At Green Door we are passionate about developing new Australian work.
To find out more about any of the works below or to discuss future support please contact greendoortheatreco@gmail.com or reach us through our Contact Us page.
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Chioma’s Party by Chika Ikogwe
About:
An off-beat Nigerian dramedy about a young woman who’s trying to throw the hottest 21st Birthday Party ever.
History:
Originally developed by Green Door Theatre Company as part of Belvoir Theatre Company’s 2020 Shutdown Residencies
Orange Thrower by Kirsty Marillier
About:
It’s one of those suburbs where the houses all match, the gardens all match, the cars, the dogs, and the people all match. But in the stucco sprawl of Paradise, the Petersen family don’t quite match.
While her folks are back in Johannesburg, Zadie is holding the family fort. This means keeping her little sis away from bush doofs—and smiling when her nice white neighbours try to touch her hair. Then, in the middle of the night, someone starts pelting their house with oranges. Just once. Then twice. Then night after night after night. Maybe it’s nothing. Or maybe someone in Paradise wants them out.
History:
Originally developed by Green Door Theatre Company
WINNER - Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award
PROGRAMMED - STC Rough Draft
PROGRAMMED - Griffin 2021 Season
tutaj/هناك (here/there) by Bernadette Fam and Monika Pieprzyk
About:
How do we begin to describe growing up as a first-gen Australian? First, there are the smells. Not sweat or BO, but the smells of spices, musk and home which you think are normal until you reach high school and somebody passes you a deodorant can. Nowadays you realise you can't even spell your grandparents names, let alone remember them. Life is a bungle.
Through interdisciplinary performance and cross-cultural dialogue tutaj/هناك (here/there) dissects the intricacies of cultural connection and pickle jars. Egyptians and Poles have more in common than we thought in this earnest, funny, and sometimes heart-breaking quest to relinquish shame at feeling neither here nor there.
History:
Originally developed by Green Door Theatre Company
IN RESIDENCE - QLAB 2020 - Q Theatre Penrith
PROGRAMMED - 2020 Griffin Batch Festival
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT - Griffin Theatre Company/Playking
Lady Tabouli by James Elazzi
About:
Lady Tabouli is James Elazzi‘s unflinching clash of cultures and a searing look at how expectations can eat away at us until we decide to change the rules.
It’s the day of his nephew’s baptism and Danny is godfather. Living back home with his religious Lebanese mother, he’s thrown into the maelstrom of preparations and high emotions: God forbid this christening comes second to the Boustanis’! The family can’t afford to lose face, especially with Danny recently and mysteriously calling off his engagement. But secrets will out, and amidst the sugared almonds and balloon deliveries, Danny discovers the true colours of those to whom he’s closest. Where do you turn when the people you love refuse to accept the truth?
History
Originally developed by Green Door Theatre Company and Apocalypse Theatre Company - supported by Belvoir Theatre Company
PROGRAMMED - 2019 Griffin BATCH Festival
PROGRAMMED - 2020 National Theatre of
Parramatta/Sydney Festival