'Greta Driscoll is frozen in the spotlight of her fifteenth birthday party. As the events of the night unfold, going from bad to worse, a stranger arrives sending Greta into a parallel place; a latent world that’s weirdly erotic, ultra-violent and thoroughly ludicrous – it is there she will find herself. This is a girls’ own adventure where heroism and gender are turned on their head in a unique explosion of the sisterhood.
'Windmill Theatre’s Fugitive, School Dance and Girl Asleep form a unique trilogy of rites-of-passage stories by Helpmann Award-nominated writer/director team Matthew Whittet and Rosemary Myers. The adrenaline of the alpha male, the pain of the loser, and the dark inner world of the teenage girl underscore these three distinct works each delivering an outrageous, hilarious, painful, violent and ultimately celebratory experience.' (Source: http://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/2014/theatre/girl_asleep )
Girl Asleep
( dir. Rosemary Myers
)
Australia
:
Soft Tread Enterprises
Windmill Pictures
,
2015
7389221
2015
single work
film/TV
Girl Asleep is a film adaptation of the acclaimed 2014 play of the same name. It follows shy teenager Greta Driscoll as life takes unexpected turns in the lead up to her fifteenth birthday.
Performed at the Adelaide Film Festival 28 February - 16 March 2014
Presented by Windmill Theatre and Adelaide Festival. This project received special funding from Major Commissions and Festival Commissioning Fund through Arts SA and the 2014 Adelaide Festival
Director: Rosemary Myers.
Designer: Jonathon Oxlade.
Lighting: Richard Vabre.
Animation: Chris More.
Original Soundtrack: Luke Smiles – motion laboratories.
Cast: Ellen Steele, Eamon Farren, Jude Henshall, Zara Blight, Paige Whitby and Amber McMahon.
A Windmill Theatre production performed at Belvoir St Theatre, Upstairs Theatre: 2 – 24 December 2016.
Director: Rosemary Myers.
Set & Costume Designer: Jonathon Oxlade.
Lighting Designer: Richard Vabre.
Original Soundtrack: Luke Smiles – motion laboratories.
Movement Consultant: Gabrielle Nankivell.
Cast: Eamon Farren, Jude Henshall, Amber McMahon, Ellen Steele, and Matthew Whittet.
