Escribano Publishing is a creative hub for performing arts education and captivating fiction inspired by true events. Currently available for purchase in either paperback or eBooks are:
🎬 Educational Books tailored for drama teachers and young emerging film and theatre directors—designed to build confidence and spark imagination in young performers and creatives.
🎭 One-Act Plays ideal for Eisteddfod competitions and theatre festivals, blending entertainment with powerful themes that resonate with modern audiences.
📖 Creative Fiction including When the Glitter Fades, an Australian historical novel set during the Great Depression—a generational saga, love triangle revenge story based on vaudeville and circus performers that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Books
When the Glitter Fades
Beneath the facade of dazzling performances lurk secrets, murder, and mayhem.
When the Glitter Fades encapsulates Australia’s entertainment history, from the Association for the Advancement of the Blind concert’s variety acts to vaudeville, burlesque, and circus life. The story is loosely based on true events of Alf Broadway’s Pantomime Players and spans from the 1920s to the 1950s, ending just as Australian television was being established.
The novel also incorporates the polio pandemic and the controversial therapies used by Sister Elizabeth Kenny.
Educational Books
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The Lights, Camera, Action! series of educational books are suitable for drama students aged between 10 to 16 years. They give an insight on filmmaking and theatre production with instructions on how to put on a theatre production, radio play, puppet show, or make a film. The titled one-act stage play is included in each book for you to perform either on stage or convert into a radio play, puppet show or film. There are simple illustrated instructions on how to convert the play into a film script; how to plan the film sequence; the crew needed to film; how to frame your shots, and much more.
Activity sheets for students include analysing characters, character profile, and story comprehension.
Book purchase includes permission to photocopy sufficient copies for non-commercial educational purposes.
Contents:
- the one-act stage play
- introductory notes on filmmaking, theatre production, radio plays & puppet shows
- stage & film production roles
- stage directions
- tips for casting actors
- notes on set & costume design
- tips for lighting & sound
- notes on storyboarding
- notes on camera use & framing shots
- explanations of film terminology
- student worksheets on character profiles & story comprehension
- An easy-to-follow shooting script.
Stage Plays
Australian playwright, Jacqx Melilli, has a background in theatre, film and television. Jacqx’s stage plays are themed on social issues and pressured experience by children. Jacqx’s one-act, award-winning, stage plays are popular for performing at Eisteddfods, theatre festivals and for touring drama troupes.
Can Anybody Hear Me? is themed around the loneliness and frustration experienced by an only child who has trouble communicating with her constantly quarrelling parents. Sarah’s toys come to life one night and each offer their advice based on their differing personalities, ultimately causing Sarah’s deep-rooted issues to come to the surface.
Foreigners in Oztralia is a farce set in the Australian outback. When an upper crust couple from the UK book an outback adventure they experience a hilarious culture shock that throws them right out of their comfort zone and educates them on outback living and Australian wildlife.
Little Red Meets the Dingo is set in the Australian bush and themed around the dangers of children being groomed on social media by predators.
Goldisocks and the Three Koalas is set in the Australian bush and is themed around the pressure children feel when their parents live their unfulfilled dreams through them at the expense of their own dreams.
Lost Child is themed on the devastation caused by drug use to deal with emotional pain, and the effects it has on family members.
Jacqx Melilli’s one-act plays are ideal for performing at schools, Eisteddfods, Theatre Festivals and for traveling troupes.
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