PARTICIPATION AWARD A musical comedy that asks the question: Why does school suck so much?! “Perl manages to draw the complete attention of her audience from her opening phrase. There is a narrative sureness in her voice to match its timbral warmth. Like Ute Lemper, Perl has the kind of instrument that inspires lyricists not to slack off, to invest more in their songs” The Australian
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6 - 8 OCTOBER GASWORKS THEATRE Image by Nick Manuell
JUDE PERL
An entertaining musical comedy exploration of bullying and our school system, featuring Jude Perl’s unique brand of stream-of-consciousness style song writing, ‘PARTICIPATION AWARD’ presents a historically accurate (*citation needed) show, which begs the age-old question – why does school suck so much? Is it the compulsory sporting events? The one size fits all grading methods? Maintaining your precarious position in a volatile social food chain? Or is it just the arbitrary bullying? Delivered with her signature high-energy, highawkward, vulnerable-when-no-one-askedher- to-be musical story telling, Jude explores confrontation through the ages (her ages). 27
