PRODUCTIONS
A DIFFERENT FIT
WALKERVILLE TOWN HALL | MAY 2018
Four young people go on journeys through time, assisted by a mysterious cosmic angel. Their travels introduce the different kids to a young Roman emperor, suffragette Emmaline Pankhurst and her daughters, famous scientist Galileo Galilei and a young person living in a super high tech world in 2118! On their way, the young people learn about “fitting in”, while remaining true to themselves.
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S/HE
MARCH 2018 | ADELAIDE FRINGE
REVIEWS
“… a powerful play”
“… not just the themes that are impactful, the acting is tight, sensitive and profoundly emotional."
“… portrayed with wisdom beyond the years of the performers.”
5 stars
All Over Adelaide
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A new play exploring issues of gender and in/equality.
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THE SUN, THE MOON
AND THE STARS
PROSPECT TOWN HALL | 2016
The three Saturday drama groups created stories based around the theme of “Sun, Moon and Stars”, in a variety of genres and styles, from myth, to comedy and fantasy.
Wishing on a Shooting Star | 5 – 7 year olds
The Myth of the Sun God | 7 – 9 year olds
How the Sun Lost its Shine | 10 – 12 year olds
Stars! | 10 – 12 year olds
Staircase to the Moon | 10 – 12 year olds
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TRANSITION
REVIEWS
“A clever play…challenging for the young actors; a challenge they all handle very well…. This is definitely a company worth watching out for in the future.”
Glam Adelaide
“A unique and thought provoking piece of theatre… including both humour and drama, but one which adults and children alike can relate to… The entire troupe deserved the applause they received after performing the
challenging piece.”
Rebecca Kemp, ABC Radio
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HOLDEN STREET THEATRES | MARCH 2016 | ADELAIDE FRINGE
A journey…Childhood to adulthood
Obstacles along the way, but no instructions, no guidebook…
In a skilfully crafted piece of theatre, two parallel stories interweave and interact to take young people along a bumpy path of danger, laughter and self-discovery.
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DIARY OF AN
EVERYDAY KID
HOLDEN STREET THEATRES | MARCH 2016 | ADELAIDE FRINGE
PROSPECT TOWN HALL | SEPTEMBER 2015
REVIEWS
“Congratulations to the Prospect Theatre for Young People… on a jam-packed observation of some of the challenges children in the upper primary years face. The performances were fantastic…The messages were clear, strong and positive…and there was a lot of discussion on our way home about what we’d seen.”
Play and Go Website
“It was an excellent show… We loved the diary writing theme that wove through the play… The topics covered were great and the children did a fantastic job. Everyone came away raving about it.”
Teacher, Pulteney Grammar School
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Aimed at kids in the upper primary years, the show presents eight stories told through the diary entries of “everyday kids”.
The stories explore issues such as bullying, body image and friendship, as well as taking kids on a
journey of migration to SA, flying them through space in a rocket simulator and finishing with a
drumming extravaganza!
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GREEN STORIES
THE PARKS THEATRE | NOVEMBER 2014
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All four PTFYP drama groups created stories based on local environmental themes, such as walking and riding bikes instead of driving cars to help keep the air clean, reducing waste to landfill by reusing and recycling, using less water and looking after local native animals. In a twist, these stories were told through the genres of fantasy, cartoon and mystery, and included:
Where Have All the Native Animals Gone? | 7 – 9 year olds
The Clubhouse | 9 – 11 year olds
The Sponge and Aqua Girl | 10 – 12 year olds
Renovation Challenge! And Mystery Under McCarr’s Cars | 12 – 15 year olds
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HOPSCOTCH, CHOOKS AND SLIGNSHOTS
REVIEWS
“Hopscotch, chooks and Slingshots is a terrific show. It feels like a hazy
afternoon in an era of tree climbing, street cricket and the depression, Beautifully welded together with the voices of a previous generation, an all child cast present the wonderment of growing up in simpler times when life didn’t involve media, technology and TV.”
Rebecca Kemp ABC Radio
“Children watching this performance will get a glimpse of how their lives might have been in earlier times. Older people will marvel at the richness and
authenticity of the reminiscences and enthusiasm of the performances.
The Fringe needs more of this.”
Rip it Up Magazine
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HOLDEN STREET THEATRES | AUGUST 2013 | RESTAGED FOR THE FRINGE IN MARCH 2014
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Stories of childhood from local residents who grew up in Prospect in the 1930’s and 40’s, performed by the kids from Prospect Theatre for Young People.
Memories of pet chooks in the back yard, school yards with a line down the middle separating boys and girls, reading old Mandrake comics in Grandma’s dusty woodshed, seeing older brothers off to the
Second World War, air raid shelter drills at school and playing cricket in the street with friends until the sun went down…
KIDSTORIES 2
PROSPECT TOWN HALL | JUNE 2012
Three stories from the imaginations of the kids in the three drama groups:
The Magical Crystal:
A group of scientists head into a deep cave in search of a magical crystal that will help to cure all illnesses. At the same time, a school group goes on an excursion to explore the cave. Little does either group know that the cave is guarded by some mysterious creatures who do not want to let the crystal go….
The Old Theatre
Two sisters go to an old theatre to see a ballet performance, but the theatre seems to be haunted. They are transported back in time to the lives of an early Australian family who lived in a house on the site of the theatre, which was burned down in mysterious circumstances…
A Mysterious Man and a Bag
A group of kids hanging out in the park notice a mysterious man carrying a bag. When he leaves the bag behind, the kids investigate, only to be drawn into the bag and then into the future to the Planet Zepton. They discover a world of talking heads, alien queens and a message about taking care of their own planet.
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KIDSTORIES
PROSPECT TOWN HALL | JULY 2011
A series of stories from the lives of the kids in the group.
The workshop process explored the questions - What makes you feel happy, sad, excited, embarrassed, scared? The resulting stories included dealing with bullies, homesickness at camp, an embarrassing moment in dance class and a school excursion to the spooky Old Adelaide Gaol. The show also included our famous When I Grow Up Rap!