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The Australian Script Centre Annual Report 2008

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Contents

Chair’s Report 4

Director’s Report 5

The Team 7

The Board 9

New Plays Received in 2008 12

Audit Report 14

Special Thanks 17

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The Australian Script Centre Annual Report 2008

About us

Our patrons:

David Williamson

Robyn Archer

The Australian Script Centre has been

selectively collecting, promoting and

distributing contemporary Australian

plays in manuscript form since 1979. The

Centre’s work supports playwrights in

particular by fi lling the gap left by the

very small number of Australian plays

that achieve commercial publication.

Our new ecommerce website,

australianplays.org, which went live

at the end of 2008, gives playwrights

a global distribution and marketing

network for their work as well as giving

producers everywhere a simple access

point for professionally written and

production-ready Australian plays.

The ASC is a non-profi t association with

a membership base comprising a diverse

community of theatre makers, including

many playwrights, drama educators,

students, theatre companies and

producers. It is the only national arts

organisation based in Tasmania.

History

The Australian Script Centre grew out

of an initiative of Barbara Manning

and the Salamanca Theatre Company,

called the Salamanca National Script

Resource Centre. Initially the centre was

a distribution service for playwrights

writing for theatre-in-education. It ran

successfully throughout the 1980s and

in 1993 separated from the Salamanca

Theatre Company to become the

Australian Script Centre. The centre’s

collection rapidly grew as it began to

incorporate all styles of play and radio

scripts. We now house the largest

and most comprehensive collection of

contemporary Australian playscripts.

The ASC collection represents a

signifi cant cultural and historical

resource.

Our Mission

The ASC’s mission is to be an integral

part of the Australian theatre industry

by providing a gateway to the best of

contemporary Australian performance

writing.

Our Values

In all areas of practice and operation,

we strive to:

• Recognise the inherent importance

of fi nding innovative, responsive

and creative new ways to promote

Australian playwriting, and

• Ensure that integrity underlines all

business and is evident through

our systems of good governance,

fi nancial and legal responsibility. The Australian Script Centre is assisted by the

Australian Government through the Australia Council,

its arts funding and advisory body, and by State

Ministers for the Arts through Arts Tasmania, NSW

Arts, Arts WA, and Arts SA.

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making, and once merely a small library

of Theatre-in-Education scripts, has

transformed into an innovative, cutting-

edge dynamo, attracting major funding

and driving sales of new Australian

scripts.

Lindie Lupo has taken over as Treasurer

and David Gurney, Dianne Nicol and

Lisa Harris have brought enormous

experience, skills and energy to what

is virtually a new Board. Chris Tugwell,

Chris Thompson, Campion Decent and

Alan Jeffrey have continued to bring

new ideas and energy to every meeting

and to maintain the principles of good

governance that have characterized the

Board’s work over the years.

This is my final report as Chair. I have

been privileged to lead a Board of

astute, informed and questioning

professionals who have freely given

their time and expertise in the service

of Australian playwrights. Meetings

were always awash with generosity

and humour, and I thank everyone who

has participated with me in the ASC’s

journey of the last few years.

Under the new Chairmanship of

Campion Decent, the Board will re-

define itself and find a fresh approach

to supporting the staff of the ASC. I

wish Campion, Gail, Board members

and staff the very best for the future.

Thank you all.

David Lander Chair

March 2009

2008 has been a momentous year for

the Australian Script Centre. We have

been designated a Key Organisation by

the Australia Council for the Arts and

funded triennially. We are now endowed

with a significant role in the Australian

theatre industry and have substantial

funding to carry it out for the next

three years. This is an extraordinary

achievement; the result of sustained

commitment, integrity and service, and

a fitting result for the work of the staff

and Board over the last few years.

I wish to acknowledge, in particular, the

work of Anita Favretto, Director, Deb

Sadler, Treasurer and Chris Thompson on

the Strategic Plan, which was the core of

our submission for triennial funding. It is

an extraordinarily well-written document

– forceful, eloquent and undeniable

– and the ASC owes its current security

to this plan and its writers.

There have been great changes in

Board membership and staffing. Anita

Favretto, Director, and Deb Sadler,

Treasurer, have left. In addition to

writing the Strategic Plan, Anita, over

her two and a half years, steadied the

ASC during a time when the entire

national script-development landscape

was being radically re-defined. Her

administrative thoroughness, her

determination to establish partnerships

nationally and her gift for team-building

were the hallmarks of her tenure.

On her arrival, Deb Sadler rationalised

our accounting system and, during the

time of turmoil, gave such wise advice

that funding bodies saw the ASC was

indeed in safe hands, and that it should

be allowed to get on with the job

unscathed.

It has been a source of great personal

and professional pleasure to me to have

worked with such selfless people. The

ASC owes a great deal to Anita and Deb.

In late 2008 the Board was able

to appoint the brilliant Gail Cork

as Director. Gail has exceptional

experience in arts administration and

is the ideal person to lead the ASC into

its new era of e-marketing and digital

publishing. She is a confident, creative

user of technology and the ASC will

have an exciting future in her hands.

Already, the website we manage in

collaboration with Playwriting Australia

and Currency Press, australianplays.org,

is up and running, and our own

website, ozscript.org, is being re-

designed for educators and playwrights.

Plans are in place for our 30th birthday

celebrations in late March and for

our collaboration in the National

Play Festival, which is taking place in

Hobart. Two Pairs of Shorts, initiated

by the ASC, will bring readings of four

short new plays to Tasmanian audiences

during Ten Days on the Island. This is,

indeed, an intoxicating time.

Those who know the history of the ASC

are astonished at our new identity. This

small organization, geographically far

from the centres of national theatre

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By any measure, it’s been quite a year for

the Script Centre. Thanks to the tireless

efforts of the board and my predecessor,

Anita Favretto, the organisation stepped

up to a new level of achievement made

possible by digital technology.

The catalyst was the Theatre Board’s

decision to fund the design and build

of australianplays.org an e-commerce

portal for Australian plays, managed by

the ASC in collaboration with Currency

Press, Playlab and Playwriting Australia.

Building began in May and, by the

time Anita left in September to take up

new challenges, the foundations were

in place for the ASC’s transition from

print to digital, a transition that would

transform the way we do business.

Then came the big news. The Theatre

Board had awarded the ASC Key

Organisation status, accompanied by

triennial funding for 2009-2011. This

resounding vote of confidence in the

ASC’s audacious vision for the future

had a galvanising effect on the team.

By the end of 2008, two months ahead

of schedule, the current catalogue

of more than 800 scripts had been

digitised and australianplays.org was

ready to go live. Formerly bulging

filing cabinets were emptied, the

daily outflow of snail mail slowed to

a trickle, the trusty office photocopier

fell strangely silent. Online, it was, and

continues to be a hive of activity as

script sales gather momentum and the

ASC prepares to roll out further digital

upgrades in 2009.

Director’s Report

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In the midst of these major changes,

the ASC’s core business of selectively

collecting and distributing Australian

playscripts did not miss a beat. 2008

saw the release of Stand Alone, a

collection of 20 audition pieces for

young actors and Collection #7, a

stylish CD featuring 27 new plays.

Production of these collections was the

work of Script Manager, Lian Tanner.

The ASC is fortunate indeed to have

Lian on the team. An accomplished

writer herself, Lian’s work in shaping

and building the ASC catalogue

over the past eight years, her good

judgement, fastidious eye for detail and

her care for the ASC’s wellbeing make

her a wonderful colleague and one of

the ASC’s most valuable assets.

The ASC’s good fortune does not

stop there. David Roberts brings an

astonishing level of savvy and can-do

technical wizardry to his role as Online

Producer and Marketing Manager.

Before she left to have a baby,

Coordinator Beatrix Bae Bouwman took

care of the daily minutiae and gave

the office a makeover into the bargain.

When the time came to digitise the

catalogue, Beatrix rose to the challenge

with vigour and efficiency. I also

acknowledge other valued members of

the team in 2008; Essie Kruckemeyer

who left the position of Office Manager

in May, Sarah Briggs who kept the

books in order after Essie’s departure

and Project Manager Anne Morgan who

steered australianplays.org through to

its successful completion in December.

Director Anita Favretto

(to September 2008)

Anita worked at the Australian Writers’

Guild (Melbourne office) for several

years before joining local government

where she coordinated a festival

program and assisted with arts policy

development. Prior to joining the ASC,

Anita was coordinator at LIVE Tasmania,

an arts marketing consortium of theatre

producers and presenters. She has also

produced independent theatre and

freelanced as a researcher and writer

for film and new media projects. Anita

left the ASC in September 2008 to

pursue new opportunities in education

program development.

Director Gail Cork

(from October 2008)

Gail has a diverse background in arts

management, specialising in books and

writing. Her previous positions include

manager of the Australia Council’s

Literature Board and executive director

of the Australian Society of Authors.

She has worked as a ghostwriter,

editor, columnist and reviewer. Her

freelance work has appeared in many

publications including The Sydney

Morning Herald and The Australian.

She has served on the boards of

the Copyright Agency Limited, the

Australian Copyright Council, the

Australian Society of Authors and the

Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board. Gail

is also an accredited and experienced

commercial mediator.

Script Manager and A/g Director Sept

2008 Lian Tanner

Lian is a children’s fiction author and

playwright. Her first children’s novel,

Rats! was published by Lothian Books

in 2004 and she has just finished her

second children’s novel, Museum of

Thieves, written with support from an

Australia Council Literature Board grant.

She has had two radio plays, Inquest

into the Disappearance of a Sensible

Woman and Underworld, broadcast on

Radio National’s Airplay. Other plays

for adults include Corpus Nullius (1996

International Festival of Puppetry,

Budapest), Invertebrate (2004 Mountain

Festival) and Windpiece (2006 Mountain

Festival). Lian’s children’s plays include

I’ve Got Wind (Tasmanian Symphony

Orchestra), Heroes and Yolla (both for

Terrapin Theatre). Her stories have been

regularly published in School Magazine,

the NSW Department of Education’s

literary magazine for children. Lian

has a degree in Earth Sciences and an

Associate Diploma in Performing Arts.

She occasionally works as a freelance

editor and copywriter.

Online Producer and Marketing

Manager David Roberts

(from July 2008)

David brings an impressive array of

website development, marketing and

project management skills to this

newly-created position. He came to

the ASC from a marketing role with

Federal Group where he acquired wide

experience of e-marketing campaigns,

customer relationship management,

The team

An organisation can only ever

be as good as its people. The

ASC’s achievements in 2008 are

testament to the rigour and strategic

intelligence of its board and team. I

would like to pay special tribute to

retiring Chair David Lander for his

unfailing support of the organisation

through good times and bad. David is

an inspirational leader whose robust

humour and boundless generosity of

spirit will be much missed.

Onwards and upwards.

Gail Cork Director

March 2009

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Graphic Designer

Gordon Harrison-Williams

Gordon works with designers

Patrick Badger and Kieran Bradley at

Workhorse Studio. Established in Hobart

in 1992 Workhorse offers expertise in

concept, identity, retail, print, package,

web and environmental design. Gordon

has provided identity and promotional

material including design and

production of the Collection Series for

the ASC since 1998 and most recently

ASC’s newest publications, Stand Alone,

Collection #7 and Two Pairs of Shorts

– Celebrating The Australian Script

Centre’s 30th Anniversary.

Web Development

Tweezy New Media

Tweezy New Media was formed in 1999

by Tasmanian IT professionals Tony

Phelps and Phil Wood. Tweezy offers

a wide range of services including

website design, database design and

development, web site hosting and

graphic design. The team at Tweezy

assists the Australian Script Centre

with a range of web-based and

online database services, making the

collection of Australian playscripts more

accessible online.

Accountant

Rendell Ridge

Rendell is a registered company auditor

with Max Peck & Associates. He has

many years’ experience as auditor for

Tasmanian arts organisations.

David Lander

Chair and Public Officer (TAS)

Member since 2003

BFA Theatre, University of Victoria,

Canada. David has had an extensive

theatrical career as a writer, performer,

director, teacher and lecturer in

England, Canada and Australia. He

has been a broadcaster and theatre

reviewer for ABC Radio National/3LO/

3RRR and was Artistic Director for the

Gippsland Summer School in Theatre

and Drama. He has lectured in theatre

at the Victorian College of the Arts,

Melbourne State College, the University

of Calgary and Rose Bruford Theatre

School, England. His professional

theatre directing credits include three

seasons of It’s a Dad Thing (2000-2007),

including a Tasmanian tour, Bottom’s

Dream by Alan Lovett (2000), which

toured Canada and The Crimson Parrot

by Juliann O’Brien. His play Mate has

received productions in Sydney and

Hobart. He is a founding member of

Playwrights Anonymous.

Allan Jeffrey Deputy Chair (TAS)

Member since 2005

Allan divides his time between his

theatrical pursuits and as Managing

Director of Jeffrey Human Resources

Pty Ltd, management consultancy. He

has over 30 years experience providing

consultancy services to companies and

government organisations. His areas of

expertise are in organisational change,

human resource management training,

market research and leadership

mentoring. Allan has a Bachelor of Arts,

University of Tasmania and has lectured

in organisational behaviour for the

Bachelor of Education. Allan has been

prominent nationally as a judging panel

member for the Australian Training

awards and as an evaluator for the

new registered training organisation

national accreditation program. Allan

has recently been contracted by

the Commonwealth Government’s

Innovation program to develop strategic

planning and business improvement

services to industry.

Debbie Sadler Treasurer (TAS)

(to March 2008)

Member since 2002

Bachelor of Commerce, University

of Tasmania, Member, Institute of

Chartered Accountants. Debbie was

the Assistant Director (Accounting

Policy) for the State Government

and was responsible for developing

accounting policy for the inner Budget

sector, including the ongoing review of

the financial management legislative

framework. Prior to this, she held

many responsible positions within the

Department of Treasury and Finance.

Lindie Lupo Treasurer (TAS)

Member since October 2008

Lindie has a Bachelor of Commerce

degree from the University of Tasmania.

She has many years of experience

managing projects for large and small

organisations in both the profit and

not-for-profit sectors. She is currently

working for Northern Tasmanian

Development as Corporate Manager

the board

search engine optimisation and data

analysis. David holds a Bachelor of

Commerce, majoring in marketing and

entrepreneurship.

Office and Subscriptions Manager

(to February 2008) Essie Kruckemeyer

Essie has worked with leading South

Australian youth theatre companies.

She completed an Emerging Artist

Scholarship at Southern Youth Theatre

Ensemble and assisted in the creative

development of company productions.

Essie has worked with various arts

organisations including Hobart Fringe

Festival, Hobart Comedy Festival,

Terrapin Puppet Theatre, Tasmanian

Writers’ Centre, Is Theatre and

Salamanca Arts Centre.

Office Coordinator (from May 2008)

Beatrix Bae Bouwman

Beatrix joined the ASC in May after

working for Salamanca Arts Centre

and Lucrative Arts Business (LAB). She

has worked across a range of artforms

with special focus on theatre, music

and the visual arts. She has completed

a Bachelor of Fine Arts and won

numerous awards for her own arts

practice.

Project Manager – australianplays.org

(May-December 2008) Anne Morgan

Anne is a widely published children’s

writer with a PhD in writing and

many years’ experience in education

and project management. Her varied

background also includes website

development and acting with

Queensland Theatre Company.

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with Sydney Theatre Company, won

an AWGIE Award and a Queensland

Premier’s Literary Award and was short-

listed for a NSW Premier’s Literary

Award in 2007.

David Gurney (TAS)

Member since May 2008

David Gurney is a well known creator

of animated cartoons. He executive

produced and directed Hoota & Snoz

(3 series), Time Cracks (2 series),

Mörmel Spots (3 series), The Dog and

Cat News (2 series), Bang the Cat (2

series), and Pixel Pinkie (2 series). He

also created Erky Perky for Ambience

Entertainment, and has consulted to

Becker Entertainment and Chapman

Pictures. David was Creative Director

of The Hoota & Snoz Official Website

and the multi award winning Dog

and Cat News Website, based on the

television series. David consults and has

conducted seminars and workshops for

many clients, including the ABC, AFC

and Screen Australia. David is currently

directing Blue Rocket’s latest TV series

Pixel Pinkie and is Creative Director of

the online component of My Place, a

cross platform project based on Nadia

Wheatley’s award winning book.

(Dr) Dianne Nicol (TAS)

Member since October 2008

Dianne is a Professor in the Law

Faculty at the University of Tasmania

in Australia. She has a PhD in biology

from Dalhousie University in Nova

Scotia and an LLM in intellectual

property law from the University of

and is responsible for all finances and

projects of the organisation. She is

studying for an MBA.

Chris Thompson (VIC)

Member since 2004

Chris is a writer, director and arts

educator. A former Artistic Director

of St Martins Youth Arts Centre, he

was a founding Artistic Directorate

member of HotHouse Theatre in Albury-

Wodonga and has written for theatre,

film and television. His plays for young

audiences have received two AWGIE

awards and two further nominations

and his screenplay for the feature film

The Tumbler was nominated for the

Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards

and won the 2007 Victorian Premier’s

Literary Award. He was co-creator and

head writer for two seasons of Shock

Jock on TV1-Foxtel and has worked as a

writer with the Melbourne Planetarium,

the Victorian Arts Centre and many

other companies. He reviews youth

literature for Viewpoint Magazine

and has been a script assessor for the

Australian Writers’ Guild. In addition

to his involvement with the ASC, he

currently lectures at ACU in theatre and

playwriting, is a member of the Grants

Panels for the Lord Mayor’s Charitable

Foundation and is Chair of the Victorian

Writers’ Centre.

Chris Tugwell (SA)

Member since 2005

Chris is a playwright and novelist; his

work has been performed by Patch

Theatre, Urban Myth Theatre of Youth,

Magpie and the Acting Company.

His play Seasonally Adjusted was

showcased at the 1987 Come Out

Festival, while Runaway toured regional

NSW for 12 months. He was a writer

for the ABC TV children’s series Finders

Keepers, directed by Scott Hicks. Solo

Spots, a book of monologues for senior

drama students was co-edited with

Ruth Starke and published by Oxford

University Press in 1998. His stage play

X Ray, about the plight of Australian

David Hicks held in Guantanamo

Bay, was part of the 2004 Adelaide

Fringe and 2005 Darwin Festival. The

radio version was broadcast on ABC’s

Airplay in 2004, 2005 and 2006 and

won a bronze medal at the New York

Festival’s international radio awards in

2006. A feature film adaptation is in

development.

Campion Decent (NSW)

Member since 2007

Campion is a playwright and Artistic

Director of HotHouse Theatre in Albury-

Wodonga. His previous positions

include Literary Manager at Sydney

Theatre Company, Artistic Director of

Next Wave Festival, Festival Director

of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

and Chair of the Australian National

Playwrights’ Centre. He has held senior

positions at State and Federal funding

agencies. Campion holds a Bachelor

of Creative Arts from the University

of Wollongong and a Master of Arts

(Theatre Studies) from the University of

NSW. His play Embers, commissioned

by HotHouse and produced in 2006

Tasmania. She is interested in many

aspects of intellectual property

law. Her main research focus is on

intellectual property issues in health

and biotechnology, particularly on

use of patented inventions. She

teaches in the areas of intellectual

property law, equity, media law, IT

law and biotechnology and the law.

Her administrative duties include

Associate Dean for Research and

Graduate Research Coordinator in the

Law Faculty. She is a Deputy Director

of the Centre for Law and Genetics, a

research group based at the University

of Tasmania and Melbourne University.

Lisa Harris (TAS)

Member since October 2008

Canadian by birth and now Tasmanian

by choice, Lisa Harris completed a

Bachelor’s degree in Music at King’s

College, University of London, and

a Graduate Diploma, Library and

Information Studies, at the University of

Tasmania. Her first fulltime job was in

the Development Office at the Lincoln

Center for the Performing Arts in New

York where she stayed for three years

until her move to Tasmania. Various

jobs in administration, marketing and

management have led her to the TSO

as Manager, Philanthropy and Special

Events. Her job is the management

of the TSO’s philanthropy programs,

fundraising events and the TSO

Foundation. Lisa has two children at

university and counts music, theatre

and bridge as her other interests.

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Id Title Author State Added

1073 Putting Back The Fest Michael Jeffery VIC 23-Dec-08

1071 Hell’s Belles Deborah Mulhall NSW 15-Dec-08

1070 Red Sky Morning Tom Holloway VIC 9-Dec-08

1069 Unto Us A Son Is Born Tony Nicholls TAS 11-Nov-08

1068 Aladdin Tony Nicholls TAS 10-Nov-08

1067 Due Monday Lachlan Philpott NSW 10-Nov-08

1066 Borrowed Time Stephen House SA 8-Sep-08

1065 Seatown Stephen Faulds WA 5-Aug-08

1064 Precipice Catherine Ryan VIC 11-Jul-08

1062 Rock, Paper, Scissors John Fraser NSW 23-Jun-08

1063 Helly’s Magic Cup Rosalba Clemente SA 23-Jun-08

1061 Wiredancer’s Waltz Sven Swenson QLD 23-Jun-08

1058 The Man With The September Face Kylie Trounson VIC 17-Jun-08

1059 In The Violet Time Sue Smith NSW 17-Jun-08

1057 Savage River Steve Rodgers NSW 17-Jun-08

1060 Concussion (Currency Press) Ross Mueller VIC 17-Jun-08

1056 Sleep Easy Chill Jamie Forbes VIC 3-Jun-08

1055 Better Than This Pauline Hosking VIC 26-May-08

1054 Macbeth Re-Arisen David Mence VIC 29-Apr-08

1053 Drought Breaker Linda Stainton NSW 22-Apr-08

1049 Deeply Offensive And Utterly Untrue Version 1.0 NSW 31-Mar-08

1051 Eichmann In Jerusalem David Blackman VIC 31-Mar-08

1052 My Bed Is A Crocodile Pauline Hosking VIC 31-Mar-08

1050 CMI (A Certain Maritime Incident) Version 1.0 NSW 31-Mar-08

1048 Memmie Le Blanc Hilary Bell NSW 18-Mar-08

1047 Gate 38 David Megarrity QLD 17-Mar-08

1046 The Speechwriter Anna Bennetts WA 17-Mar-08

1044 Blotto Jeremy Johnson NSW 11-Mar-08

1045 The Sheltered Workshop Jeremy Johnson NSW 11-Mar-08

1037 Anxious But Not Alarmed Scott Mcateer VIC 3-Mar-08

1038 Are You Happy? Scott Mcateer VIC 3-Mar-08

1039 Monsters Scott Mcateer VIC 3-Mar-08

1040 Transactions Scott Mcateer VIC 3-Mar-08

1041 Glutton For Punishment Scott Mcateer VIC 3-Mar-08

1042 Waiting On Jamie Oliver Gerry Greenland NSW 3-Mar-08

1043 Mum, We Love You Clem Gorman NSW 3-Mar-08

1036 Trivia Stephen Vagg NSW 26-Feb-08

1035 Love Song Dedications Stephen Vagg NSW 26-Feb-08

1034 Local Hero Nicole Smith VIC 25-Feb-08

1033 This Uncharted Hour Fin Kruckemeyer TAS 25-Feb-08

1032 When Salome Met Hamlet Steve Chinna WA 25-Feb-08

(A Domestic Tragedy)

New plays received in 2008

Id Title Author State Added

1031 Generation B Gail Evans NT 18-Feb-08

1030 The Girl I Left Behind Me Alex Nicol NSW 18-Feb-08

1027 There’s A War On, You Know Peter Flanigan WA 12-Feb-08

1028 Sinking Rod Ainsworth QLD 12-Feb-08

1029 Marmalade And Egg Melissa Cantwell WA 12-Feb-08

1018 A Thing Called Snake Stephen House SA 11-Feb-08

1019 Just Like That Stephen House SA 11-Feb-08

1020 Machiavelli, Machiavelli John Upton NSW 11-Feb-08

1021 A Tree, Falling Ron Elisha Vic 11-Feb-08

1022 Renaissance Ron Elisha Vic 11-Feb-08

1023 Controlled Crying Ron Elisha Vic 11-Feb-08

1024 Wrongful Life Ron Elisha Vic 11-Feb-08

1025 Lexie Turns To Stone Patrick Carr QLD 11-Feb-08

1026 Dispatch Penelope Bartlau Vic 11-Feb-08

1013 The Seven Needs 7-On NSW 5-Feb-08

1010 The Call Patricia Cornelius VIC 5-Feb-08

1011 Random Acts A.F Lall VIC 5-Feb-08

1012 Stop Means Go Chris Thompson VIC 5-Feb-08

1014 The Greatest Show On Earth Donna Abela NSW 5-Feb-08

1015 The Littlest Bird David Ryding Vic 5-Feb-08

1016 Hot Dogs David Ryding Vic 5-Feb-08

1017 Shift Swapping David Ryding Vic 5-Feb-08

1004 Nude All-Stars On The Mango Simon Luckhurst NSW 4-Feb-08

Planet Of Love

1005 Destination Samantha Graham QLD 4-Feb-08

1006 The Reckoning Bridget Di Certo QLD 4-Feb-08

1007 Plaything Simon Dodd NSW 4-Feb-08

1002 The Role Model Bruce Hoogendoorn ACT 4-Feb-08

1003 Concerto For Humans And Semtex Simon Luckhurst NSW 4-Feb-08

1009 The Couples Alison J Cooper QLD 4-Feb-08

1008 Scattering Robert Stephanie Mccarthy SA 4-Feb-08

999 Fragmented Suzanne Ingelbrecht WA 29-Jan-08

1000 The Mozart Faction Kate Rice WA 29-Jan-08

1001 Shadow Passion Anthony Crowley Vic 29-Jan-08

998 Colder Lachlan Philpott NSW 28-Jan-08

996 Smashed Nathan Luff NSW 28-Jan-08

995 A Solitary Choice Sheila Duncan VIC 28-Jan-08

994 Seeds Michelle Pettigrove NSW 28-Jan-08

997 Last One Standing Ned Manning NSW 28-Jan-08

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INCOME 2008 2007

Australia Council

Theatre Board 177,750 75,000

Literature Board 5,000 3,000

Total Australia Council 182,750 78,000

States

Arts WA 12,000 12,000

NSW Arts 12,000 12,000

Arts Tasmania 72,039 29,000

Arts SA 5,000 4,700

National Library of Australia 4,000

Total States 105,039 57,700

Other Income

Bank Interest 2,818 2,615

Other funding 2,509 2,434

Other Income 550 671

Publications 5,621 2,505

Scripts 8,749 8,756

Subscriptions 6,675 7,350

Total Other Income 26,921 24,331

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Total Income $ 314,710 $ 160,031

EXPENSE 2007 2006

Commissions, workshops, events 7,482

Marketing, Promotion 3,960 4,997

Overheads 93,282 35,580

Projects, New Initiatives 13,509 10,835

Royalty payments 1,420 840

Salaries, Staff Oncosts 173,599 103,267

______ ________

Total Expenses 293,252 155,519

______ ________

Net Profit $ 21,459 $ 4,402

Australian Script

Centre Inc

Income

Statement for

year ended

31 December

2008

Profit & Loss StatementIndependent Audit Report

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2008 2007

Assets

Cash and Deposits 157,439 95,465

Other Current Assets 17,806 6,160

Non-Current Assets:

Office, computer equipment 26,440 26,440

Deduct Accumulated Depreciation -9,198 -8,835

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Total Assets 192,487 119,230

Liabilities

Arts Tas Loan 1,711 3,471

Grants in advance 148,725 85,632

GST Payables (- Receivables) -65 7,181

Payroll Liabilities 6,233 9,573

Royalties Payable 1,051

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Total Liabilities 157,655 105,856

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Net Assets $ 34,832 $ 13,374

Equity

Retained Earnings 13,374 8,972

Current Earnings 21,459 4,402

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Total Equity $ 34,832 $ 13,374

Australian Script

Centre Inc

Balance Sheet as

at 31 December

2008

The ASC would like to thank the

many individuals who have very

generously given their time and

expertise in 2008. They include;

Catherine Fitzgerald

Eamon Flack

Anita Favretto

Chris Doolan

Sue Smith

Debra Oswald

Adam Grossetti

David Young

Deirdre Monk

Sally Marsden

Helen French

Ron Mac an Ultaigh

Debbie Sadler

Chris Mead

Campion Decent

Charlie Parkinson

Chris Thomas

Chris Tugwell

Donna Abela

Donna Cameron

Finegan Kruckemeyer

Gordon Harrison-Williams

Harvey Yarnall

Jacinta Legge-Wilkinson

Jane Polley

Jeremy Rice

Kathryn Kelly

Leigh Swinbourne

Louise Gough

Louise Fischer

Maggie Gillam

Maryanne Lynch

Michael Hill

Tony Nicholls

Paul Duncombe

Paul Yarnall

Peter Matheson

Phil Thomson

Rebecca Skeers

Richard Buckham

Suellen Maunder

Tony Phelps

Wendy Joseph

Special Thanks Balance Sheet

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Photos reproduced in this publication

were selected from our recently released

Collection #7.

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Photos by page:

Cover

The Kursk by Sasha Janowicz Photo: Michael

Futcher. Actors: Julienne Youngberry, Jonathan

Brand, Sasha Janowicz, Dirk Hoult, Amanda

Mitchell, Eugene Gilfedder

Page 3: A Solitary Choice by Sheila Duncan

Production: Holden Street Theatre.

Photo: Steve Duggan. Actor: Tamara Lee

Page 5: Enemy Material by Simon Froehling

Photo: Patrick Pfeiffer. Actors: Max Merker,

Guenter Baumann, Katja Tippelt, Oliver El-Fayoumy

Page 9: Left Marmalade And Egg by Melissa Cantwell

Production: Perth Theatre Company. Photo: Jon

Green. Actors: Bill McCluskey, Sarah Borg, Stuart

Halusz. Right Memmie Le Blanc Hilary Bell by

Melissa Cantwell Photo: Jon Green. Actor:

Anni Lindner

Page 10: Mrs Petrov’s Shoe

By Noëlle Janaczewska Photo: Kirrilly Brentnall.

Actor: Jude Beaumont

Page 11: Nailed, by Caleb Lewis

Photo: Rob McFarlane. Actor: Ursula Yovich

Page 13: Precipice by Tommy Murphy

Production: Cranbrook School. Photo: Petri Kurkaa

Actors: Arthur Rothbury, Artin Tsambazis

Page 17: True Adventures of a Soul Lost at Sea

by Kit Lazaroo Production: Here Theatre.

Photo: Ponch Hawkes. Actor: Fanny Hanusin

Page 18: Victor And Sass by Kathleen Cantarella

Photo: Michael Marzik. Actors: Anthony Ring,

Toma Hartley

Inside back cover: True Adventures of a Soul Lost at

Sea by Kit Lazaroo Production: Here Theatre.

Photo: Ponch Hawkes. Actors: Lliam Amor,

Julia Zemiro

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