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Australian adaptations
This article lists adaptations created by Australian artists and communities. For adaptations SET in Australia, see Adaptations by location.
**Australian adaptations** of A Complicated Surgery Will Take Place on the Beach Tonight comprise one of the largest regional clusters in the franchise, reflecting the novel's Australian setting (Newcastle, rural New South Wales) and authorial proximity.
The earliest documented adaptation is ████ , a 2009 performance at ██████████ ; however, pre-publication amateur versions may exist [citation needed]. Subsequent work spans experimental and community theatre (especially Newcastle-based), indie and short films (16mm, digital video), radio plays and audio dramas, original compositions and albums, participatory LARPs and tabletop games, and immersive installations.
Notable Australian works include The Unmarked Reel (Lost Film, 1988) (disputed; allegedly filmed in Newcastle [citation needed]), The Cycle Turns Inward (Immersive Installation + Performance, 2020) (Hobart), multiple Cycle Protocol iterations, and The Newcastle Spiral (walking-tour archival project).
Australian adaptations frequently center the novel's depopulated landscape and psychogeographical dimensions, using Newcastle locations (Bolton Street car park, the breakwall, ruined pubs) as thresholds. Desert scenes draw on Western NSW landscapes (Styx Creek, sand garden meditation sites). The local community has generated substantial critical scholarship and lost-media investigations, particularly regarding alleged pre-2020 recordings and archival lacunae.