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School Dance
Windmill Theatre

Venue: The Forge, Marryatville (bus provided)*
When:
- Mon 27 Feb 08:00 PM - 09:20 PM
- Sat 3 Mar 02:00 PM - 03:20 PM
- Sat 3 Mar 07:00 PM - 08:20 PM
Genre: Theatre
Main Audience: Teenagers/Secondary
Producer: Teena Munn
No. in touring party: 6

* PLEASE NOTE: School Dance is showing at 2 separate venues
When: Mon 27 Feb @ The Forge, Marryatville, Sat 3 March @ Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre
Bus transfer will be provided to The Forge, Marryatville from the Adelaide Festival Centre.

Windmill Theatre and Adelaide Festival present
School Dance

This is a story of three teenage boys. They’re going to the school dance. They’re on a mission. But they are losers. First there’s Matt. He’s 15, although he doesn’t look it. Then there’s Luke, also 15. Luke likes dancing. And for a loser, he’s pretty good at it. Neither Matt nor Luke has a girlfriend (if you hadn’t already guessed).

Then there’s Jonathon. Even though he’s taller, he’s only 14. He’s excited about the dance – as long as he doesn’t run into Derek Sturgess…

These three are the awkward kids. The invisible teens. Fuelled by a diet of raging hormones and mee goreng noodles, they exist in a misfit realm, navigating complex waters with little success.

A highly personal work that, just like its central protagonists, is funny, sad, scary, weird, really stupid, endearing and repulsive.

Premiering during Adelaide Festival.

Writer: Matthew Whittet
Director: Rosemary Myers
Designer: Jonathon Oxlade
Lighting: Richard Vabre
Original Soundtrack: Luke Smiles/motion laboratories
Movement: Gabrielle Nankivell
Starring: Amber McMahon, Jonathon Oxlade, Luke Smiles and Matthew Whittet

Windmill Theatre

Windmill Theatre's artistic vision has created a unique and distinctive house style of theatre that makes true adventure and creative ingenuity synonymous with the Windmill name.

Windmill artists are inspired by the vibrancy, sophistication and inventiveness of young people and the exhilarating challenges they pose to creating theatre of genuine relevance in this modern time. In meeting this challenge, Windmill Theatre positions theatre for children, young people and families in a dynamic national and international conversation that is defining the future of theatre practice.

Photo: Shane Reid