RACHAEL HAINS-WESSON   (1972 - )


Rachael Hains-Wesson
   Nationality:
Australian
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Plays by Rachael Hains-Wesson

RACHAEL HAINS-WESSON
Don't Breathe A Word Of It
1st Produced:
Melbourne Fringe Festival, Australia
2000
Company:
Odd Socks Theatre Company
1st Published:
ISBN
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Genre:
Drama/abstract (Adult Theatre)
One Act
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
Don't Breathe a Word of it has been awarded the 'Youth Performing Arts Award' for best young performer at the Melbourne Fringe Festival in 2000. It has also received a commission from The Blue Room Theatre in Perth, Australia in 2003 and was produced and performed by the performing arts graduates at the University of Tasmania in 2005.
Synopsis:
Don't Breathe a Word of it is fast-paced physical theatre experience that roller-coasts through an environment of hanging objects and the rhythmic click of metronomes. Sarah Palmer in Aug 2002 said: "This is post-modern theatre at its best as a surreal peep into the world of secrets that girls must keep." Don't Breathe a Word of it was awarded a 'Youth Performing Arts Award' and was quoted by Santha Press in 2000 (a judge at the Melbourne Fringe Festival) as being a production where: "[t]he performers utilize text, metaphor, movement and various theatrical devices to present content...in a highly original, engaging way. This is thought provoking, profound theatre..."
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RACHAEL HAINS-WESSON
Fast Generation, The
1st Produced:
Powerhouse, Parramatta Sydney, Australia
2000
Company:
Powerhouse Youth Theatre
1st Published:
ISBN
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Genre:
Theatre for Young People (Drama for <12)
One Act
Parts:
Male
1
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
The Fast Generation has toured throughout high-schools in NSW and Canberra in Australia.
Synopsis:
The Fast Generation is about the violent disaffected world of three teenagers: peer pressure, gang warfare, drugs, teenage sex and crime. The play avoids sharp moralistic overtones and, instead depicts a credible view of the enormous pressures young people face in a fast world with little time to ponder consequences.
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RACHAEL HAINS-WESSON
Magical Sneakers, The
1st Produced:
St. Kilda Adventure Playground, Melbourne Australia
2000
Company:
Odd Socks Theatre Company
1st Published:
ISBN
-
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Genre:
Children's theatre (Drama/Comedy for >9)
-
Parts:
Male
1
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
-
Synopsis:
The Magical Sneakers is a play that explores the themes of friendship, popularity and believing in your self. Mandy Mollis is the most popular girl at school and to be her friend means not being 'you'. However, through wearing magical sneakers she is taken on a journey and needs her friends with her to help her get through it. The shoes give Mandy whatever she wants, but only if she follows the rules. Mandy wishes that the whole world was like her and breaks the rules of the magical sneakers. It's up to her, Wendy and Sam, to save the day, but can they?
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RACHAEL HAINS-WESSON
Oddsocks And Neat Hair
1st Produced:
St. Kilda Adventure Play Ground, Melbourne Australia
1998
Company:
Odd Socks Theatre Company
1st Published:
ISBN
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Genre:
Children's Theatre (Drama/comedy for >11)
-
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Odd Socks and Neat Hair received the Queen's Trust Foundation Award in 1999 (which now operates as The Foundation for Young Australians) and toured extensively throughout Melbourne metropolitan primary schools (1999-2001). Odd Socks and Neat Hair also received a Myer Foundation Award in 2000 and toured successfully into regional and country primary schools throughout Victoria. The 2000 production of Odd Socks and Neat Hair was one of the first creative/performance initiatives to assist in combating bullying in the school yard, whilst encouraging primary schools to initiate anti-bully policies for their students in Victoria. Odd Socks and Neat Hair, as an anti-bullying initiative, has been influential concerning Victoria's successful 'Bully Buster' program throughout primary schools in Victoria.
Synopsis:
In Australia, approximately one in seven young people are subjected to bullying. Odd Socks and Neat Hair was first researched and written in 1998 in Melbourne, Australia to assist in combating this timeless problem. Odd Socks and Neat Hair is a play that entertains whilst implementing issue-based theatre concepts. Odd Socks and Neat Hair is an ideal play to tour into primary schools by a professional children's theatre company or, for primary school teachers that are looking for an 'in-house' theatrical experience by children for children that will also create links with parents and the wider community. Odd Socks and Neat Hair is a play that touches on the topical issues of bullying, friendship and independence through drama and comedy. This play is a contemporary micro-exploration of the primary school and positions students to investigate the importance of communicating to resolve issues, such as bullying, becoming independent and the positive attributes of being unique.
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