y separately published work icon Girl Asleep single work   drama   - 1 hour 20 minutes
Is part of Windmill Theatre Trilogy Matthew Whittet , 2014 series - author drama
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Girl Asleep
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'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 )

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Girl Asleep Matthew Whittet , ( 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.

Production Details

  • 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.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2014
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2016 .
      Extent: 46p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 1st December 2016
         

      ISBN: 9781925005721

Works about this Work

Teenage Dream Is Thick with Nostalgia Jason Blake , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7 December 2016; (p. 15)

— Review of Girl Asleep Matthew Whittet , 2014 single work drama
The Wind in Their Sails Elissa Blake , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 December 2016; (p. 10)
Bets Pay Off Penelope Debelle , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 May 2014; (p. 33)
Twin Call, Twin Call : Little Stars to Sparkle Louise Nunn , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 21 May 2014; (p. 3)
A Familiar Blend of Fantasy and Comedy Murray Bramwell , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 4 March 2014; (p. 12)

— Review of Girl Asleep Matthew Whittet , 2014 single work drama
A Familiar Blend of Fantasy and Comedy Murray Bramwell , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 4 March 2014; (p. 12)

— Review of Girl Asleep Matthew Whittet , 2014 single work drama
Teenage Dream Is Thick with Nostalgia Jason Blake , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7 December 2016; (p. 15)

— Review of Girl Asleep Matthew Whittet , 2014 single work drama
Twin Call, Twin Call : Little Stars to Sparkle Louise Nunn , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 21 May 2014; (p. 3)
Bets Pay Off Penelope Debelle , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 May 2014; (p. 33)
The Wind in Their Sails Elissa Blake , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 December 2016; (p. 10)
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