Michael Beresford – March 26 2017

Purple Day (for epilepsy awareness) – March 26 2017

Michael has written several plays that have been professionally produced in North Queensland over recent years. His produced plays include Persona non grata 2, Dump, Body Parts and Ginger Boy. Michael was Artistic Director of HardSun Theatre Company in Townsville, and is currently Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Tasmania. He has written and directed professionally for several years in North Queensland for Tropic Line, TropicSun and JUTE theatre companies. Michael is a member of the Interplay Board and has been a member of the Regional Arts Development Committee and a member of the Peer Assessment Panel for Arts Queensland.

Snap
Australian Script Centre
360 minutes; 1 female, 2 male
Cast age: 16 to 18, 18+; Audience age: young adult, adult

Iris and Brian are itinerants who live rough. Iris is much older than Brian and knows more about him than he does himself. Brian is prone to epilepsy and is not the full quid. He doesn’t remember a lot of things. His most precious possessions are his photos that he often uses as a game of Snap with Iris. This gives some order to his life’s history. Brian’s abusive father, Neil, arrives to claim a photo from Brian. In the game of Snap that follows, Iris has several photos up her sleeve, and gives Neil more than he bargains for – while simultaneously revealing her true intentions for Brian.

Tiptoe – Published with Gods of Spicy Things by Sue Hayes
Playlab; ISBN 9780908156702
Full length play; 3 female, 0 male

When visiting visual artist, Emma Lee, is commissioned to construct a public art piece in Charters Towers, she uncovers the past and the mysterious disappearance of Tiptoe, a local vagrant. Michael Beresford’s darkly humorous and intriguing play follows Emma’s dangerous quest to discover the truth.