Playlab's Tas Syllabus Suggestions 2021
AREA 1: SKILL DEVELOPMENT
The following list of plays has been curated by Playlab staff in order to provide an extended list of plays suitable for study in Area 1: Skill Development. The following plays have been selected as they have been specifically created to provide unique, interesting, and challanging roles for performers in years 11 and 12. We believe that the texts suggested in this list will provide fantastic opportunities for students to continue their development as a performer.
New addition to the current curriculum suggestions: BATHORY BEGINS by Emme Hoy and Gretel Vella
Bathory Begins
by Emme Hoy and Gretel Vella
THEMES: Survival, Good vs. Evil, Horror
LENGTH: 1.5 Hours
TARGET AUDIENCE: Middle Years
CAST SIZE: Large Cast Without Doubling
Male Monologue Collection
CAST: 1M
CHARACTER AGES: Young Adult – Adult
Male Monologue Collection Volume 2
CAST: 1M
CHARACTER AGES: Young Adult – Adult
Female Monologue Collection
CAST: 1F
CHARACTER AGES: Young Adult – Adult
Female Monologue Collection Volume 2
CAST: 1F
CHARACTER AGES: Young Adult – Adult
Impending Everyone
by Michael Andrew Collins
THEMES: Technology, Adolescents
CHARACTER AGES: Year 10 – 12 students
LENGTH: 1.5 Hours
CAST SIZE: 9 + Cast Members
TARGET AUDIENCE: Senior Years
Orbit
by David Burton
THEMES: Ambition, Love, Success, Growing Up
CHARACTER AGES: 15 – 18
Length: 1.5 Hours
TARGET AUDIENCE: Senior Years
TARGET AUDIENCE: Middle Years
CAST SIZE: 9+ Cast Members
Spontaneous Human Combustion
by Daniel Evans
THEMES: Trauma, Defiance, Grief
CHARACTER AGES: 16 – 18
LENGTH: 1.5 Hours
CAST SIZE: Large Cast Without Doubling
TARGET AUDIENCE: Senior Years
Sugarland
by Rachael Coopes and Wayne Blair
THEMES: Indigenous Themes, Regional Australia, Displacement, Growing up
CHARACTER AGES: 16 – 18, Adult
LENGTH: 1.5 Hours
TARGET AUDIENCE: Senior Years
Talking To Brick Walls
by Claire Christian & The Empire Arts Impact Ensemble
THEMES: Young People, Coming of Age, Parenting
CHARACTER AGES: Middle – Senior Years
LENGTH: 1 Hour
TARGET AUDIENCE: Senior Years
CAST SIZE: Large Cast Without Doubling
The Chosen
by Lachlan Philpott
THEMES: Desires to be unique, Adolescents
CHARACTER AGES: Teenage to Adult
LENGTH: 1.5 Hours
CAST SIZE: Large Cast Without Doubling
TARGET AUDIENCE: Senior Years