PLAYLAB'S QLD SYLLABUS SUGGESTIONS 2021
UNIT 4: TRANSFORM (CONTEMPORARY ADAPTATION)
The following list of plays has been curated by Playlab staff in order to provide an extended list of plays suitable for study in Unit 4: Transform. Each of the following titles is a re-imaging, adaptation, or transformation of a classical piece of theatre that has been re-contextualised for a contemporary audience. The following titles have been adapted from a range of theatrical traditions and challenge meaning by reshaping the work though different modern performance styles and practices.
New addition to the the current curriculum suggestions: HEDDA A REIMAGINING OF IBSEN’S HEDDA GABLER by Melissa Bubnic | THE FLEDGLINGS by Maxine Mellor
** Upcoming publications to be released: ANTIGONE by Merlynn Tong
A Re-imagining of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler
by Melissa Bubnic
THEMES: Love, Passion and Revenge
LENGTH: 1.5 Hours
CAST SIZE: 7 – 8 Cast Members
TARGET AUDIENCE: Senior Years
The Fledglings
by Maxine Mellor
THEMES: Dreams and Desires, Disappointment, Generational Battles
LENGTH: 1 Hour
CAST SIZE: Large cast without doubling
CHARACTER AGES: ≤50
TARGET AUDIENCE: Middle & Senior Years
A Doll’s House
by Henrik Ibsen in a new version by Lally Katz
THEMES: Women’s Liberation, Misogyny, Freedom
CHARACTER AGES: 18+
LENGTH: 2.5 Hours
CAST SIZE: 5 – 6 Cast Members
TARGET AUDIENCE: Senior Years
Cinderella
by Matthew Whittet
THEMES: Love, Identity, Comedy
LENGTH: 1.5 Hours
Lysa and the Freeborn Dames
by Claire Christian
THEMES: Feminism, Politics, Activism
Length: 1.5 Hours
TARGET AUDIENCE: Adult
Medea
by Kate Mulvany and Anne-Louise Sarks after Euripides
THEMES: Childhood, Innocence, Motherhood
CHARACTER AGES: 10 – 13 & 30+
LENGTH: 1.5 Hours
TARGET AUDIENCE: Adult
CAST SIZE: 3 – 4 Cast Members
Oedipus Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
by Daniel Evans
THEMES: Family, Community, Tragedy, Loss
CHARACTER AGES: 18-40
LENGTH: 1.5 Hours
CAST SIZE: 5 – 6 Cast Members
TARGET AUDIENCE: Adult