Description
Talking to Brick Walls by Claire Christian & The Empire Arts Impact Ensemble
GENRE: Playscript
THEMES: Young People, Coming of Age, Parenting
LENGTH: 60 Minutes
NO. OF CHARACTERS: Large Cast
SYNOPSIS: Hey! We need to talk! And we’ve needed to talk for over 8000 years. Talking to Brick Walls is a hybrid verbatim piece exploring adolescent and parent relationships. It was co-created by eleven young artists alongside facilitators Claire Christian and Ari Palani over a period of three and a half months. This is the conversation they wanted to have. The story the wanted to tell. The show they wanted to make.
Follow Me Home by Lewis Treston
GENRE: Playscript
THEMES: Youth Homelessness, Honesty & Courage, Stability & Perseverance
LENGTH: 90 minutes
NO. OF CHARACTERS: Large Cast
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?
GENRE: Playscript
THEMES: Intergeneration Trauma, Domestic Abuse, Isolation
LENGTH: 75 minutes
NO. OF CHARACTERS: 5
SYNOPSIS: Forgiveness looks at the consequences of avoiding our past and into the underbelly of violence within an ordinary Australian family. Weaving between the interior landscape of thoughts and the visceral and external experience of grief and loss, we find this family crumbling under the weight of toxic masculinity.
GENRE: Monologue
THEMES: Toxic Masculinity, Queer Love, Neurodiversity
LENGTH: 6-8 minutes per monologue
SYNOPSIS: Placing teenagers at the forefront of telling their own stories, ‘The Monologue Collective’ gives voice to teenagers and explores topics that our teens are passionate about. The collection includes stories of queer love, neurodiversity, toxic masculinity and meeting your crazy mum at schoolies. ‘The Monologue Collective’ highlighting the community, humour and humility of Australian young people.
Big Yikes! by Madeleine Border
THEMES: Coming-of-age, Anxiety & Mental Health, “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.
THEMES: Loss, Mental Health, Coming-of-Age
LENGTH: 80 minutes, no interval
CHARACTER AGES: 18+
NO. OF CHARACTERS: 1
SUITABLE FOR: Adults
SYNOPSIS:When Mark moved out of home for the first time, his mum started writing him letters – just checking in, staying in touch, keeping a gentle hold on her son. Until one letter brings news no-one wants to hear. Blue is a bold and deeply personal new work from a young and revelatory new voice in Australian writing. Journey deep into the beauty and sadness of a young life at its new beginning.