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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 The Violent Outburst That Drew Me To You
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'It started around the time he turned 16. Everyone and everything started grating on Connor’s nerves. His mum, his dad, his teachers, even his best mate. Lately he just can’t help picking fights, slamming doors and flipping desks. Then his parents decide to dump him alone in a forest for a week.

'As unpredictable as Connor himself, 'The Violent Outburst That Drew Me To You' tackles the ticking time bomb of teenagerdom. Behind its sly and smart-arsed exterior is a searching exploration of adolescent anger, bound to strike a dissonant chord with anyone who’s ever caught a whiff of teen spirit.' (Source: Griffin Theatre Company website.)

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Teachers' notes - Part A - via Melbourne Theatre Company.

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Teachers' notes - Part B - via Melbourne Theatre Company.

Production Details

  • Presented by Siren Theatre Co and Griffin Independent, at SBW Stables Theatre, Kings Cross.

    Previews: 18 and 19 June 2014.

    Season: 21 June – 12 July 2014.

    Director: Kate Gaul.

    Composer: Daryl Wallis.

    Choreographer: Ash Bee.

    Cast: Emily Ayoub, Branden Christine, Michael Cutrupi, Anthony Weir, and Kate Worsley.

    Supported by Riverside Theatres Parramatta through True West Theatre.


    Produced by Melbourne Theatre Company, 2-18 May 2019 (The Lawler, Southbank Theatre).

    Director: Prue Clark.

    Lighting Designer: Amelia Lever-Davidson.

    Cast including Harry Tseng.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2014
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2015 .
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      • Published: 25th September 2015
      ISBN: 9781925005325
      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.

Works about this Work

Melbourne Theatre Company Tour Takes Mainstage Theatre to Young People in Regional Victoria and Tasmania Hannah Reich , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , June 2019;

'As I sat patiently awaiting the start of Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Finegan Kruckemeyer's The Violent Outburst That Drew Me to You, I surveyed my fellow audience members — teen girls chatting, teen boys trying to get their attention, and most of the 100 or so with phones in hands, ready to switch to silent.' (Introduction)

Spot On : Angry Young Man Meets Even Jason Blake , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24 June 2014; (p. 17)

— Review of The Violent Outburst That Drew Me To You Finegan Kruckemeyer , 2014 single work drama
Spot On : Angry Young Man Meets Even Jason Blake , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24 June 2014; (p. 17)

— Review of The Violent Outburst That Drew Me To You Finegan Kruckemeyer , 2014 single work drama
Melbourne Theatre Company Tour Takes Mainstage Theatre to Young People in Regional Victoria and Tasmania Hannah Reich , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , June 2019;

'As I sat patiently awaiting the start of Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Finegan Kruckemeyer's The Violent Outburst That Drew Me to You, I surveyed my fellow audience members — teen girls chatting, teen boys trying to get their attention, and most of the 100 or so with phones in hands, ready to switch to silent.' (Introduction)

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