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Realities of regional life explored in young people’s monologues

A new collection of scripts written by young regional Australians shares their fresh perspectives with the wider theatre community.

4 Jun 2020 12:00

Richard Watts

Performing Arts

Writing Place participant Kimberly Parrington reads her monologue, September 2019. Photo credit: Eloise Holoubek.

Opportunities for young people in regional Australia who are interested in theatre can be limited – especially when it comes to finding suitable scripts which speak directly to their lived experience.

A new collection of monologues published by Currency Press helps balance the scales.

Developed through a nine-day writers’ residency in 2019 (coordinated by Country Arts SA and Carclew in conjunction with Australian Theatre for Young People) This Was Urgent Yesterday features 14 scripts by regional writers aged 18 to 25.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts