Year 9 are Animals

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Event Year 9 are Animals
Venue Sydney, Sydney, NSW
First Date 1981
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description A play about one man's first teaching job at a secondary school - a dramatic introduction to the "education debate' over what constitutes good teaching. Compiled from teachers' stories of bizarre, frustrating, sometimes touching and often hilarious incidents.
Presented at secondary schools in Sydney and Melbourne, at the Seymour Centre in Sydney, and at the We're On Festival in Melbourne.
Description Source Article
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Theatre in Education
Subjects Education
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Christine James Actor
David Kerslake Actor
Jean Kittson Actor
Ian White Actor
Richard Tulloch Director
Richard Tulloch Playwright
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information The play was devised by Richard Tulloch and Toe Truck Theatre in Sydney, 1981. First performed at St. Peter Chanel School, Regent's Park, New South Wales on 25 February 1981.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book Performing Arts Year Book of Australia 1981
Australian Drama Project (UQ) YEAR9ARRT
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 96670