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Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Surviving Byron Paul Davies , (Manuscript version)12246079 12246074 single work novel

All Joe Deegan ever wanted was to have just one pretty fabulous day. (Preferably on a fairly regular basis.) So naturally, he come to Byron Bay seeking healing, enlightenment and a pleasant lie down - all with in earshot of some beautiful, undeveloped beach. Here, at last, he is able to concentrate on two simple but crucial ideas: that a) life is completely miraculous, and b) time is unbearably short. Indeed, Joe's master life-plan goes really well... until the occasion of his 49th birthday. In quick succession he loses his mailbox, his job, possibly his nerve, nearly drowns in the surf, and almost destroys a perfectly wonderful relationship. When it looks as though his modest fibro cottage is about to be swamped by dozens of pink and lilac cluster town houses, things start to get a bit edgy...' (Synopsis)

1 Like Riding A Bicycle : Achieving Balance through Mobility in Site - Specific Performence - a Comaprative Study of Railway Wonderland (2015) by Nrother Rivers Performing Arts and Sir Don V the Rat Pack (2009) By Guerrilla /Street Theatre Paul Davies , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies : Transported , October vol. 69 no. 2016; (p. 145 - 179)

According to Peter Brook's famous dictum, it requires more than just an empty space , an actor and someone watching to constitute an 'act of theatre' (The Empty Space). The actor must also walk across the space. Setting aside the questions of why she is walking or where ( the narrative factor), it is motion in theate practice that remains the connecting spark. And that for site-specific theatre especially, it is mobility - either of audience, performers, or stage - that 'ignites' into being the dramatic space in which events may occur. De Certeau also finds that space is 'composed of intersections of mobile elements' and is 'in a sense actuated by the ensemble of movements within it'. Space is 'like a word when it is spoken' (Everyday Life). Lebrve, taking his cue from the astrophysics of Fred Hoyle, similarly argues that space may be created 'by the energy deployed within it' (Production of Space).

This article examines two recent productions in real places where performance space is created and maintained by the movement of actors and / or audience through it. I argue that both Guerrilla Street Theatre's Sir Don V The Rat Pack (November 2009), enacted outside BHP Billiton's Annual General Meeting, and Northern Rivers Performing Arts' Railway Wonderland (November 2014), sited on the platform of Lismore's now disused railway station, institute different practices of mobility which not only facilitate the intrusion of space, but also enhance audience's complicity in the occupation that invariably follows - both vital to the site- specific agenda.

As With riding a bicycle, balance becomes feasible through forward movement. Opposites are reconciled, suspension of disbelief (place and space) suspended, arrest avoided (mostly), progression of story achieved. Through the strategies, and by these means, the practice of sire-specific performance continues to thrive outside dedicated theatre buildings and does so in ways that move the art of the 'theatre' (Appia) into literally new territory. Richard Sera' assertion that 'to move the work is to destroy the work' may well app;y to sire specific sculpture (one need only look at the peripatetic travails of Ron Robertson-Swann's (in)famous Vault aka The Yellow Peril). However, drawing on my study of TheatreWorks plays in trams, boats and houses (2013). I would argue that quite the reverse applies to site-specific performance - where not to move the work is to risk potential failure.

1 Homicide Paul Davies , 2014 single work companion entry
— Appears in: A Companion to the Australian Media : H 2014; (p. 208-209)
1 Dramatic Tales Stir the Suburb : Melbourne's Location Theatre Movement, 1979-1990 Paul Davies , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 64 2014; (p. 39-70)

'Throughout the 1980s, a number of plays were produced in Melbourne which sat at the cutting edge of what was happening globally in site-specific practice at that time. Fefu and Her Friends (Maria Irene Forn, 1977) was produced in a house in Tennyson Street, Elwood, two years before Necessary Angel's celebrated house play, John Krizanc's Tamara, appeared at the Toronto Theatre Festival in 1981. Similarly, Bus, Son of Tram traversed the streets of inner Melbourne more than a decade before Forced Entertainment's much-lauded bus excursion, Nights in This City explored the suburbs of Sheffield in 1995. Described by Jack Hibberd as one of the most surreal events to animate Melbourne theatre, TheatreWorks' 'Tram Show', played to some 20,000 passengers, across 400 performances, generating (in today's figures) roughly $1 million at the box office - while trambulating a total distance that would have taken it halfway around the world. Bus, Son of Tram also became a recurring hit for the Banana Lounge's Rod Quantock and Geoff Brookes, who took their nightly audiences to police stations, private clubs, family planning clinics, the windows of expensive restaurants, and whatever city-wide events happened to be taking place at the time, which in February 1982 included the annual Moomba Festival.' (Publication abstract)

1 Transiting Through the Cultures of Suburbia: How TheatreWorks Discovered the Community of an Audience Paul Davies , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 60 2012; (p. 138-156)
'On 23 February 1981, an ensemble of recent graduates from the Victorian College of the Arts Drama School - Caz Howard, Peter Sommerfeld, Susie Fraser, Hannie Rayson and Peter Finlay - incorporated themselves as the "Eastern Suburbs Community Theatre Company Limited", but the group was more colloquially known as "TheatreWorks" and was re-incorporated as such in February 1986, after consolidating its move to the Acland Street Parish Hall in St Kilda.' Paul Davies.
1 Everett de Roche Paul Davies (interviewer), 2008 single work interview
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , 2008 no. 48 2008;
1 y separately published work icon Where Love = Zero or How to Lose at Singles : A Courting Disaster Paul Davies , 2007 (Manuscript version)12247372 12247365 2007 single work drama
1 A Conversation with Shane Maloney Paul Davies , 2004 single work interview
— Appears in: Metro Magazine , no. 142 2004; (p. 142-146)
Maloney discusses the persona of Murray Whelan, the central character in the Murray Whelan Mysteries. He also reflects on plot possibilities and character developments for further Whelan novels and discusses the process of adapting the books for the television films, The Murray Whelan Series.
1 form y separately published work icon Return of the Prodigal Paul Davies , ( dir. Richard Jasek ) Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2000 25704929 2000 single work film/TV
1 form y separately published work icon Something in the Air Anthony Morris , David Phillips , Sally Webb , Peter A. Kinloch , Sue Hore , David Hannam , Meaghan Smith , Katherine Thomson , Paul Davies , Elizabeth Huntley , Graham Hartley , Jo Martino , Abe Pogos , Fiona Wood , Everett de Roche , Kris Wyld , Judith Colquhoun , Rob George , Kelly Lefever , Marieke Hardy , Martin McKenna , Barbara Bishop , Nick Stevens , Linda Aronson , Jutta Goetze , Cliff Green , Ro Hume , Debra Oswald , Kevin Roberts , Yuki Asano , Bill Garner , Jenny Lewis , Chris Phillips , Karin Altmann , Neville Brown , Michael Joshua , Roger Simpson , Elizabeth Coleman , Alan Hardy , Galia Hardy , ( dir. Ali Ali et. al. )agent Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2000-2002 25704858 2000 series - publisher film/TV
1 form y separately published work icon Stingers Grace Morris , Howard Griffiths , Peter A. Kinloch , Paul Davies , Jock Blair , Vicki Madden , Mac Gudgeon , Roger Simpson , Jo Martino , Sue Hore , David William Boutland , Sally Webb , Margaret Wilson , Denise Morgan , Daniel Krige , Martin McKenna , Jeff Truman , Everett de Roche , Stu Sutcliffe , Adam Todd , Tom Hegarty , Simon McDonald , Chris Hawkshaw , Cliff Green , Abe Pogos , Guy Wilding , Max Dann , David Hannam , Magda Pyke , Marcia Gardner , Shane Brennan , Philip Dalkin , Peter Gawler , Anthony Watt , John Banas , Graeme Koetsveld , Michaeley O'Brien , Chris Corbett , Tim Gooding , Shelley Birse , Matt Ford , Samantha Winston , John Reeves , John Ridley , David Bates , Sam De Brito , Meg Mappin , Jane Allen , ( dir. Julian McSwiney et. al. )agent Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier Nine Network , 1998-2004 6031565 1998 series - publisher film/TV crime detective

'Inspired by true events, Stingers reveals the shadowy and ambiguous world of undercover cops — people with covert lives and constantly changing identities. They are police who defeat crime from within the criminal world — always without a badge and frequently without protection. The series follows the lives of the operatives as they befriend and betray those on the other side of the law. For these select few, it is a deadly way of life.The undercover cops of Stingers are a unique breed. They must juggle their own lives — love, laughter, family and humanity — with the tension of the criminal personas they adopt in their passion for justice.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 7/6/2013)

1 6 form y separately published work icon Blue Heelers Tony Morphett , Hal McElroy , Seven Network (publisher), Tony Morphett , Ysabelle Dean , Howard Griffiths , Ted Roberts , Greg Haddrick , Graeme Koetsveld , Anne Brooksbank , John Upton , Peter A. Kinloch , Tim Gooding , Ray Harding , Everett de Roche , Judith Colquhoun , Patrick Edgeworth , Justin Glockerla , Stephen Measday , Sue Hore , Alan Hopgood , John Lord , Rachel Lewis , John Coulter , Hugh Stuckey , Peter Gawler , David Allen , Cassandra Carter , Michaeley O'Brien , Fred Clarke , Margaret Plumb , John Wood , Leon Saunders , Wal Saunders , Russell Hagg , Ruth Field , Shane Brennan , Max Singer , Michael Winter , David Phillips , John Banas , Jennifer Rowe , David William Boutland , Annie Beach , David Worthington , Peter Dick , Robert Harris , Louise Crane , Chris Phillips , David Marsh , Jenny Lewis , Rick Held , Kathie Armstrong , Emma Honey , Bill Garner , Beverley Evans , Anthony Ellis , Mary McCormick , David Anthony , Carol Williams , Matthew Williams , Paul Davies , Craig Wilkins , Roger Dunn , Mary Graham , Harry Jordan , Geraldine Pilkington , Caroline Stanton , Grace Morris , Piers Hobson , Lyn Ogilvy , Deborah Parsons , Bob Cameron , Brian Bell , Kelly Lefever , Karin Altmann , Coral Drouyn , Jon Stephens , Marieke Hardy , Michael Brindley , Harriet Smith , Jo Merle , Chris Corbett , Tom Hegarty , Abe Pogos , Petra Graf , Anne Melville , Julie O'Brien , Peter Hepworth , Rob George , Jane Allen , Noel Maloney , Michael Voigt , Maureen Sherlock , Alison Nisselle , Elizabeth Coleman , John Ridley , Stuart Page , Jeff Truman , Rohan Trollope , Vicki Madden , Forrest Redlich , Jo Kasch , James Dunbar , Kylie Needham , Samantha Winston , ( dir. Mark Callan et. al. )agent 1994 Sydney Australia : Hal McElroy Southern Star Seven Network , 1994-2006 Z1367353 1994 series - publisher film/TV crime

A character-based television drama series about the lives of police officers in the fictitious Australian country town of Mt Thomas, this series began with the arrival of Constable Maggie Doyle (Lisa McCune) to the Mt Thomas station in the episode 'A Woman's Place'. Doyle and avuncular station boss Senior Sergeant Tom Croydon (John Wood) were the core characters of the series until the departure of Lisa McCune.

Immensely popular for a decade, Blue Heelers was cancelled in 2006 after thirteen seasons. The announcement was front-page news in Australia's major newspapers including The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney's Daily Telegraph, The Herald Sun and The Age in Melbourne, and Brisbane's Courier Mail.

On June 8, 2006 Ross Warneke wrote in The Age:

'It's over and, to be perfectly blunt, there's no use lamenting the demise of Blue Heelers any more. When the final movie-length episode aired on Channel Seven on Sunday night, 1.5 million Australians tuned in, a figure that was big enough to give the show a win in its timeslot but nowhere near big enough to pay the sort of tribute that this writer believes Heelers deserved after more than 500 episodes.It is unlikely there will be anything like it again. At almost $500,000 an hour, shows such as Blue Heelers are quickly becoming the dinosaurs of Australian TV.'

1 y separately published work icon Red Ted and the Great Depression Patrick Laughren , Paul Davies , 1993 1993 (Manuscript version)x402141 Z1731148 1993 single work drama
1 1 y separately published work icon Full House, No Vacancies Paul Davies , Sydney Melbourne : Currency Press TheatreWorks , 1989 Z12997 1989 single work drama 'Gather at the Linga Longa Private Hotel, a run-down, but once historic, boarding house situated at 26 Acland Street, St Kilda. Meet the wealth of 'St Kilda eccentrics' who pop in and out of the rooms ... Meet MORREY, the blind caretaker who loathes his guests! Wait with faded star SHEILA for 'that' phone call from her agent. Listen to FREDDIE FINALLY's jokes and realise why he didn't get to Edinburgh! Try to understand the lilt of Welsh freedom fighter GARETH, who's lost his passport. Ponder the motives of real estate agent NICK ... did he buy the building Why? Work out LIZ'S guilty secret! Investigate the gorilla suit in ROSIE's cupboard! The audience moves from room to room as the play unfolds and they piece together the story. The audience is divided into three groups for this purpose, and they gather together for the final scene in the TV Lounge to witness the last Happy Hour at the Linga Longa!' Source: www.theatreworks.org.au/ (Sighted 08/10/2010).
1 5 y separately published work icon On Shifting Sandshoes Paul Davies , 1988 (Manuscript version)x402142 Z853588 1988 single work drama

'The play is about a diverse group of friends who go camping together every Christmas/New Year on Stradbroke Island. However, this year, the Bicentennial year, things go riotously out of kilter : it begins to rain and doesn't let up for days! The creek rises and cuts them off from civilisation ... the holiday now becomes a struggle for survival!

Friendships are strained, belongings are soggy, food becomes scarce. Relationships are stripped to the bone! The vigorous games of 'Bastard Ball' are replaced by the dividing up of the last sardine and the spelling out of S.O.S on the beach in XXXX empties!

The play is about migration within Australia—the annual Christmas trek. It's about playing games and having fun. It's about relationships that extend beyond family, and about the strain on those bonds when the food runs out!' Source: www.theatreworks.org.au/ (Sighted 08/10/2010).

1 y separately published work icon Last Train to St Kilda : A Heavy Rail Story in Black and White Paul Davies , 1987 (Manuscript version)x400638 Z853597 1987 single work drama
1 Living Rooms Paul Davies , 1986 single work drama 'The building in which this play is staged has gone from Victorian Mansion to Boarding House to Cultural Centre. The story is an invention based on impressions of the life of a grand mansion in St Kilda from the Boer War to the Bicentennial. Its bricks and mortar enshrine our history and the lives of its inhabitants pass like shadows, wondering if' there's such a thing as real progress after all, or whether life is just a case of "you can't always get what you want." It's not so much the place you're in, but the time you're in it. Or, as Monika would say, "Only the journey matters."' Source: www.theatreworks.org.au/ (Sighted 08/10/2010).
1 form y separately published work icon Niel Lynne Best Enemies David Baker , Paul Davies , ( dir. David Baker ) Australia : Niel Lynne Productions , 1985 13008071 1985 single work film/TV

'Set in the late 1960s and early 1970s, this coming-of-age film traces a young man's emotional and social development from leaving school in Ballarat to his time in Melbourne and on active service in Vietnam.'

Source: Screen Australia.

1 Breaking Up in Balwyn Paul Davies , 1983 single work drama
2 1 y separately published work icon Storming St. Kilda by Tram Storming Mont Albert by Tram; Storming Swanston Walk by Tram Paul Davies , 1988 (Manuscript version)x402140 Z1731143 1982 single work drama
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