Ingle's play The Fremantle Candidate was at PICA, 23 July - 5 August 2012, the production by Deckchair Theatre. Direction was by Chris Bendall. In the cast were Steve Turner, Igor Sas, James Hagan, Geoff Kelso, Christie Sistrunk and Benj D'Addario.
Taking Liberty, in its DeckChair Fremantle reincarnation, received excellent reviews. Here is one by Nerida Dickinson, ArtsHub. And here is David Zampatti's review in The West Australian. But here's the best one: Julie Hern in Australian Stage.
Ingle's one-man-show The Exploding Breakfast, about his experience as writer-in-residence at a theatre company in Johannesburg, originally produced by Perth Theatre Company and broadcast on ABC Radio National, toured to the Toronto Fringe and Melbourne's La Mama Theatre in July and August 2008.
Shadow of the Eagle, co-written with George Blazevic, about Australian wartime prime minister John Curtin, was produced in 2003 by the Perth Theatre Company and the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Co-winner of the best play of the year at the WA Equity Awards, it toured nationally in 2004, winning the Playing Australia award for the most popular touring play of the year.
The prize-winning one man show, The Getaway Bus, written for the 2001 Perth International Arts Festival was described by The Australian newspaper as having “a particular genius”. It toured to the Edinburgh Festival and toured nationwide in 2003 with ‘Playing Australia’.
Having played Kawolsky, the useless security guard, for 26 episodes of Barron Film’s TV series Ship to Shore, Ingle went on to write for Barron’s next series The Gift.
In 2002 he wrote the highly regarded short film Life and Times of an FB Holden for the final year acting students of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
An adaptation of Elizabeth Jolley’s novel Milk and Honey won the 1999 Premier's Award for best script. >
The Fable of Aesop, written in 2002, for Barking Gecko Theatre toured nationally in 2003. Other works include:
Dolphin Talk - produced and toured across Australia, Canada and theatre festivals worldwide.
Wicked - Critic’s choice in The Australian for the 1996 best new play of the year in Western Australia
Bullyfruit - nominated for 1997 Gold Swan award
Ingle performed and wrote 52 episodes of Let’s Have Music for ABC radio, teaching kids across Australia to enjoy and appreciate music.
Ingle has taught scriptwriting at Murdoch, Curtin and Edith Cowan Universities, and cinema studies at Notre Dame University. He is a script consultant for Perth Theatre Company and the WA Playwrights Consortium. In addition to those mentioned here, he has written a dozen more plays, musicals and films.
| Year | Production | Production Company |
| 1980 | The Shshsh Journey and The Unheard World of Jasper Lawson |
NSW Theatre of the Deaf |
| 1981 | Theodore Signposts in History | NSW Theatre of the Deaf |
| 1982 | White Nancy | Griffin Theatre Company |
| 1983 | 26 episodes of Let's have Music | ABC Radio |
| 1984 | 26 episodes of Let's have Music | ABC Radio |
| 1986 | Wrote for Maths Break | ABC Education Television |
| 1987 | Sportdance | Still Moves Dance Laboratory |
| Script Assessor | WA Playwrights Conference | |
| 1988 | Idol Rumours | Curtin Theatre Company |
| Co-wrote Trim, The Cat Who Discovered Australia | WA Theatre Company | |
| 1989 | Co-wrote Dolphin Talk | Acting Out Theatre Company |
| Dramaturg: The Great Railways Picnic | Acting Out Theatre Company | |
| Tyger, Tyger Workshopped | Writers Performers Inc | |
| 1990 | Jenny goes Wild | Acting Out Theatre Company |
| 1991 | Co-wrote Wicked | Acting Out Theatre Company |
| The Voyage of Vasco Pyjama | (Based on the work of Michael Leunig) Acting Out and WA State Theatre Company | |
| 1992 | The Whale | Coco Youth and Acting Out |
| Commissioned to write Defying Gravity | PTC/Aust Council | |
| Don't Shoot the Driver | Kwinana City Council/Transport Union | |
| 1993 | Commissioned to write Wadgemup | Yirra Yakin |
| 1994 | Defying Gravity | workshopped |
| Commissioned to write Bullyfruit | ||
| 1995 | Bullyfruit | Barking Gecko |
| Writer-in-residence | Esperance Theatre Guild | |
| Commissioned to adapt Elizabeth Jolley's Milk and Honey | PTC | |
| 1996 | Wadgemup | Aboriginal Performance Centre |
| 1997 | Thermophobia (aka Defying Gravity) | Fairweather Productions |
| Two episodes of The Gift (TV mini-series) | Barron Entertainment | |
| 1998 | Milk and Honey | Perth Theatre Company |
| Inaugural Playwrights Exchange Residency | Windybrow Theatre Johannesburg | |
| 1999 | Won Premiers Book Prize for Theatre for Milk and Honey | |
| 2000- | The Getaway Bus | Perth Festival Fringe production February 2000 Edinburgh Festival 2001 Australian Tour 2003 with 'Playing Australia' |
| 2000- | The Exploding Breakfast | Perth Theatre Company production July 2000 ABC Radio National Toronto Fringe Festival July 2008 La Mama Melbourne August 2008 |
| 2002 | The Life and Times of an FB Holden | Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts |
| 2003 | Shadow of the Eagle | Perth Theatre Company John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library National Tour 2004 |
| 2008 | Taking Liberty | Perth Theatre Company |
| 2011 | Taking Liberty | Deckchair Theatre, December 2-17 |
| 2012 | The Fremantle Candidate | Deckchair Theatre, 19 July - 5 August |
The run of The Fremantle Candidate mounted by Deckchair Theatre was at PICA is 23 July - 5 August 2012. Direction was by Chris Bendall. In the cast were Steve Turner, Igor Sas, James Hagan, Geoff Kelso, Christie Sistrunk and Benj D'Addario. [That's not Christie Sistrunk in the poster image.]
Ingle discusses the making of The Fremantle Candidate - on youtube.
Also on youtube, Steve Turner on playing John Curtin.
Christie Sistrunk on playing Elsie Curtin.
Geoff Kelso on youtube on playing Walter Murdoch.
Chris Bendall on youtube on directing The Fremantle Candidate.
Mark Naglazas, 'Play raises the Curtin'
Stephen Bevis, 'Play moves to PICA'
Ron Banks' review of The Fremantle Candidate in the West Australian
Victoria Laurie's review in The Australian
Taking Liberty, in its DeckChair Fremantle reincarnation, received excellent reviews. Here is one by Nerida Dickinson, ArtsHub. And here is David Zampatti's review in The West Australian. But here's the best one: Julie Hern in Australian Stage.
