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Theatre Studies / Drama: 2024 VCE Monologue

Fangirls Yve Blake

Teacher's Notes by Currency press: provides context and background and historical content.

Learning Resources by Belvoir: Includes notes on production elements, designers notes, costume and set design.

Photographs of the original production.

ABC News Article: New Australian musical flips the script on the fandom of young women.

Fangirls Q & A with Yve Blake from the Arts Centre Melbourne.

Fangirls Reviews

Fangirls trailer

The unapologetic passion of Fangirls: ArtWorks

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- Time, Simon Stephens, adapted from the novel by Mark Haddon Siobhan

London Theatre Direct: Director, Simon Stephens speaks about The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Time

Curious Broadway: Creating Christopher's World

National Theatre: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: Working on the Spectrum

Curious Study Guide

Spark notes

LitCharts

National Theatre: discussion of themes

His Dark Materials Nicholas Wright based on the novels by Philip Pullman

Spark Notes: Study Guide overview

Spark Notes, Lorek Byrnison character analysis

 

To - Jean and His Brothers by Derek Walcott

LitCharts: Ti - Jean and His Brothers; Colonisation and Racism Theme Analysis.

LitCharts: Plot Summary

Stabroek News Review : Al Creighton's Arts on Sunday 

University of South Florida School of Theatre and Dance, costume design renderings. Scroll through to view costume images from a past performance.

Top Girls Caryl Churchill

LitCharts Study guide: Contains detailed summary and analysis, explored themes, quotes, characters and symbols contained in the play Top Girls.

Sydney Theatre Company: FAQ - A Very Quick Guide to Top Girls

Sydney Theatre Company Podcast: Helen Thomson, Heather Mitchell and Michelle Lim Davidson discuss Top Girls

Cliff Notes: Plot Summary

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Click view resources; includes videos covering themes of madness, death, and mortality. 

LitChart study guide

Royal Shakespeare Company - view photographs and clips from past productions of Hamlet

Salt Creek Murders by Melissa Reeves

The Notebook of Trigorin by Tennessee Williams, translated from the Russian by Ann Dunnigan,a free adaptation of The Seagull by Anton Chekhov

The Guardian Review

LitCharts: character analysis of Trigorin

Poetry.com, biographical information

Bombshells by Joanna Murray- Smith

Aussie Theatre Review: Bombshells - It's all about the dress.

Sydney Morning Herald Article: A woman's world, by Margaret Saltau