Hits of the 70s, 80s, and 90s single work   drama   - 1 hour and 20 minutes
Issue Details: First known date: 2024... 2024 Hits of the 70s, 80s, and 90s
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'Do you remember your first gig, concert, or music festival?

'The first time you heard Nirvana? When your heart sped up, your knees went weak, and your body started doing things you could not explain?

'1992. Charles and Di are breaking up. Dolly magazine is a young girl’s only source of information. And Kurt Cobain is still alive. In suburban Adelaide, 15-year-old Rhiannon is living with her mum Linda, forever buoyed by her favourite radio station and DJ Barry, whose voice appears everywhere and is the authority on everything. Surrounded by teenage droids, Rhiannon seeks out Suzie, a muso from the record store. This meeting plunges Rhiannon into a punk-soaked underworld, and her coming of age begins.

'Hits is a new Australian play. But it’s also a love letter – from your teenage self – to that song, that artist, or maybe that person, who came to you at your most awkward and misunderstood, and set your soul on fire.

'Also note that this is not, in any way shape or form, a tribute show or a music gig. Instead this is the premiere performance of a new Australian play, performed by an all-South Australian team. Nevertheless, the soundtrack will feature a lot of bangers.' (Production summary)

Production Details

  • Presented by Laughter through the tears productions, in association with Adelaide Festival Centre. Performed at Space Theatre, Adelaide 5-6 July 2024.

     

    Actors: Ren Williams, Emma Beech, Annabel Matheson, Eddie Morrison and a team of First Year Flinders Drama Centre acting students - who will make up the ‘mosh pit chorus’

    Writer/director/co-producer: Rebecca Meston

    Producer: Jennifer Greer Holmes

    Director mentor: Sasha Zahra

    Set and costume designer: Ali Jones

    Sound designer: Jason Sweeney

    Lighting designer: Mark Oakley

    Choreographer: Erin Fowler

    Production manager: Emma O’Neill

    Dramaturg: Saffron Benner

    Photographer: Morgan Sette

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