martha’s war on war playscript
Martha’s War On War is a solo performance with screen characters that looks at World War 1 through the lens of one family’s experience. Based on the writer’s own familial history, this new Australian contemporary drama looks at the political and social agendas of the time while highlighting the conscription debate. The form contrasts Brechtian elements including direct address with fourth-wall naturalism and interweaves songs, shadow-play, monologues and duologues as the character of Martha interacts with screened characters. If you are interested in the schools-touring incursion...
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Scattered Lives is an ensemble performance based on real and imagined characters. It gives students a contemporary Australian work about situations on their doorstep to unpack non-naturalistic performance styles. This researched-based play charts the situations and conflicts that have brought people to Australia from the 1950’s to the present day and the migration policies during that time. Unfolding episodically, with pathos and humour, it employs contemporary dramatic forms to highlight immediate social justice and political issues. It juxtaposes fourth wall with elements of Brecht...
Read Moremartha’s war on war
Martha’s War On War is a solo performance with screen characters that looks at World War 1 through the lens of one family’s experience. Based on the writer’s own familial history, this new Australian contemporary drama looks at the political and social agendas of the time while highlighting the conscription debate. The form contrasts Brechtian elements including direct address with fourth-wall naturalism and interweaves songs, shadow-play, monologues and duologues as the character of Martha interacts with screened characters. If you are interested in the schools-touring incursion...
Read MoreScattered Lives playscript
‘These are the stories of the thousands of people who seek refuge in Australia each year’. Originally written as a 2-hander, the published play has over 20 nominated roles for larger groups. Scattered Lives draws from diverse contemporary forms to highlight immediate social and political issues. Episodic in form with stories connected by verbatim grabs, 2 Narrators step out of the dramatic action as the play charts situations and conflicts that have brought people to Australia from the late 1950s to the present day. ‘A deeply meaningful and moving piece of theatre’. Visit the...
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