One of New Zealand’s best kept literary secrets comes to life on the stage this year with Taki Rua Productions’ adaptation of David Ballantyne’s novel Sydney Bridge Upside Down. Part ...

The play, which brings David Ballantyne’s coming-of-age novel to life, has stunned audiences and critics with its innovative staging and its integration of audio-visual aspects into the work.

David Ballantyne's 1968 novel bears some resemblance to the work of Ronald Hugh Morrieson asit delves into the seedy underbelly of small town life seen from the perspective of a boy on the cusp of ...

Writer Stephen Ballantyne admits he didn't pay much attention when his late father David Ballantyne's novel Sydney Bridge Upside Down was published in 1968.

Sydney Bridge Upside Down By David Ballantyne Text, 278pp, $27.95 ...