Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd and Return to Earth: Two plays

"Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd" is set in Edwardian Melbourne. The play is an evocation of a forgotten past -- a play about pain and cruel desire; about the need for laughter, the palaces we build for it, and its human cost. "Return to Earth" edges on the whimsical but is ultimately lyrical and profound. It is a poignant play that tenderly captures the moment, often littered with casualties, when a young person moves from transparency to opacity, from childhood to adulthood -- a period of intense loss and confusion.