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  • Season 2012: Playwright Jonathan Biggins on the origins of Australia Day
    (Geoff Morrell, photo by Earl Carter)  Australia Day was inspired by my experiences as an Australia Day Ambassador, a programme run in NSW to send citizens with a public profile out into the community to help officiate at the regional celebrations of the national day and give a speech during t...
  • Season 2012: Director Richard Cottrell explains why he wanted to work on Jonathan Biggins' debut play Australia Day
    (Illustration by Alan Moir) I said yes to directing Australia Day because it’s very funny and because I think we’re living in a period when political correctness has overwhelmed us. People are actually frightened to say what the think because the are scared of causing offence to somebody, and ...
 
 
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Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company

and Allens Arthur Robinson present
Australia Day
By Jonathan Biggins

 

For the members of the Australia Day committee in the small country town of Coriole, the issue of cultural identity is prickly to say the least. If they could agree on what kind of Australia they are celebrating, they might be able to tackle the really big questions. Does a sausage sizzle code as mono-cultural? And should  the special needs kids be forced to perform their dance routine on the national day?

 

Suffice to say that with a committee comprising of an ambitious Liberal Mayor, a Greens Councillor, a bigoted builder, an Australian-born Vietnamese school teacher and a member of the CWA, rolling out the Australia Day celebrations will be as complex and controversial as carbon pricing.

 

DRAMA THEATRE, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Suits: Years 10 - 12
Cost: $22/student - $11/ PSFP student
Duration: 2 hrs (including interval)
Content Warning: Contains Strong Language


Why Book?
~ Wonderful experience of contemporary satire
~ Great for looking at Australian Identity, Politics and Multiculturalism

Australia Day Resources - Pre-production

Download background information and pre-production activities specifically designed to prepare students for this production of Australia Day. Activities will explore Australian identity, the history and civil responsibilities of Australia Day.

Dates & Prices

Schoolsday performance
Wednesday 10 October


Pre-show Intro 10:30am, 45 minutes
Performance 12:15pm
Duration 1 hrs (including interval)
Post-show Q&A immediately following, 15 minutes


Pre-season Briefing

Mon 3 Sep 6.15pm
Held at The Wharf


For School bookings download the booking form below

Creative Team

Director

Richard Cottrell

Designer

Richard Roberts

Lighting Designer

Niklas Pajanti

Composer and Sound Designer

David Franzke

 

With Valerie Bader, Kaeng Chan, David James, Peter Kowitz, Geoff Morrell, Alison Whyte

 

 

 

Illustration by Alan Moir

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