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STORIES FROM SUBURBAN ROAD

by Alan Becher from the book by Tom Hungerford
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Adapted by the late Alan Becher from Tom Hungerford’s autobiography of the same name, Stories from Suburban Road is a nostalgic and vivid look at growing up in an Australian rural setting between two world wars.

Cast
Variable 6 – 15 (female 0 – 15, male 0 – 15)
Length 90 minutes
Style Ensemble storytelling

 

Previous productions

1991   Back Fence Theatre Company for the Festival of Perth, Western Australia
2000   Ensemble Theatre in association with Perth Theatre Company for the Sydney Olympic Games
2002   Ensemble Theatre Australian tour
2008   Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)

Stories from Suburban Road has also been produced by several Western Australian High Schools.

Reviews/comments

‘This is storytelling at its best – urgent, immediate, simple and filled with love ... it is also a most interesting social document in the best of the oral tradition.’ Alison Farmer, The Australian, Feb 20, 1991

What's in the Resources pack?

  • The play
  • Production rights information
  • From page to stage: a teacher's guide to navigating the production rights process
  • Adapter’s/director’s notes
  • Production photos from Ensemble Theatre’s Australian tour (2002)
  • More reviews and articles
  • What the selection panel said
  • A short biography of the playwright