Dignity of Risk

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Price range: $5.40 through $15.00

We grow up with boundaries. They determine how we should behave, where we can go, what we can do on our own. You could say the process of ‘growing up’ up is testing those boundaries, pushing them, finding out when they break or when you will. But not everyone gets that chance. Some people are thought to be too fragile, too vulnerable or just not ready. Which is fine until you realise… actually, it isn’t. That’s the point of growing up!

This explosive new work fuses movement and dance with the personal stories of young adults. Shopfront’s Harness Ensemble joins forces with actors from ATYP to interrogate the worlds we find ourselves in. Merging performers with and without disability, we hold a mirror to our preconceptions of what is appropriate, what is possible and what can be expected. There’s a dignity in the freedom to make mistakes. That’s where we learn the important stuff.

Form/Style: abstract/non-naturalistic, comedy, contemporary, ensemble, large cast, naturalism/realism, non-linear, one-act, political, presentational, satire, surreal, theatre for social comment, theatre for, by or about young people, verbatim and/or documentary thea
Length in minutes: 60
Cast: 22 total
Roles: 7 female identifying, 4 male identifying, 11 gender unspecified
Themes: young people, queer, women, survival, sexuality, self-acceptance, rites of passage/transition, resilience, power, political/social, people of colour, moral dilemma, memory, mental health, masculinity, loss, love, lgbtqia+, justice, inventiveness, inclusion, hope, growing up, gender, friendship, feminism, fear, family, disability, cultural difference, culturally and linguistically diverse, community, courage, belonging
Cast age groups: 18+
Content warnings: psychological abuse, bullying, ableist language
Has interval: yes
Audience age: teen, young adult
Publisher: Australian Plays Transform