ALICE DREAMING
A teenage girl, struggling with her identity, feels trapped by the expectations of those around her. She escapes into the world of her imagination where she is befriended by an Albatross who guides her on a journey of self-discovery.
Alice Dreaming was performed by year 11/12 Drama students at Mercedes College in Adelaide in 2008. Many of the students had multiple roles. The first scene was re written due to the South Australian SSABSA requirements and became an improvisation based on Alice’s relationship with her family and friends. The friends and family later become the characters she meets in her ‘dream’.
Feedback from Mercedes College:
'The production was very well received by the external examiner. He particularly liked the way the students were challenged by the political material and the fact that they had to perform multiple roles with complex voices and characterisation. Almost all the students received As for their work. Our principal said it was the "best play he had ever seen"…'