Description
Big Yikes! by Madeleine Border
THEMES: Coming-of-age, Anxiety, “What’s my purpose?”
LENGTH: 90 Minutes, no interval
CHARACTER AGES: 18-30
NO. OF CHARACTERS: 20 (Large Cast)
SUITABLE FOR: Middle & Senior Years, Adults
SYNOPSIS: Meet Lorrie. Sorry… Loxie. Loxie is cooler. She’s rebranding so as not to be mistaken with a load-bearing truck. She wouldn’t want you to know that though – she doesn’t like being ‘perceived’. Loxie is leaving school, starting her first job, moving out of home, and waiting for Uni offers. She’s entering her adulting era. ‘Finding yourself’ is hard when you’re searching in a rundown share house, the situationship you THINK you have with your coworker, and under the constant nagging of your divorced parents.
GENRE: Non-Linear
THEMES: Chinese Australian Heritage, Family, Forgiveness
LENGTH: 90 Minutes
NO. OF CHARACTERS: 5
SYNOPSIS: Lily has rediscovered her half sister Joy, who is desperate to uncover the resting place of their mother, Mary Wong. It is approaching Bi San, Ancestors’ Day, when Chinese traditionally worship the dead, but without knowing where her grave is, Joy is fearful that she will be cursed for shirking her duty. So, they begin their search by unpacking family lore and retracing historical steps.
Follow Me Home by Lewis Treston
GENRE: Non-Linear
THEMES: Youth Homelessness, Honesty & Courage, Stability & Perseverance
LENGTH: 90 Minutes
NO. OF CHARACTERS: 3-4
SYNOPSIS: Telling the truth, being honest and sharing your story takes guts. Real guts. How do you tell your friend she can’t sleep over anymore? Can you help a parent when she’s lost all hope? How can you strive for independence when the system is working against you? And what if just being honest means you’re out on the street? Full of heart, honesty and humanity, Follow Me Home reveals the strength, courage and the resilience of the young people behind the statistics.
Unprecedented by Campion Decent
GENRE: Non-Linear
THEMES: Black Summer Bushfires (2019-20), Climate Emergencies, Disaster Response
LENGTH: 100 Minutes
NO. OF CHARACTERS: Large Cast
SYNOPSIS: Part verbatim, part history, and part polemic; Unprecedented poses urgent questions about our collective response to a devastating new scale of environmental disaster, and our capacity for resilience in the face of a growing climate emergency.
GENRE: Linear
THEMES: Indigenous Culture & Community, Loss & Disconnection, Family & Relationship
LENGTH: 90 Minutes
NO.OF CHARACTERS: 2
SYNOPSIS: Moxie, passion, drive; whatever you want to call it, Leila’s got it and it compelled her hundreds of kilometers from the remote country town she grew up in to the big city. It’s been a hard six years, but she’s so close to the success she craves, so close to her dreams of representing her community, so close to being an inspiration to the other girls back home just like her. However, her niece Maddie, has just shown up on her doorstep in the middle of the night, and she’s about to make her understand just how far she’s strayed from home.
Barracking the Umpire by Andrea Gibbs
GENRE: Linear
THEMES: Family, Male Vulnerability, Brain Inquires
LENGTH: 90 minutes
NO.OF CHARACTERS: 7
SYNOPSIS: The Castle meets The Club in this original family drama that asks us: what are we willing to sacrifice for the great game? Doug Williams is the greatest footballer Donnybrook has ever seen. Hard as flint. Salt of the earth. Delveen, his wife has been by his side for years, through head knock after head knock. The club want to honour Doug with a lifetime achievement award, so the kids are all flying home to join the celebration. But the sure hands of this once great player are starting to fumble the ball.