Who’s afraid of workinthe
g class
By Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves, Christos Tsiolkas and Irene Vela
THIRD YEAR GRADUATION PERFORMANCE
Bachelor of Creative Industries – Acting and Performance
‘There’s nothing loser about you. I knew that the moment I saw you. You’re going to be something one day.’
Director’s notes
Written at the turn of the millennium, Who’s Afraid of the Working Class? is a classic Australian text by four of our most celebrated writers. Focused on the human fall-out of our late capitalist society, the play is more relevant than ever. It deals with economic inequality, racism, discrimination, the housing crisis, isolation and urban alienation. It is told with gritty realism and macabre humour, as we witness a cross-section of working-class people trying to live in a society that is working against them and the choices they make in order to survive.
SUIT By Christos Tsiolkas
Two young men grapple with their cultural and sexual identities. A mother struggles with the choices of her son.
MONEY by Patricia Cornelius
A husband loses his job. A wife loses herself. A son revolts.
TRASH by Andrew Bovell
A mother loses her children.
DREAMTOWN by Melissa Reaves
A man fights the system. Two teenagers shoplift and fight for their rights.
Credits
Lighting Design
Geoff Squires
Lighting Operation
Petria Loeng
Sound & AV operation
Lisa O’Neill
Video documentation
Touchwood Productions
Live photography
Jade Ellis
Social media
Third year students
Thanks to: TAFE Queensland Marketing, Management and Administration of the Faculty of Creative Arts and Digital Design, Downer, Facilities, University of Canberra, Jackie French: Faculty Director CADD, Industry partners: Metro Arts, NIDA & Australian Acting Academy.
The students also wish to thank the teaching staff: Lisa O’Neill, Anatoly Frusin, Dr Patrick Mitchell, Brian Lucas, Rosalind Williams, Mel Lathouras & Stephen Lance.
This event is an initiative of the students from TAFE Queensland Brisbane region as part of their assessment. An amateur production by arrangement with HLA Management Pty Ltd.
This production contains strong stage violence, drug references, explicit language and fake blood.
Duration
ACT I 95mins
ACT II 90 mins
Directed by Lisa O’Neill
Who’s afraid of
workinthe g class
By Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves,
Christos Tsiolkas and Irene Vela
Meet the cast
Ensemble
Sydney Astill-Torchia
Claire, Young Woman on Train Rhonda, Gina
Bosco De Souza
Newsreader, Trishan, Old Man
Rhys Duxbury
Jamie, Cop 1, Daniel
Sonny Green
Boy, Man, Cop 2
Gina Greer
Woman, Katina, Stacey
William McLeod
Mr O’Manney, Orton, Leon
The staff would like to take this opportunity to wish the graduate students all the best for the future!
TAFE Queensland Acting would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we learn, teach, and perform, the Jagera and Turrbal people. We would like to pay our respects to all elders past, present, and emerging. We acknowledge that Aboriginal people have been performing on and caring for this land, now known as Brisbane, for tens of thousands of years.
Sydney Astill-Torchia
Sonny Green
Bosco De Souza
Gina Greer
Rhys Duxbury
William McLeod