Description
FLIP-BOOK | OVERVIEW
These two play scripts, KOAL and The Choice, are united by their exploration of what it means to live, love, and choose hope in a world under threat. As well as inviting us to face hard truths, these stories celebrate resilience and imagine new possibilities—together.
SYNOPSISÂ
KOAL
KOAL is a climate-catastrophe-clown-show for the end of the world. As wildfires tear through Australia, a baby koala, a coal miner, and an Indigenous girl from Waiben (Thursday Island) desperately hold onto their homes before it all turns to ash. The text blends documentary theatre, clown, and audience interaction. And as a result, invites audiences to reconnect with a living Earth—immediate, magical, alive, and worth fighting for.
The Choice.
Welcome to the womb where it happens. The Choice is an interactive theatre work that unpacks the decision to have children, exposing the most intimate parts of a woman’s choice. Three women invite the audience to join them as they explore the financial realities, personal relationships, societal and family pressures, a changing climate, and the moral implications of bringing new life into today’s world. They lay it all bare for an audience, ultimately asking the existential question: Should we have children?
BACKGROUND & PRODUCTION HISTORY
Co-created and performed by Jacinta Yelland, KOAL has captivated audiences across Australia. Most notably through an acclaimed season at TheatreWorks (Melbourne). Soon coming to Queensland in 2026: HOTA (Gold Coast), The Events Centre (Caloundra), and the Brisbane Powerhouse (Brisbane).
KOAL premiered at Icebox Project Space in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on September 13, 2023, as part of the Cannonball Festival within the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. The production won the 2023 Philadelphia Fringe Festival’s 5 Star Award for Best Overall Production. KOAL was conceived by Jacinta Yelland and co-created with Trey Lyford. The piece was developed over a two-and-a-half-year period. It received support from The Work, Fresh Ground Pepper NYC’s Eco Week at Little Pond in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. As well as from the Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists Playwright Project.
The Choice premiered at Christ Church Neighbourhood House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 9, 2021, as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. It won the 2021 Philadelphia Fringe Festival Award for Best Independent Theatre Production. The Choice was devised by the original cast, Jacqueline Libby, Christine Octavia Shaw and Jacinta Yelland. This occurred over a two-year residency with the support of the Bethany Arts Community in Ossining, New York.
Flip-Book ISBN: 978-1-76161-282-4
KOAL / The Choice (Flip-Book)
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KOAL
THEMES: Climate Change, Environmental Catastrophe, Resilience, Survival, First Nations Perspectives, Physical Theatre, More-Than-Human-World
LENGTH: 70mins
CAST SIZE: 1
CHARACTER AGES: 7 – 60
SUITABLE FOR: Ages 13+
The Choice
THEMES: Reproduction Choice, Motherhood, Agency and Responsibility, Community and Connection
LENGTH: 60mins
CAST SIZE: 3
SUITABLE FOR: 15+
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Description
FLIP-BOOK | OVERVIEW
These two play scripts, KOAL and The Choice, are united by their exploration of what it means to live, love, and choose hope in a world under threat. As well as inviting us to face hard truths, these stories celebrate resilience and imagine new possibilities—together.
SYNOPSISÂ
KOAL
KOAL is a climate-catastrophe-clown-show for the end of the world. As wildfires tear through Australia, a baby koala, a coal miner, and an Indigenous girl from Waiben (Thursday Island) desperately hold onto their homes before it all turns to ash. The text blends documentary theatre, clown, and audience interaction. And as a result, invites audiences to reconnect with a living Earth—immediate, magical, alive, and worth fighting for.
The Choice.
Welcome to the womb where it happens. The Choice is an interactive theatre work that unpacks the decision to have children, exposing the most intimate parts of a woman’s choice. Three women invite the audience to join them as they explore the financial realities, personal relationships, societal and family pressures, a changing climate, and the moral implications of bringing new life into today’s world. They lay it all bare for an audience, ultimately asking the existential question: Should we have children?
BACKGROUND & PRODUCTION HISTORY
Co-created and performed by Jacinta Yelland, KOAL has captivated audiences across Australia. Most notably through an acclaimed season at TheatreWorks (Melbourne). Soon coming to Queensland in 2026: HOTA (Gold Coast), The Events Centre (Caloundra), and the Brisbane Powerhouse (Brisbane).
KOAL premiered at Icebox Project Space in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on September 13, 2023, as part of the Cannonball Festival within the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. The production won the 2023 Philadelphia Fringe Festival’s 5 Star Award for Best Overall Production. KOAL was conceived by Jacinta Yelland and co-created with Trey Lyford. The piece was developed over a two-and-a-half-year period. It received support from The Work, Fresh Ground Pepper NYC’s Eco Week at Little Pond in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. As well as from the Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists Playwright Project.
The Choice premiered at Christ Church Neighbourhood House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 9, 2021, as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. It won the 2021 Philadelphia Fringe Festival Award for Best Independent Theatre Production. The Choice was devised by the original cast, Jacqueline Libby, Christine Octavia Shaw and Jacinta Yelland. This occurred over a two-year residency with the support of the Bethany Arts Community in Ossining, New York.
Flip-Book ISBN: 978-1-76161-282-4
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