The Tender Age single work   drama  
Note: Devised and performed by a mixed ensemble of artists from version 1.0 and the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP).
Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 The Tender Age
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'On 29 July 2009, a 14-year-old girl was given an on-air lie detector test on a live Sydney radio program. Clearly agitated, the girl announced that she had been raped when she was 12. This infamous incident has been used to examine changes in the way young people engage with sex and sexuality. The rapid advances in communications technology, the proliferation of pornography and the depiction of sexuality as power are changing young people's attitudes to sex. How do young people negotiate these conflicting messages?

'In a social media-saturated performance space, The Tender Age examines the contradictions in the way society educates young people about sexuality, and the ways in which young people themselves negotiate relationships framed by social technologies. Devised and performed by a mixed ensemble of artists from version 1.0 and the Australian Theatre for Young People, The Tender Age is eye-opening, gut-wrenching, and utterly compelling theatre.'

Source: Carriageworks website, http://www.carriageworks.com.au/
Sighted: 14/08/2012

Production Details

  • First produced by version 1.0 and the Australian Theatre for Young People at Carriageworks, Sydney, 22 August - 1 September 2012.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Young Stars Shine Exposing Digital Woes Jason Blake , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 August 2012; (p. 10)

— Review of The Tender Age Version 1.0 , The Australian Theatre for Young People , 2012 single work drama
Poetic Licence Elissa Blake , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 August 2012; (p. 10)
Young Stars Shine Exposing Digital Woes Jason Blake , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 August 2012; (p. 10)

— Review of The Tender Age Version 1.0 , The Australian Theatre for Young People , 2012 single work drama
Poetic Licence Elissa Blake , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 August 2012; (p. 10)
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