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Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 5 Short Plays
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'Young actors have collaborated with Tasmanian playwrights to create 5 Short Plays that speak from and about the experiences of being a teenager in a contemporary Tasmania.' (Source: Transistor Youth Arts website)

Production Details

  • Director: Lucien Simon.

    Cast: Sadie Buckland, Josephine Cannon, Kate Choraziak, Ollie Gorringe, Molly Lynch, Islobel Murphy, Ella Robinson, Charlotte Rogers and Ruby Van Der Walt.

    Puppeteers: Banjo Upton, Charlotte Rogers, Ruby Can Der Walt and Xanthe Godfrey.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 2015 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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'A young girl migrating from overseas to Australia breaks down in the airport when she lands. Here, against her will, she realises that everything she knew, especially her friends and community are gone and she has arrived with nothing.' (Source: Transistor Youth Arts website)

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Last Stop, Lucien Simon , single work drama

'Two girls begin a war when what they both need is a friend. One girl is new to the area, friendless and bullied, the other in crisis because her sister has disappeared. As they become more isolated the more each others presence becomes unavoidable.' (Source: Transistor Youth Arts website)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Note: “5 Short Plays” is a pilot youth theatre program initiated by Lucien Simon and supported by Kingborough Council and Tasmanian Regional Arts. With your support we are hoping this will become a permanent program.
First known date: 2015

Works about this Work

No Short-Age of Talent 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 3 September 2015; (p. 3)

— Review of 5 Short Plays 2015 single work drama
'Small actors are set to tackle the big issues in 5 Short Plays...'
No Short-Age of Talent 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 3 September 2015; (p. 3)

— Review of 5 Short Plays 2015 single work drama
'Small actors are set to tackle the big issues in 5 Short Plays...'
Last amended 9 Dec 2015 10:38:28
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