Journal article
Life narratives and The Centre: a call for action
Text, Vol.22(Special Issue 50), pp.1-13
2018
Abstract
This paper explores the creative development of The Centre, an emerging play that reimagines Ancient Greek tragic characters as modern-day asylum seekers detained in an offshore detention centre. The construction of the play blends fictional character constructs of the Ancient Greek characters with information from reports on contemporary asylum seekers. While life narratives normally focus on the lived experience of one person, reimagined through a creative framework, The Centre uses multiple accounts of asylum seekers sourced from the public domain. The Centre is an attempt to work creatively at the borders of fiction and documentary theatre to highlight a contemporary issue through the self-conscious reframing of classical stories. This project has been supported by Playlab Australia and The Sunshine Coast Council Regional Arts Development Fund with feedback provided from dramaturges Peter Matheson and David Fenton. The play had an initial creative development with The Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble.
Details
- Title
- Life narratives and The Centre: a call for action
- Authors
- Jo Loth (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and LawGinna Brock (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
- Publication details
- Text, Vol.22(Special Issue 50), pp.1-13
- Publisher
- Australian Association of Writing Programs
- Date published
- 2018
- DOI
- 10.52086/001c.25595
- ISSN
- 1327-9556
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Reproduced here with kind permission of the author.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450661602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
Metrics
46 File views/ downloads
384 Record Views