      • Written by Brown with the assistance of the Newcastle Workers' Cultural Action Committee.
      • Cover has the words: 'Oh there's been a bloody earthquake that's come all the way from Sydney.'
      ISBN: 0868193690
      Series: Current Theatre Series Currency Press (publisher), 1983- series - publisher 'Current Theatre Series consists of Australian plays published with the program inserted and sold during theatre seasons. The aim of the series is to promote and encourage new dramatic writing and make it accessible to theatregoers and the public. The text is presented at the first day of rehearsal and does not contain changes which the author may choose to make after the play has commenced its present season - these will be incorporated into any new edition published by Currency.' Currency Press.
VIEW PUBLICATION DETAILS FOR ALL VERSIONS ()

Related Works

Aftershocks Paul Brown , 1998 extract drama (Aftershocks : A Project of the Newcastle Workers' Cultural Action Committee)
— Appears in: The Actor's Audition Manual 1998; (p. 106-109) The Actor's Audition Manual 1998; (p. 180-184)

'A moving documentary play drawn from the traumatic recollections of members of the Newcastle Workers' Club, which was destroyed in the 1989 earthquake.'

Source: Australian Plays (https://australianplays.org/script/CP-81/) (Sighted: 22/02/2018).
VIEW ALL RELATED WORKS (1)

Works about this Work

y separately published work icon Verbatim : Staging Memory and Community Paul Brown (editor), Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2010 Z1741935 2010 anthology criticism young adult Verbatim: Staging Memory and Community 'has been written specifically for the NSW HSC topic on Verbatim Theatre. Focusing on the plays set for the topic—The Laramie Project; Aftershocks; Parramatta Girls; Run Rabbit Run, Minefields and Miniskirts—the book provides project and production history, commentary and analysis, reviews and audience reactions, as well as interviews with the creators of the plays: Each play is explored in its social context, and in the context of the history and range of documentary and "real life" forms of contemporary drama.' (From the publisher's website.)
Aftershocks - The Years in the Making : Introduction Paul Brown , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Aftershocks : A Project of the Newcastle Workers' Cultural Action Committee 2001; (p. vii-xxviii)
Community Stories : 'Aftershocks' and Verbatim Theatre Paul Makeham , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Our Australian Theatre in the 1990s 1998; (p. 168-181)
Reliving the Newcastle Quake Peter Kohn , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Jewish News , 4 August vol. 61 no. 47 1995; (p. 36)
— Review of Aftershocks : A Project of the Newcastle Workers' Cultural Action Committee Paul Brown , 1991 single work drama
Enthralling Drama from Real Tragedy Fiona Scott-Norman , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 8 August vol. 116 no. 5982 1995; (p. 79)
— Review of Aftershocks : A Project of the Newcastle Workers' Cultural Action Committee Paul Brown , 1991 single work drama
Untitled Thomas Burvill , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 27 1995; (p. 153-156)
— Review of Bali : adat Graham Sheil , Indrawati Zifirdaus (translator), 1991 single work drama ; Aftershocks : A Project of the Newcastle Workers' Cultural Action Committee Paul Brown , 1991 single work drama
Australian Drama Books and Anthologies Offer Varied Fare Alexandra S. Cromwell , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 9 no. 1 1995; (p. 51-52)
— Review of Brilliant Lies David Williamson , 1993 single work drama ; Collected Plays : Volume II Patrick White , 1994 selected work drama ; Aftershocks : A Project of the Newcastle Workers' Cultural Action Committee Paul Brown , 1991 single work drama ; Collected Plays : Volume II David Williamson , 1993 selected work drama
Shorts Judy Smallman , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 159 1994; (p. 68)
— Review of Aftershocks : A Project of the Newcastle Workers' Cultural Action Committee Paul Brown , 1991 single work drama
Creation from Crisis Brian Hoad , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 3 August vol. 115 no. 5881 1993; (p. 82-83)
— Review of Aftershocks : A Project of the Newcastle Workers' Cultural Action Committee Paul Brown , 1991 single work drama
Reliving an Earth-Shattering Experience Steven Carroll , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 30 July 1995; (p. 7)
— Review of Aftershocks : A Project of the Newcastle Workers' Cultural Action Committee Paul Brown , 1991 single work drama
Community Stories : 'Aftershocks' and Verbatim Theatre Paul Makeham , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Our Australian Theatre in the 1990s 1998; (p. 168-181)
y separately published work icon Verbatim : Staging Memory and Community Paul Brown (editor), Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2010 Z1741935 2010 anthology criticism young adult Verbatim: Staging Memory and Community 'has been written specifically for the NSW HSC topic on Verbatim Theatre. Focusing on the plays set for the topic—The Laramie Project; Aftershocks; Parramatta Girls; Run Rabbit Run, Minefields and Miniskirts—the book provides project and production history, commentary and analysis, reviews and audience reactions, as well as interviews with the creators of the plays: Each play is explored in its social context, and in the context of the history and range of documentary and "real life" forms of contemporary drama.' (From the publisher's website.)
Aftershocks: Local Stories, National Culture Paul Brown , 1995 single work prose biography
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 54 no. 3 1995; (p. 448-460)
Reviewing Theatre in Draughty Halls Pamela Payne , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 53 no. 3 1994; (p. 479-484)
The Day the Earth Cracked Sonia Harford , 1995 single work biography
— Appears in: The Age , 28 July 1995; (p. 13)
VIEW ALL WORKS ABOUT (15)
Last amended 7 Mar 2013 08:23:41
Informit * Subscription service. Check your library.
Subjects:
  • Newcastle, Newcastle - Hunter Valley area, New South Wales,
  • 1980s
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X