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'The Australian Performing Group, or APG, helped to bring about a profound change in Australian theatre and nurtured the talents of a generation of writers and performers who have become household names including Max Gillies, David Williamson, Graeme Blundell, Jack Hibberd, Sue Ingleton and Grieg Pickhaver (aka H G Nelson). Yet to date [2008] the only published full-length accounts of the group have been written by former members.
'Make it Australian gives an outsider's view of this influential group and the social, political and cultural context in which it operated. Through its observation of the personalities, conflicts and ideologies embedded in the APG, it challenges myths, reveals paradoxes and investigates divergences between the professed aims of its members and what the group did.
'Make it Australian is the first critical history of APG and the book traces the group's development from its beginnings at La Mama Theatre in 1968 through its flowering at the Pram Factory and to its demise in 1981. It draws on interviews with key members, reviews of productions and an analysis of significant plays.'(Publisher's blurb)
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Dedication: For my family.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Make it Australian : The Australian Performing Group, the Pram Factory and the New Wave Theatre by Gabrielle Wolf
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: JASAL , no. 9 2009;
— Review of Make It Australian: The Australian Performing Group, the Pram Factory and New Wave Theatre 2008 single work criticism -
Untitled
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 24 no. 1 2009; (p. 177-178)
— Review of Make It Australian: The Australian Performing Group, the Pram Factory and New Wave Theatre 2008 single work criticism -
Non-Fiction 2007-2008
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 53 no. 2008; (p. 76-92)
— Review of The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer 1993 single work biography ; This Crazy Thing a Life : Australian Jewish Autobiography 2007 selected work criticism ; John Winston Howard 2007 single work biography ; Mudrooroo : A Likely Story : Identity and Belonging in Postcolonial Australia 2007 single work criticism ; A Matter of Conscience : Sir Ronald Wilson 2007 single work biography ; Contrary Rhetoric : Lectures on Landscape and Language 2008 selected work criticism essay ; Australian Literature : Postcolonialism, Racism, Transnationalism 2007 single work criticism ; Power Plays : Australian Theatre and the Public Agenda 2007 single work criticism ; Heartsick for Country : Stories of Love, Spirit and Creation 2008 anthology life story ; Conversations With The Mob 2008 anthology life story ; Make It Australian: The Australian Performing Group, the Pram Factory and New Wave Theatre 2008 single work criticism ; Stressing the Modern : Cultural Politics in Australian Women's Poetry 2007 selected work criticism -
'Buy Australian' Catchcry Fuels Arts Renaissance
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 23 May vol. 18 no. 10 2008;
— Review of Make It Australian: The Australian Performing Group, the Pram Factory and New Wave Theatre 2008 single work criticism -
From Melbourne's Drama Factory
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 August 2008; (p. 31)
— Review of Make It Australian: The Australian Performing Group, the Pram Factory and New Wave Theatre 2008 single work criticism
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Days in FitzCarlton
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 302 2008; (p. 47-48)
— Review of Make It Australian: The Australian Performing Group, the Pram Factory and New Wave Theatre 2008 single work criticism -
From Melbourne's Drama Factory
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 August 2008; (p. 31)
— Review of Make It Australian: The Australian Performing Group, the Pram Factory and New Wave Theatre 2008 single work criticism -
'Buy Australian' Catchcry Fuels Arts Renaissance
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 23 May vol. 18 no. 10 2008;
— Review of Make It Australian: The Australian Performing Group, the Pram Factory and New Wave Theatre 2008 single work criticism -
Non-Fiction 2007-2008
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 53 no. 2008; (p. 76-92)
— Review of The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer 1993 single work biography ; This Crazy Thing a Life : Australian Jewish Autobiography 2007 selected work criticism ; John Winston Howard 2007 single work biography ; Mudrooroo : A Likely Story : Identity and Belonging in Postcolonial Australia 2007 single work criticism ; A Matter of Conscience : Sir Ronald Wilson 2007 single work biography ; Contrary Rhetoric : Lectures on Landscape and Language 2008 selected work criticism essay ; Australian Literature : Postcolonialism, Racism, Transnationalism 2007 single work criticism ; Power Plays : Australian Theatre and the Public Agenda 2007 single work criticism ; Heartsick for Country : Stories of Love, Spirit and Creation 2008 anthology life story ; Conversations With The Mob 2008 anthology life story ; Make It Australian: The Australian Performing Group, the Pram Factory and New Wave Theatre 2008 single work criticism ; Stressing the Modern : Cultural Politics in Australian Women's Poetry 2007 selected work criticism -
Untitled
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 24 no. 1 2009; (p. 177-178)
— Review of Make It Australian: The Australian Performing Group, the Pram Factory and New Wave Theatre 2008 single work criticism -
Inside the Collective
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 May 2008; (p. 6) -
Untitled
2008
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 31 May-1June 2008; (p. 2) -
Untitled
2008
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 June 2008; (p. 2) Gabrielle Wolf highlights inaccuracies in Val Wake's correspondence regarding Wolf's Make It Australian: The Australian Performing Group, the Pram Factory and New Wave Theatre.
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- 1968-1981