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Born: Established: 1944 ;
Gender: Male
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1 The Ordination of Ignatious Samulezi Graham Pitts , Michael Coyne , single work
1 4 Site UnSeen Graham Pitts , Robyn Szechtman , 2011 single work drama

'Spend a night with the street as your home.

Venture into the underworld of "Site UnSeen" where social exclusion and homelessness collide with mirth, satire, beauty and grim reality. An interactive multimedia theatre piece, Site UnSeen literally walks its audience through the darkened streets of St Kilda, crafting with dark humour and wit, the sensate moments that constitute a life of homelessness.

Created by art and theatre workers collaborating with communities of people who have experienced homelessness, "Site UnSeen" utilises iconic locations around St Kilda to present the reality of those who are most invisible, and has been co-created by people who have been there.

From the initial Circus of Exclusion to the final Kaleidoscope of Multiple Exits, the show discards the veils surrounding invisible people and places, to take you on an extraordinary journey where the usual codes of behaviour do not apply ... or help you survive. "Site Unseen" combines visual installations, images, simulation, elephants, sound-scapes and actors. Source: www.onlymelbourne.com.au/ (Sighted 11/10/2011).
1 3 Haneef: The Interrogation Graham Pitts , 2008 single work drama An edited dramatisation of the interrogation of Dr. Mohamed Haneef, the Indian born doctor, who was the first person to be arrested under Australia's new anti-terrorism laws.
1 1 What Men Love Graham Pitts , 2003 single work drama humour
1 The Ordination of Ignatius Samulezi i "The photographs I most wanted", Graham Pitts , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Siglo , Winter no. 13 2000; (p. 37-41)
1 4 y separately published work icon Edge Graham Pitts , 1994 Australia : Graham Pitts , 1994 Z170433 1994 single work drama Edge is the dramatised true story of the wreck of the Dutch ship Batavia on the Abrohlos atolls off the coast of Western Australia in 1628. In this dramatic and entertaining play, hailed by one reviewer as his "play of the year", events unfold against a background of religious millenarianism, or "end of the world" fervor. Three hundred men, women and children were marooned. In the absence of their commander, thirty men belonging to a Christian cult men took control and massacred a hundred and twenty five others. The remaining women were taken as concubines. These events are seen through the eyes of a young Dutch woman who was forced to "wed" the charismatic leader of the mutineers. Her experiences lead her to lose all belief in God and any human purpose other than survival. The play is of great relevance to audiences at the end of the twentieth century. It is also presented with considerable dark humour and is a testament to the stubborn persistence of the irrepressible human spirit.

Edge was originally performed on 1 November 1994 with a cast of three actors on the wreck of the Batavia, now in the Fremantle Maritime Museum.

[Source: David Spicer Productuons]
1 5 Factory Girl Graham Pitts , 1994 single work drama
1 Critical Mass Graham Pitts , 1993 single work column
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , April/May vol. 8 no. 4 & 5 1993; (p. 15-17) 'Publicity for the recently held critics' conference claimed that "somewhere...lies the truth about critics and the need for reviews". But was it able to offer any suggestions as to where that place may be?'
1 Wicked Graham Pitts , 1992 single work column
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , June/July vol. 7 no. 6 & 7 1992; (p. 13-15)
1 The Other Country Barbara Brandt , Graham Pitts , 1992 single work drama
1 Ballad of Ballajura Barbara Brandt , Graham Pitts , 1992 single work drama
1 Hello? This is One of Me Graham Pitts , 1991 single work column
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , March vol. 6 no. 3 1991; (p. 13-15)
1 20 y separately published work icon Emma Graham Pitts , 1991 Paddington : Currency Press Playbox Theatre , 1996 Z480862 1991 single work musical theatre
1 2 y separately published work icon Death at Balibo : A Play Maria Alice Casimiro , Jose Monteiro , Graham Pitts , Darwin : Timorese Association NT and Darwin Theatre Group , 1988 Z209943 1988 single work drama The killing, by Indonesian forces, of five Australian T.V. newsmen during an attack on Balibo, East Timor, on October 16th, 1975.
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