Shop

Stories in the Dark

$23.99

A terrified 12-year-old boy finds himself separated from his family in the unfamiliar streets of a war torn city. He takes refuge in a bombed-out house and in the total blackness his bravado crumbles into tears.

Into his life steps Anna – older, street smart and scornful of his crying. As a way of shutting the boy up, she starts to tell him a story that she vaguely remembers from her own childhood. And so begins a journey into the shifting, shimmering world of ogres, princes, singing bones, foolish lads and wolf-mothers.

Stories in the Dark explores the power of storytelling, mingling the magic and earthy wisdom of folk tales with the hard-edged story of violence, conflict and the struggle to survive.

  • drama, story telling, folk tale
  • 0
  • 10 total
  • 4 female identifying, 6 male identifying
  • young people
  • 16 to 18, 18+
  • teen, young adult, adult
  • Currency Press


  • LINKS & DOWNLOADS
  • PRODUCTION HISTORY

INTERVIEW: DEBRA OSWALD (NOT IN PRINT PODCAST)

CURRENCY PRESS, 11 JULY 2013

Not in Print speaks to Australian playwright Debra Oswald about her play 'Stories in the Dark'.

AUDIO: PLAYWRIGHT'S NOTE ON STORIES IN THE DARK (PODCAST)

CURRENCY PRESS, 11 JULY 2013

Debra Oswald introduces her play 'Stories in the Dark'.

PLEASE NOTE: This page contains links to files that have been sourced, and websites that are maintained by other businesses and organisations. Please refer to our terms of use.

Search for details of past productions at AusStage.edu.au

AusStage provides an accessible research facility for investigating live performance in Australia.


Search by play title and/or playwright name
Results will open in a new window

PLEASE NOTE: You will be directed to AusStage.edu.au for search results; Australian Plays Transform is not responsible for their completeness. Refer to our terms of use.

Purchase at Currency Press $23.99
SKU: CP-1739 Category:

We acknowledge that we live and create on unceded lands. We pay our respects to the First Peoples of Australia, and to their elders past, present and future.

© Australian Plays Transform 2024