A pair of old jeans provides an atmosphere of security and a sense of belonging that is about far more than ownership in the legal sense. Since the world's political climate heated up at the turn of the century, marketers have gone to a lot of trouble to make new jeans look old. That's what Canberra Dramatics is going to be exploring in the course of its inaugural season.

The inaugural annual season for Canberra Dramatics includes three plays by playwrights from Canberra and the surrounding regions. We seek to augment the efforts of other organisations who encourage the development of new scripts in this city and the surrounding regions, and we plan to be known as the company whose primary objective is to give Canberran playwrights a voice in the theatres of Canberra.

So, we have four stories that we hope will fit Canberra like a pair of old jeans. Opportunities to become involved in presenting these stories to the city abound, and we hope that whether you want to take the journey with us on the inside or on the outside of the fourth wall, that you will find the trip engaging and enlightening.

• No Island is a Man
  12th-21st April 2007; Tuggeranong Arts Centre
  He might be suffering from depression, but Jesse's life is really not that bad. After all, all you need is love, right?

• The Recruiting Officer
  21st-30th June 2007; Tuggeranong Arts Centre
  Captains Plume and Brazen are on a recruitment drive for more canon fodder for Her Majesty's Army, and they're sure to get their men... and women too!

• A New Lease on Life
  28th-30th September 2007; Canberra Festival of One Act Plays
  Preparing for a landlord's inspection can be a drag, but when you have eight billion children, it's just a nightmare.

• Armidale
  8th-17th November 2007; Street 2
  The student share house is an institution. The question is; is it an institution for the insane or for the damned?

And this is just the beginning. Sign up to the website for other events, including monthly community dinners, friends events and Youth Week events. Playwrights will be encouraged to submit plays for consideration for the 2008 Season in February 2007. Sign up to the website!