Playlab's Tas Syllabus Suggestions 2019-20
AREA 3: SOLO PERFORMANCE — ONE PERSON PRODUCTIONS
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 3: Solo Performance — One Person Productions. The following plays have been selected as fantastic examples of One Person Productions. Each play in this list presents a unique approach to creating work specifically to be performed by a solo cast member and how form can be used to create meaning.
Blue Bones
by Merlynn Tong
LANGUAGE: English, Mandarin, Malay and Hokkien
THEMES: Domestic Violence, Relationships, Self Empowerment
CHARACTER AGES: Young Adult
LENGTH: 1.5 Hours
CAST SIZE: 1 – 2 Cast Members
TARGET AUDIENCE: Senior Years
Chasing the Lollyman
by Mark Sheppard
THEMES: Indigenous Themes, Identity, Story-telling
Length: 1.5 Hours
CAST SIZE: 1-2
TARGET AUDIENCE: Senior Years

Chinese Take Away
by Anna Yen
LANGUAGE: English and Cantonese
THEMES: History, Family, Poverty, Chinese Culture, Traditionalism
CHARACTER AGES: 30
LENGTH: 45 Minutes
CAST SIZE: 1 – 2 Cast Members
TARGET AUDIENCE: Senior Years
Ma Ma Ma Mad
by Merlynn Tong
THEMES: Suicide, Depression
CHARACTER AGES: Various
LENGTH: 1 Hour
CAST SIZE: 1 – 2 Cast Members
Playlab Indie
TARGET AUDIENCE: Adult
Murder at Warrabah House
by SNAFU Theatre
THEMES: Crime, Mystery
CHARACTER AGES: 18+
LENGTH: 1 Hour
TARGET AUDIENCE: Adult
Playlab Indie
CAST SIZE: 1 – 2 Cast Members

Not Like Beckett
by Michael Watts
THEMES: Absurdism, Colonialism, Love
CHARACTER AGES: Any Age
LENGTH: 1.5 Hours
TARGET AUDIENCE: Senior Years
CAST SIZE: 1 – 2 Cast Members
The 7 Stages Of Grieving
by Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman (25th Anniversary)
THEMES: Grieving, Death, Indigenous People, Aboriginality
CHARACTER AGES: Any age
LENGTH: 1 Hour
TARGET AUDIENCE: Middle Years
CAST SIZE: 1 – 2 Cast Members
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Yarn
by Lily Fish
THEMES: Rage, Desire, Knowledge, Power
CHARACTER AGES: Adult
LENGTH: 1 Hour
CAST SIZE: 1 – 2 Cast Members
Playlab Indie
Ode to Man
by Emma Mary Hall
PLAYLAB INDIE NEW RELEASE
THEMES: Masculinity, Feminism, Equality
LENGTH: 1.5 Hours
TARGET AUDIENCE: Adult