A play with lyrical monologues and music composed/performed by Jay Cameron, The Story of the Oars is a bold new Australian theatrical work about the repercussions of telling the truth. It’s also an audacious exploration of Australian class, privilege, and the power of place to enchant, repel, and – ultimately – heal.
A Street Produced Professional Theatre Production.
OTHER NEWS:
‘With your voice, my life begins’, a poem, published in Oystercatcher
‘How to make a scene’, a poem, published in Meanjin
‘In this moment I am neither’ shortlisted for the 2025 ACU Prize for Poetry
‘What Life is Really Like: on Timothy Conigrave’s Holding the Man’ published in Kill Your Darlings
‘The Garden’ longlisted for the 2025 Lane Cove Literary Award
‘Shrapnel’, an essay in the zuihitsu form about Anzac Day, published in Griffith Review
world premiere of The Story of the Oars, a play with spokenword and music, at The Street Theatre, Canberra, Australia on 19 September 2025
EVENTS:
none currently scheduled
JOURNAL:
occasional updates and observations/reflections at Under the Counter or a Flutter in the Dovecot