VENUE: Northcote Town Hall
WORKSHOPS: 23 May-25 July, 2007
SEASON: 26-28 July, 2007

Facilitated by Karen Berger and special guest artists

Workshops

In this workshop, young artists got to:
• Devise their own script;
• Turn it into a performance piece;
• Work with actors, designers and theatre techs;
• After the Workshop has finished, perform for their fans;
• Bask in eternal Dapperness.

Performance pieces

Living on the red by Chloé Boreham
How far would you go to follow the insane on planet red?

Transistor II by Joh Kelly
An exploration of relationships and interactions in this technological age where the process of communication often muddles the message. Transistor II was presented in an earlier development stage at Platform Youth Theatre’s The New Write in May.

The fourth monkey by Tobi Manderson-Galvin
Set in a world driven to consume itself, three monkeys look to the heavens for an answer to their problems. A guiding light appears to show them the way to enlightenment. And they all stop for take-away en route.

Like tears in the rain by Diana Nguyen
Do you know your mother? I don’t know who she is. She doesn’t understand me. Do you know your daughter? I don’t know who she is anymore. I try to tell her my story, but she does not understand me. A Vietnamese daughter and her mother’s refugee story of sacrifice, struggle and love in Australia.

Happy birthday to me by Kate Nicholson
When the sun goes down, conversation ensues between two people in a bar on an ordinary Friday night, an environment that can change in a moment. Power shifts and one person quickly sees a way to use the situation to their advantage. Happy Birthday to Me was presented at Platform Youth Theatre’s The New Write in May.

Who me? Why not!!! By Farhad Zaiwala
Two neighbouring apartments. Two neighbouring living rooms. A couple fed up of living inside. A sibling couple who have just moved in. Everything seemingly seems normal…

A windswept dress By Vladana Zivadinovic
As the story goes, Catherine the Great met her demise after fornicating with a horse and Marie Antoinette advised Parisians to eat cake after hearing of the bread shortages that plagued the city. For what reasons, then, will today’s female icons be remembered for in centuries to come?