Summer of the Aliens

Summer of the Aliens
Written byLouis Nowra
CharactersLewis, Dulcie, Mr Pisano, Uncle Richard, Norma, Eric, Mr Irvin, Mrs Irvin, Grandma, Bev, Brian
Date premiered12 March 1992 (12 March 1992)
Place premieredRussell Street Theatre, Melbourne
GenreDrama
SettingMelbourne,
Australia

Summer of the Aliens is a semi-autobiographical,[1] 1990s play written by Louis Nowra. The play is an often humorous, unsentimental coming-of-age story about a 14-year-old boy, Lewis, who is obsessed with flying saucers, UFO abductions and imagines aliens are invading the earth.[2]

It was first written as a radio play and won the 1990 Prix Italia for Fiction (as an ABC radio play).[3] It was first broadcast on 30 October 1989.[4] Louis Nowra adapted it for the stage. The version published by Currency Press is for the theatre.

  1. ^ "Nowra's Twelfth of Never". Reviews.media-culture.org.au. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  2. ^ "SUMMER OF THE ALIENS". Australianplays.org. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Reviews". Stagediary.com. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Summer of the Aliens radio listing". Radiolistings.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2010.