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'"Shrine" is set above the rocky headlands of the South Coast of Western Australia, between a forest and the sea. It's wine country, and a privileged young man, Jack, has been killed driving friends back to Perth from his parents' beach house. Jack leaves in his wake a wreck of a father, a shadow of a mother, and the promise of a love affair that never quite happened. A year later, Jack's father Adam meets the small town girl, June, who shared a strange and life changing night with Jack hours before he died. Domestic heartbreak transcends into mythology in a landscape inhabited by ghosts.' Source: http://aussietheatre.com.au/ (Sighted 26/09/2012)

Production Details

  • First produced by the Black Swan Theatre Company at the Heath Ledger Theatre, 31 August — 15 September 2013.

    Director: Kate Cherry.

    Set and Lighting Designer: Trent Suidgeest.

    Costume Designer: Fiona Bruce.

    Sound Designer: Ben Collins.

    Cast includes Paul Ashcroft, John Howard, Luke McMahon, Sarah McNeill, Will McNeill, and Whitney Richards.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2013
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2014 .
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      Extent: 144p.
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      • Published: 23/07/2014
      ISBN: 9780143572169
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    y separately published work icon Three Plays : Rising Water, Signs of Life, Shrine Tim Winton , Melbourne : Penguin , 2022 24431850 2022 selected work drama

    'Marked by Winton’s signature ear for dialogue, these are three searing plays about survival, mourning, and the remarkable gift of redemption.

    'Winton’s first play, Rising Water, sees middle-aged fringe-dwellers Col, Baxter and Jackie living aboard neighbouring boats in a crowded marina. Each of them nurses secret wounds and anxieties, and although their vessels are ocean-going craft, none seems likely to ever leave the safe confines of the harbour. They are hiding from the world behind and beyond.
    'Signs of Life marks the return of Georgie Jutland and Lu Fox from Winton’s Miles Franklin–winning novel Dirt Music. Alone in her farmhouse at night, Georgie hears noises out on the highway – car doors, voices, weeping. Then a figure emerges from the darkness. A man seeking help. His sister is out in the car, screaming. Can Georgie trust them? And what to do when guests settle in and show no inclination of moving on?
    'In Shrine, Adam and Mary Mansfield are struggling to come to terms with their son’s death in a car crash. Adam has sold his winery, and his trips to the beach house have become more frequent – anything to avoid Mary’s smouldering grief. One day a young woman arrives at his door. She has something to share: the story of his son’s final hours.' (Publication summary)

    Melbourne : Penguin , 2022

Works about this Work

Harder on the Living Tom Moran , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 29 no. 1 2015; (p. 235-236)

— Review of Shrine : A Play in One Act Tim Winton , 2013 single work drama
Winton's Tale of Grief Challenges and COnfronts Michelle Potter , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 September 2013;

— Review of Shrine : A Play in One Act Tim Winton , 2013 single work drama
Shrine Victoria Laurie , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28-29 September 2013; (p. 17)
Shrine Victoria Laurie , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 27 September 2013; (p. 12)

— Review of Shrine : A Play in One Act Tim Winton , 2013 single work drama
Shrine Victoria Laurie , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 25 September 2013; (p. 14)

— Review of Shrine : A Play in One Act Tim Winton , 2013 single work drama
Grief Beyond Words William Yeoman , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 27 August 2013; (p. 6-7)

— Review of Shrine : A Play in One Act Tim Winton , 2013 single work drama
Shrine Victoria Laurie , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 25 September 2013; (p. 14)

— Review of Shrine : A Play in One Act Tim Winton , 2013 single work drama
Shrine Victoria Laurie , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 27 September 2013; (p. 12)

— Review of Shrine : A Play in One Act Tim Winton , 2013 single work drama
Winton's Tale of Grief Challenges and COnfronts Michelle Potter , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 September 2013;

— Review of Shrine : A Play in One Act Tim Winton , 2013 single work drama
Harder on the Living Tom Moran , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 29 no. 1 2015; (p. 235-236)

— Review of Shrine : A Play in One Act Tim Winton , 2013 single work drama
Black Swan Catches a Comet Justin Burke , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 25 September 2012; (p. 16)
Class Action Victoria Laurie , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 31 August - 1 September 2013; (p. 5-6)
'Tim Winton's Shrine illuminates barriers between Australia's haves and have-nots...'
Shrine Highlights Tributes on the Road to Redemption Philip O'Brien , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 September 2013;
Shrine Victoria Laurie , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28-29 September 2013; (p. 17)
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