australian playwright actor teacher film credits include lead role dead end drive appearance teen film looking manning television credits include prisoner christ major play production marked company transition staffed professional actors plays included kenny close bone manning played lead play standing old theatre sydney plays received mixed reviews standing particular criticised formulaic predictable narrative manning written program travelling community schools theatrical education initiative time husband indigenous australian artist manning remarried theatre director children include new_south_wales young australian year life born grew property new_south_wales married indigenous australian artist children including new_south_wales young australian year manning remarried theatre director children relocated sydney melbourne appointed director playwright author manning play initially produced street hall canberra november written performed marked turning point griffin history play success led cast paid professional rates play transferred theatre premiered october productions regional performances recorded numerous productions published production sydney panned reviewer described formulaic obvious complete pat ending thought play pasture year australian reviewer positive considering performance passionate funny seven years appeared remains best plays written bush city divide manning play kenny performed theatre subsequently recorded radio play centred kenny gets caught battle family members kenny included songs close bone written collaboration indigenous students centre performing visual arts produced september luck draw produced play written writer produced theatre company brisbane standing performed sydney theatre old manning played lead character joe old production sydney morning herald reviewer described performance terrific providing play emotional anchor considered play predictable lacking depth offer sun herald reviewer similar view manning created works young audiences prepared scripts works program travelling community schools theatrical education initiative plays young people included anthology large cast plays contributed anthology drama students play romeo nominated award published manning memoir life school teaching reviewed centre described showing value person drive ambition compassion offer applying teaching television film directing manning film credits include lead role film dead end drive based short story called crabs dead end drive post apocalyptic tale young man stranded small town drive theater wheels stolen car finds community trapped site seeks break film directed received mixed reviews writing described said film example translation result sacrifice story essence film fun terms irony lend crabs magic simply lost writing age said film energetic designed satirical entertaining film american film director favourites film received short box office season manning critical distributor worked film actors secure separate release independent cinemas manning film credits include appearance teen film looking short film love bites manning television credits include christ manning directed theatre production play relationship white woman man script manning criticised reviewer described manning direction delicate places naive self conscious
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