SPRING AWAKENING
by Frank Wedekind, in a new version by Anya Reiss
ACADEMY OF FILM, THEATRE & TELEVISION
BELVOIR STREET THEATRE
2016
DIRECTOR Luke Rogers
DESIGNER Georgia Hopkins
LIGHTING DESIGNER Alex Holver
PRODUCTION MANAGER Ryan Tate
STAGE MANAGER Sunil Chandra
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Sharnae Sanderson
CAST
Madeleine Slarks
Russell Cronin
Jasper Lee-Lindsay
Emily Buxton
Bethany Parrish
Monica Swift
Campbell McGillivray
Saief Murabek
PHOTOGRAPHY Phyllis Wong
Spring Awakening was a graduation production with the students from Academy of Film, Theatre & Television
SYNOPSIS
"You said if you didn’t love them, if you weren’t happy, if you didn’t care about them, it wasn’t real."
Unnerving, entertaining, funny and dark, Wedekind's definitive teenage drama caused riots when it exploded onto the stage in 1906 and has lost none of its provocative power.
Anya Reiss’ fearlessly contemporary adaptation examines the exuberance, intensity and confusion of teenage life today. Brought up to date and shockingly relevant, this new version follows eight over pressurised, ill informed and sexually charged teens on a journey of discovery.
Spring Awakening asks pressing questions about how young people are shaped for their future by a generation that doesn't understand them.