'Finishing school is one of life’s defining moments. A deluge of exams, career choices, life changing decisions and, of course, Schoolies Week! A wild week of alcohol, sex, and rock and roll on the Gold Coast to farewell life at high school. But with all the fun and hype, come the pitfalls…
'Accompanying the script is a collection of critical essays from leaders in arts education, performance practice, and psychology. The essays explore the creative process of building performance for young people, and providing opportunities for cross-arts practice including drama, music, movement and media.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Blurred
( dir. Evan Clarry
)
Australia
:
Pictures in Paradise
,
2002
Z1887266
2002
single work
film/TV
humour
'Every year in Australia, more than 70,000 school leavers head for the sun-drenched beaches of the Gold Coast to celebrate their release from the secondary school system. BLURRED is not about being there - it's about a bunch of kids trying to get there. It shows the potential of young people, their resilience and their humour as the innocence of childhood is burned away in a blaze of alcohol and drugs, sexual confusion and the severing of the bonds of the schoolyard.'
Source: Screen Australia.
Includes teaching resources (on accompanying CD-ROM).
First produced for STAGE X, an initiative of the Queensland Performing Arts Trust in 1999 at Festival Hall in Brisbane.
