PLAYLAB'S WA SYLLABUS SUGGESTIONS 2022
UNIT 3: YEAR 12 PART 1 (REINTERPRETATION OF DRAMA FOR CONTEMPORARY AUDIENCE)
The following list of plays has been curated by Playlab Theatre staff in order to provide an extended list of plays suitable for study in Unit 3: Year 12 Part 1 (Reinterpretation of Drama for contemporary audience). 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.
From Darkness
by Steven Oliver
THEMES: Spirituality, Family, Grieving
LENGTH: 70 minutes
CAST SIZE: 5
CHARACTER AGES: 16–50+
SUITABLE FOR: Senior Years & Adults
SYNOPSIS
It’... Read moreThe 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 moreMagpie
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
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
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
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THEMES: Love, Identity, Comedy
LENGTH: 90 Minutes
CHARACTER AGES: 30s
CAST SIZE: 2
SUITABLE FOR: Senior Years & Adults
Matthew Whittet's Cinderella is a heartfelt fairy tale for adults about ... 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
Medea
by Suzie Miller
THEMES: Love, Passion and Revenge
LENGTH: 120 Minutes
CHARACTER AGES: 18+
CAST SIZE: 4
SUITABLE FOR: Senior Years & Adult
Suzie Miller's Medea takes on Euripides infamous tale of a woman ... Read more
Lysa and the Freeborn Dames
by Claire Christian
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THEMES: Feminism, Politics, Activism
LENGTH: 90 Minutes
CHARACTER AGES: 18+
CAST SIZE: 10
SUITABLE FOR: Senior Years & Adults
Claire Christian's Lysa and the Freeborn Dames addresses ideas of legacy, ... Read more
A Re-imagining of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler
by Melissa Bubnic
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THEMES: Love, Passion and Revenge
LENGTH: 90 Minutes
CHARACTER AGES: 30s
CAST SIZE: 7
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
Antigone
by Merlynn Tong after Sophocles
THEMES: Power, Family, Activism
LENGTH: 70 minutes
CAST SIZE: 5
CHARACTER AGES: 16–50
SUITABLE FOR: Senior Years & Adults
Merlynn Tong's Antigone is a lyrical adaptation of Sophocles' timeless tragedy, with a modern twist.
SYNOPSIS
... Read moreThe 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
Awakening
by Daniel Lammin
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