QLD Syllabus Suggestions 2021 Unit 4

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: 90 Minutes
CAST SIZE: 7 – 8 Cast Members
SUITABLE FOR: Senior Years

Hedda Gabler is railing against her life. She didn’t marry bogan drug slinger George Tesman so she could play housewife in a monstrous Gold Coast mansion ... Read more

The Fledglings

by Maxine Mellor

THEMES: Dreams and Desires, Disappointment, Generational Battles
LENGTH: 1 Hour
CAST SIZE: Large cast without doubling
CHARACTER AGES: ≤50
SUITABLE FOR: Middle & Senior Years

The Fledglings by Maxine Mellor is published alongside Good Grief by Merlynn Tong in a collection. SYNOPSIS: The Fledglings ... Read more

A Doll’s House
by Henrik Ibsen in a new version by Lally Katz

THEMES: Women’s Liberation, Misogyny, Freedom
CHARACTER AGES: 18+
LENGTH: 150 Minutes
CAST SIZE: 5 – 6 Cast Members
SUITABLE FOR: Senior Years

Lally Katz' new version of A Doll's House rises to the occasion to tell a story that's still ... Read more

Cinderella
by Matthew Whittet

THEMES: Love, Identity, Comedy
LENGTH: 90 Minutes

This Cinderella is not about princes and princesses. It's about a single woman in her early 40s trying to go on a date, and a single guy who has an ... Read more

Lysa and the Freeborn Dames
by Claire Christian

THEMES: Feminism, Politics, Activism
Length: 1.5 Hours
TARGET AUDIENCE: Adult

Lysa King is nineteen and angry. After spending a year away from her small town, experiencing a powerful uprising of her own political voice, and the protests of women all ... Read more

Medea
by Kate Mulvany and Anne-Louise Sarks after Euripides

THEMES: Childhood, Innocence, Motherhood
CHARACTER AGES: 10 – 13 & 30+
LENGTH: 1.5 Hours
SUITABLE FOR: Adult
CAST SIZE: 3 – 4 Cast Members

SYNOPSIS: Two young children play games to distract themselves whilst their parents have a very famous showdown. As the dispute escalates the children are drawn away from their ... Read more

Medea
by Suzie Miller

THEMES: Love, Passion and Revenge
LENGTH: 2 Hours
TARGET AUDIENCE: Adult

When Medea fell for Jason, she fell hard. Hard enough to sacrifice everything to be with him. She deceived her father, committed murder, left the comforts of her homeland and ... Read more

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

What if Oedipus lived next door? What if the whole street knew what he’d been up to with his own mother, because of the word daubed in fluorescent letters ... Read more

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