PLAYLAB'S QLD SYLLABUS SUGGESTIONS 2022
UNIT 1: SHARE (NON-LINEAR)
The following list of plays has been curated by Playlab Theatre’s staff in order to provide an extended list of plays suitable for study in Unit 1: Share. The following titles include a wide-range of works that explore and share understandings of the human experience in a range of cultures including; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, those from the Asia-Pacific region, and refugees and asylum seekers.
The following titles also explore a hybridity of conventions and forms in storytelling practices. For convenience, we have separated the plays that uses non-linear dramatic forms and linear dramatic forms.
Black Cockatoo
by Geoffrey Atherden
THEMES: Johnny Mullagh and Australian XI, Racism, Colonial Power
LENGTH: 90 Minutes
CAST SIZE: 6
SUITABLE FOR: Middle & Senior Years
Inspired by the true story of legendary First Nations cricketer Jonny Mullagh and Australia's first ever international sporting team, this is not just about cricket. This is a story of ... Read more
The Campaign
by Campion Decent
THEMES: LGBTQIA Rights, Australian Politics
LENGTH: 1.5 Hours
CHARACTER AGES: Adult
CAST SIZE: 5-6
TARGET AUDIENCE: Senior Years
Blue Bones
by Merlynn Tong
LANGUAGE: English, Mandarin, Malay and Hokkien
THEMES: Domestic Violence, Relationships, Self Empowerment
CHARACTER AGES: Young Adult
LENGTH: 90 Minutes
CAST SIZE: 1 – 2 Cast Members
SUITABLE FOR: Senior Years & Adults
When a woman finds scars left by her ex-boyfriend of many years etched into her bones, she begins a turbulent journey to unpack her past and discover how he got ... Read more
Brutal Utopias
by Stephen Carleton
THEMES: Idealism, Communism & Capitalism
LENGTH: 90 Minutes
CHARACTER AGES: 30s, 40s & 50s
NO. OF CHARACTERS: 10, Large Cast
SUITABLE FOR: Senior Years & Adults
Stephen Carleton's Brutal Utopias (A Fugue for the Twenty First Century) examines the intersection between ... 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: Senior Years & Adult
Magpie
by Elise Greig
LANGUAGE: English and Romani
THEMES: Cultural heritage, Intergenerational trauma, Immigration
LENGTH: 1.5 Hours
CAST SIZE: 4
SUITABLE FOR: Senior Years & Adults
Driving Into Walls
by Suzie Miller
THEMES: Youth, Drugs, Sex, Self-representation
CHARACTER AGES: 18-21
LENGTH: 1 Hour
CAST SIZE: 5 – 6 Cast Members
SUITABLE FOR: Senior Years
Prize Fighter
by Future D. Fidel
THEMES: War, Loss, Refugees, Trauma
CHARACTER AGES: 10 – 60
LENGTH: 1 Hour
TARGET AUDIENCE: Senior Years & Adult
CAST SIZE: 5 – 6 Cast Members
The Longest Minute
by Robert Kronk and Nadine McDonald-Dowd
THEMES: Family, Identity, Sport
LENGTH: 1.5 Hours
CHARACTER AGES: 18–55
CAST SIZE: 5-6
TARGET AUDIENCE: Senior Years
The Longest Minute by Robert Kronk and <... Read more
Return to the Dirt
by Steve Pirie
THEMES: Death, grief, identity
LENGTH: 90 Minutes
CHARACTER AGES: 20s – 40s
CAST SIZE: 4
SUITABLE FOR: Senior Years & Adults
Winner of the 2020-21 Queensland Premier's Drama Award, Steve Pirie's autobiographical Return ... Read more
PLAYLAB'S QLD SYLLABUS SUGGESTIONS 2022
UNIT 1: SHARE (LINEAR)
Face to Face
by Emily Wells
The Holidays
by David Megarrity
THEMES: Family, Memory, Intergenerational Relationships
LENGTH: 80 minutes
CAST SIZE: 3
CHARACTER AGES: 10–40s+
SUITABLE FOR: Middle Years
SYNOPSIS
The Holidays are on holiday: 12-year-old Oliver has been pulled out of school ... Read moreLights in the Park
by Alexander Lee-Rekers
THEMES: Coming of Age, Bullying, Friendship and Revenge
LENGTH: 80 Minutes
CAST SIZE: 13, Large Cast
SUITABLE FOR: Senior Years & Adults
Winner of the 2018 Senior ATYP Foundation Commission, Lights in the Park by Alexander Lee-RekersRead more
Rising
by Hannah Belanszky, Madeleine Border, Emily Burton, Lauren Sherritt and Sarah Wilson
THEMES: Climate Change, Extinction, Politics and Governance
LENGTH: 90 Minutes
CHARACTER AGES: 20s–40s
CAST SIZE: 3
SUITABLE FOR: Senior Years
Rising by Hannah Belanszky, Read more
Reagan Kelly
by Lewis Treston
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The Pineapple War
by Lachlan Philpott
THEMES: Oppression, Revolution, Influence
CHARACTER AGES: 16 – 23
LENGTH: 1.5 Hours
CAST SIZE: Large Cast Without Doubling
SUITABLE FOR: Senior Years
It’s 2022 and Queensland is now part of China to resolve a civil war. The rest of Australia has become Nation One, with a conservative government and a return to ... Read more
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
Rice
by Michele Lee
THEMES: Globalisation, Power, Politics and Migration
CHARACTER AGES: Adult
LENGTH:1.5 Hours
CAST SIZE: 1 – 2 Cast Members
SUITABLE FOR: Adult