Recommended for Secondary

Recommended for Lower Secondary (Year 7-9)

The Mermaid by Cassandra Fumi

Cast size: 14

A play to: Read, Read aloud, Study, Perform, Produce

Genre: Fairytale/Fable, Visual Theatre, Disjointed Time, Dance, Drama

Themes: Identity, Journey, Hope, Agency

Fight With All Your Might the Zombies of Tonight

Cast size: 11M, 9F

A play to: Read, Read aloud, Study, Perform, Produce

Genre: Comedy, Heightened drama

Themes: Friendship. Halloween, Zombies, Scary scenes

Reasons to Stay Inside by Katy Warner

Cast size: 1M, 1F – both 11

A play to: Read, Read aloud, Study, Perform, Produce

Genre: Drama, Comedy, Wordplay, Monologue, Duologue

Themes: Friendship, Anxiety, Hope, Imagination

Curiosity by Daley Rangi

Cast size: 1F 2M

A play to: Read, Read aloud, Study, Perform, Produce

Genre: Drama, Realism

Themes: Identity, Belonging, Dreams and hopes, Disability/ability

The Trolleys by Sara West

Cast size: 11 characters

A play to: Read, Read aloud, Study, Perform, Stimulus for Making & Creating

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Aspects of Fantasy, Puppetry

Themes: Friendship, Loyalty, Resilience, Sustainability

Girl Asleep by Matthew Whittet

Cast size: 10F, 5M (can mix)

A play to: Read, Read aloud, Study, Perform, Produce

Genre: Magic realism, Drama, Comedy, Escapade

Themes: Family, Friendship, Teenager-dom, Rites of passage

April Aardvark by Nathaniel Moncrieff

Cast size: 12 characters

A play to: Read, Read aloud, Study, Perform

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Non-naturalism, Multi-locations

Themes: Friendship, Fitting in, Bullying, Resilience

Headspace by Brad Jennings

Cast size: 15 characters

A play to: Read, Read aloud, Study, Perform, Produce

Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Drama, Cinematic

Themes: Identity, Adolescence, Family, Resilience, Transition

Recommended for Upper Secondary (Years 10-12)

The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni

Cast size: 6M, 6F

A play to: Read, Read aloud, Study, Perform, Produce

Genre: Physical comedy, Slapstick, Improvisation

Themes: Love, Confusion, Mistaken identity

The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Rice by Melanie Tait

Cast size: 5F

A play to: Read, Read aloud, Study, Perform, Produce

Genre: Drama, Comedy, Realism

Themes: Feminism, Gender equality, Diversity, Social media, Social justice, Coarse language

Beautiful One Day by Ilbijerri Theatre Company

Cast size: 14

A play to: Read, Read aloud, Study, Perform, Produce, Stimulus for respondin

Genre: Documentary, Non-naturalism, First Nations

Themes: Identity, Resilience, Deaths in custody, Dispossession

No Worries – The Small Poppies by David Holman

Cast size: 6F, 12M

A play to: Read, Read aloud, Study, Perform, Stimulus for Responding

Genre: Storytelling, Comedy, Realism, Non-naturalism

Themes: Friendship, Identity, Courage, Resilience

Tales of a City By the Sea by Samah Sabawi

Cast size: 5F, 4M (Palestinian performers)

A play to: Read, Read aloud, Study, Discuss, Stimulus for respondin

Genre: Drama, Non-naturalism, Epic theatre, Poetry, Song

Themes: War, Identity, Loss, Occupation

Take Two: A Comedy of Errors by Hilary Bell

Cast size: 5 performers

A play to: Read, Read aloud, Study, Perform, Produce

Genre: Comedy, Slapstick, Pantomime, Music

Themes: Love, Death, Mistaken identity

Good Muslim Boy by Osamah Sami and Janice Muller

Cast size: 3 performers

A play to: Read, Read aloud, Study, Peform, Stimulus for responding and making

Genre: Drama, Comedy, Non-naturalism

Themes: Loss, Family, Identity, Refugee

Hell’s Canyon by Emily Sheehan

Cast size: 1M, 1F

A play to: Read, Read aloud, Study, Perform, Produce

Genre: Drama, Magic realism

Themes: Friendship, Identity, Loss, Grief, Hope

Man the Balloon by Matt Cameron

Cast size: 11 characters

A play to: Read, Read aloud, Study, Peform, Produce

Genre: Poetic, Magic Realism, Absurd

Themes: Community, Change

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