My work
PLAYS:
WHEN IN ROME
3 Acts, 2 hours
CAST: 8 male, 2 female plus various supporting roles
“Ley’s fable offer his audience more than sheer entertainment, intertwining plot with poetic wit, biting satire and musing dialectic.” (Canberra Times)
IN COLD LIGHT
1 Act, 75 minutes
CAST: 2 male, 1 female
“The mystery is enticing … an intellectual exercise which any crime fiction addict cannot afford to miss.” (Canberra Times)
THE IDES OF MARCH
2 Acts, 100 minutes
CAST: 5 male, 2 female
“The Ides of March is essentially a superb thriller, sweeping an audience along on a precarious rollercoaster ride of socio-political debate.” (Canberra Times)
HOME AT THE END
2 Acts, 2 hours
CAST: 2 male, 2 female plus 48 supporting roles
“Only a very confident playwright could write a play with the depth of humanity, insight and complexity of “Home at the End”. (City News)
THE BURNING
3 Acts, 2 hours
CAST: 10 male, 2 female + various supporting roles
“… a stunning courtroom drama… a gripping saga.” (The Sunday Age)
“…(his) writing is exceptional, powerful... I cannot recall an audience so moved, so stunned by the time the curtain fell.” (ABC Radio)
LAST DRINKS
1 Act, 90 minutes
CAST: 4 male, 1 female
“Downright outrageous… If you like absurdist comedy in the realm of Waiting For Godot or Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco then Last Drinks will be right up your street… Duncan Ley as with Stephen Fry has a way with word play.” (Fringe Review)