Blurred

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Title: Blurred
Author: Davis, Stephen
Price: $24.95

Blurred: Creating Performance for Young People:
By Stephen Davis

CAST: 3M 3F (Can have a cast of up to 14)
CHARACTER AGES: 1518
LENGTH: 1.5 hours approximately
TARGET AUDIENCE: Senior Years
STYLE: Drama
THEMES: Schoolies, dating, predators, teenage drinking

INCLUDES TEACHERS NOTES


In the darkness, we hear and see sound and vision of a small party on a coastal town Chaos and fun. Danger and excitement.

Finishing school is one of lifes defining moments. A deluge of exams, career choices, life changing decisions and, of course, Schoolies Week! A wild week
of alcohol, sex, and rock and roll on the Gold Coast to farewell life at high school. But with all the fun and hype, come the pitfalls

Accompanying the script is a collection of critical essays from leaders in arts education, performance practice, and psychology. The essays explore the creative process of building performance for young people, and providing opportunities for cross-arts practice including drama, music, movement and media.

Every year more than 70,000 Australian school leavers head for the Gold Coast to celebrate their release from the secondary school system with a wild mixture of alcohol, sex and rock and roll. Follow a group of teens as they experience first hand the hype and pitfalls of 'Schoolies Week'.

Also features a collection of critical essays from leaders in arts education, performance practice and psychology.

It explores the creative process of building a new performance for young people within the Australian Theatrical Landscape and provides opportunities for students to work across multiple performance forms including drama, music, movement and media.

PRODUCTION HISTORY
Blurred was first produced for STAGE X, an initiative of
the Queensland Performing Arts Trust in 1999 at Festival Hall in Brisbane. Blurred was also adapted into a screenplay and nominated for an AFI award in 2002.

PLAYWRIGHT
A graduate from ADAT and QUT (Acting), Stephen Davis began his career as an actor, performing for companies such as La Boite Theatre. As a writer, Stephen has written for film and television, as well as theatre. Stephens theatre commissioned work includes Drown (Queensland Theatre Company) Scar and Porn (La Boite) Turtle Island and Wet Dogs (Barking Gecko) Tranzitions, Juice and Blurred (Queensland University of Technology). He has also worked as an in-house writer for April Films and as a script doctor and developer for 20th Century Fox in Sydney and Los Angeles.

Publisher: Playlab Press
Publication date: 31/12/1999
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780908156573
Publishing status: AU Dropshipping

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