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Driving Into Walls

Theatre
Driving Into Walls

Making out, fighting, laughing, dancing and confessing… Drawn from over 500 starkly honest and highly confidential interviews with West Australian teenagers, this intimate and confronting play draws back the curtain on what it means to be young in our modern, media-driven society.

Five teenagers walk an emotional tightrope of online and offline relationships, colliding with one another and driving into the walls built around them. This daring, immersive play is a raw and voyeuristic view of their deepest secrets, rages, anxieties and hopes.

HELPMANN AWARDS© 2012 NOMINATION FOR BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Driving Into Walls by Suzie Miller

25 February 2012 – 3 March 2012 @ State Theatre Centre of WA

19 June 2013 – 21 June 2013 @ Sydney Opera House

Perth International Arts Festival and Barking Gecko Theatre Company

Cast & Creatives

Created and Directed by John Sheedy

Choreographed by Danielle Micich Set Design by John Sheedy Costume Design by Alicia Clements Lighting Design by Matthew Marshall Sound Design by Kingsley Reeve

 

“There are voices waiting to be heard and this production is a loud, high-impact start.” The West Australian
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“Driving into Walls is raw theatre, emotive and confrontational. This is the best type of theatre, one that challenges, evokes, engages and makes you sit up and pay attention.” Australian Stage
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“This show doesn’t attempt a one-for-one balancing act of the ‘good’ versus ‘bad’ influences on our kids’ lives. It’s a highly physical and utterly direct presentation of the words that real kids utter, the thoughts and experiences they have.” ABC
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