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1 Pedagogy Chris Summers , 2016 single work drama

'I’m not saying – not really – that I can change the world, but maybe – there’s a big part of me that thinks: you know what? I have the privileged education. I have the determination. Maybe it’s not a colossal effect, but maybe – I can alter something. Maybe I can.

'PJ moves to a remote country town to take up a teaching job as part of a prestigious re-training program. She is assigned a difficult student, Sam. As PJ’s life becomes harder, she finds herself forging a bond with her ward, he becomes not only a student, but a project, with a particular fascination.

'As their classes break and rebuild, lessons are taught, rules are broken and a dangerous obsession – a co-dependence – forms. Who is teaching who?' (Production summary)
1 y separately published work icon The Voices Project 2011 and 2012 Vanessa Bates , Joanna Erskine , Alex Cullen , Jessica Bellamy , Jasper Marlow , Nakkiah Lui , Zoe Hogan , Emrys Quin , Brooke Robinson , Phil Spencer , Tim Spencer , Chris Summers , Georgia Symons , Carolyn Burns , Sydney : Currency Press , 2012 Z1928139 2012 selected work poetry 'A short, sharp, evocative collection of monologues written by some of Australia's leading young and established playwrights. Each piece is crafted for an actor aged between 16 and 20. Subtle, uplifting, poetic and funny, these pieces are as exciting and diverse as the young actors that perform them. ' (Publisher's blurb)
1 2 Rat Chris Summers , 2012 single work drama 'Jill goes missing. Zach needs to find her. But how do you find someone when you're becoming just another rat? "Rat" is a play about striving to be yourself, against the grain of expectation.' Source: http://lamama.com.au/ (Soghted 21/03/2012).
1 2 Crossed Chris Summers , 2011 single work drama
1 1 No Place Like Chris Summers , 2011 single work drama satire thriller

'Current [2011] student, Chris Summers, has written a fierce and blackly riotous riff on the idea of "home". He takes us from present day Melbourne, where a tragedy unfolds in a climate of political fear mongering, to a post-apocalyptic landscape drowned in damp and greed. Part provocative satire, part poetic thriller, No Place Like asks: where is home, how do you get there and is it worth it when you do?'

Source: website,
Sighted: 15/02/2011
1 1 Counting Down the Days Chris Summers , 2005 single work drama
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