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Saving lives. Sending aid. Swiping right. Just another day at SAVIOR International. A typhoon hits the Philippines and local project officer Michelle lands her dream assignment. It’s her first time coordinating a global relief effort for a sleek American NGO. A chance to change lives, to be the changemaker she always dreamed of! All she has to do is smash her KPIs and avoid her chaotic bestie Janna—who’s just set Michelle up with her first ever Tinder profile. “Nerd girl seeks fact boi for hot data sesh 📈”
Then, Michelle’s phone blows up with blonde-haired, blue-eyed faces. The Americans have arrived. Soon, rooftop parties replace field work and the humanitarian response devolves into a bureaucratic mess—led by her smooth-talking new boss, who’s as morally flexible as he is sexy. As the lines between charity and self-interest blur, Michelle is forced to choose between her ambition, her conscience, and her country.
Inspired by her own time working for NGOs in the Philippines, playwright/comic Happy Feraren brings first-hand insight and fearless wit to this whip-smart satire. Utopia meets The White Lotus, SAVIOR skewers the ego, excess and ethical gymnastics of corporate humanitarianism.
Pre-order now at our link in bio!
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COMING SOON to @melbtheatreco@madonunnie 👟
Being 17 is hard enough – hormones, homework, the looming question of what comes next. Add caring for your mum to the mix, and Thea’s juggling act is nothing short of Olympic.
Smart, self-sufficient and secretly just holding it together, she’s spent the last two years keeping her life under wraps. No-one knows she’s a carer. Not even Syd, her endlessly chatty new running partner who pushes her to pursue a university athletics scholarship and dream of something more. But chasing that future means leaving her mum behind – and the last time Thea tried that, things didn’t quite go to plan.
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We are over the moon to see so many of our authors shortlisted for this year’s Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting!
A big congratulations to the Currency playwrights behind four scripts which have made the shortlist, and to two more who were highly commended:
Shortlisted:
⭐️ Andrew Bovell - SONG OF FIRST DESIRE (Canción del Primer Deseo)
⭐️ Andrea James - THE BLACK WOMAN OF GIPPSLAND (with Melbourne Theatre Company)
⭐️ Kirsty Marillier - DESTINY (with Melbourne Theatre Company)
⭐️ S. Shakthidharan - THE WRONG GODS (with Belvoir St Theatre)
Highly Commended:
⭐️ Alana Valentine - NUCLEUS (with Griffin Theatre Company)
⭐️ Michelle Lim Davidson - KOREABOO (with Griffin Theatre Company)
These outstanding works are all available to purchase via currency.com.au.
We look forward to celebrating the winners at the State Library of NSW in May!
Please note: SONG OF FIRST DESIRE is not yet published and orders will be shipped on publication.
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ON NOW at @griffintheatre@iolanthelovesyou
Isla and Violet are a ‘lethal combination’. Their self-righteous headmaster thinks that’s an insult. They think it’s a cute name for a girl group.
Too-smart, too precocious and way too outspoken, it’s no surprised when these self-proclaimed soulmates are S E P A R A T E D until the end of the year. But the world outside their South London school is a divisive on for a cisgender Caribbean diva and her ‘Ethel Cain adjacent’ transgender bestie. As their cosmic connection is tested, one key question arises: will Isla and Violet be pulled apart, or will they reign supreme?
SISTREN is that rarest of things: a play that feels like a true original. Chaotic, sprawling, yet laser-focused, it’s like chugging five cans of Red Bull and then doomscrolling YouTube.
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📣 Step right up! Step right up! 📣
MY BRILLIANT CAREER A new musical by Sheridan Harbridge and Dean Bryant is officially back in stock!
Head to the link in our bio to get your copy now!
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Congratulations to S Shakthidharan for winning the prestigious Windham-Campbell prize for his play COUNTING AND CRACKING.
He was one of eight writers awarded the international prize and the third Australian playwright to win, following Noëlle Janaczewska’s win in 2014 and Patricia Cornelius’ in 2019.
Congratulations Shakthi! ✨
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A reminder that our wonderful Festival of Playwrights 2025 recordings are now available on our podcast, Not in Print, as well as the Currency Press Youtube channel.
Swipe through to see the incredible range of panel discussions and author interviews we hosted back in August, and dive into some quality content today!
Episodes include:
⭐️ ADAPTING FOR THE STAGE with Eamon Flack, Wesley Enoch, Virginia Gay, and Damien Ryan
⭐️ PLAYWRIGHT CRUSH with Ryan Enniss and Joanna Erskine
⭐️ FEMINIST VOICES with Mary Rachel Brown, Amy Sole, Courtney Stewart, and Laneikka Denne
⭐️ WHAT IS AN AUSTRALIAN PLAY? Keynote by Jordan Shea
⭐️ AUSTRALIAN PLAYWRIGHTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE with Tommy Murphy, Jane Harrison, Anthony Blair, and Tom Wright
⭐️ WHEN THINGS GO WRONG with Wesley Enoch, Paul Capsis, and Virginia Gay
⭐️ IN CONVERSATION WITH JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH facilitated by Melanie Tait, with readings by Katrina Foster
⭐️ WRITERS VS AI with Alana Valentine, Claire Pullen, Matthew Ngamurarri Heffernan, and Lucy Hayward
⭐️ PLAYWRIGHT CRUSH with Michelle Law and Jules Orcullo
⭐️ SHARING CULTURE VIA THE STAGE with Courtney Stewart, Chenturan Aran, Joanne Kee, and Tracey Rigney
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COMING SOON to @lamamatheatre@mt_theatre 🫒
The future is hers… if she can survive the present.
In a small-town supermarket deli, two nameless women — Young One and Old One — slice meat while cutting each other down. One clings to the old rules, the other longs for more. Beneath the fluorescent lights and refrigerator hum, their everyday tasks unravel into a battle of wit, will, and survival.
Darkly comic and unsettling, STUCK is a razor-sharp portrait of power and control. Blending absurdism, biting humour and raw honesty, it takes aim at misogyny, patriarchy and the systems that keep women down.
Written by Megan Twycross (Erin Thomas Regional Playwrights Fund recipient), STUCK unites some of Australia’s most dynamic theatre-makers: director Susie Dee (Creative Australia Award for Theatre) with actors Caroline Lee and Lucy Ansell.
Brutal, witty and unflinching. STUCK leaves its mark.
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🎉 Melanie Tait @melaniejtait wins the Suzie Miller Award!
A huge congratulations to Currency author Melanie Tait, who has just won the 2026 Suzie Miller Award with Griffin Theatre Company @griffintheatre
Currency is the proud publisher of three of Melanie’s plays: The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race (2021), The Queen’s Nanny (2024), and How To Plot A Hit in Two Days (2025). These exceptional scripts are available to purchase today at currency.com.au
We can’t wait to see what she comes up with in 2026 and beyond 👀✨
🎉 Vanessa Bates (another Currency author) has also received a one-off commission as part of the award. Congratulations!
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Sound on!
The Currency Press Festival of Playwrights 2025 recordings are now available on Youtube and wherever you get your podcasts.
We hosted our third Festival of Playwrights back in August, featuring stimulating panel discussions, playwright interviews, and an In Conversation event with Joanna Murray-Smith.
In exciting news, 10 events from across that weekend are now available as episodes on the Currency Press podcast, Not in Print, as well as on the Currency Press Youtube channel.
Dive in today to hear artists at the top of their game discussing their craft, careers, and the most pressing issues facing the performing arts in Australia now.
This audio features Virginia Gay @thatsmsgaytoyou speaking on the panel WHEN THINGS GO WRONG alongside Wesley Enoch and Paul Capsis.
This and other episodes are available now!
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Young Scrapper is a mouthy labourer born into the construction union. When he’s teamed up with veteran welder Vittorio to build Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge, his attitude begins to shift. But as disquiet mounts about working conditions and questionable safety measures, their lives are put on the line.
On 15 October 1970, the West Gate Bridge collapsed, killing thirty-five men in what remains Australia’s deadliest industrial accident. Dennis McIntosh‘s haunting and compassionate play revisits this defining moment in Australian history, honouring the workers whose lives were lost and the families forever changed.
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