A VCE Drama playlist 2024
performance SLAP.BANG.KISS presented by Melbourne Theatre Company will be
performed at the Potato Shed
11am and
1pm Thursday 1 August.
Written by NIDA
graduate and multi award-winning playwright Dan Giovannoni and directed by internationally
renowned director Katy Maudlin, SLAP.BANG.KISS is a bold production that
explores themes of activism, community and hope.
Slap: A video of 16-year-old Immi hitting a
security officer goes viral.
Bang: Sofia’s impassioned speech for the victims of
a school shooting makes international news.
Kiss: In the car park of a small-town supermarket, people
rally around Darby and Daniel as the boys lock lips to set the world record for
the longest kiss.
SLAP.BANG.KISS tracks three young people whose stories kick-start a series of
events none of them could have anticipated, transforming them into global
symbols of revolution.
Delivered for the Melbourne
Theatre Company’s acclaimed Education and Families Program, this production was
shortlisted for the 2021 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards and awarded Best
Performance by a Theatre Company for VCE Drama at the 2022 Drama Victoria
Awards.
‘Snappily
directed by Katy Maudlin the work races along in a gripping, always
entertaining hour.’ - Time Out
Melbourne
‘...a crisp,
tight sixty minutes of engrossing storytelling.’ - Stage Whispers
‘Director Katy
Maudlin expertly utilises her team to show students across the state what a
benchmark VCE Drama performance could look like.’ – Artshub
Book
now at
www.potatoshed.com.au, call
5251 1998 or visit the Box Office 10am-4pm Monday to Friday.