''Silent Disco'' is a play by Australian playwright

Lachlan Philpott Lachlan Philpott (born 20 March 1972) is an Australian theatre writer, director, and teacher. He graduated from the University of New South Wales (BA Hons Theatre and Film), the Victorian College of the Arts (Post-Grad Dip, Directing Theatre), and ...

. It concerns two teenagers - one of whom is Aboriginal - at a Sydney public school. The play premiered at the Stables Theatre in Sydney from April-June 2011, directed by

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, for

Griffin Theatre Company Griffin Theatre Company is an Australian theatre specialising in new works, based in Sydney. Founded in 1979, it is the resident theatre company at the SBW Stables Theatre in Kings Cross. the artistic director is Declan Green. Artistic direct ...

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and

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. The cast included

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Meyne Wyatt Meyne Wyatt (born 14 August 1989) is an Australian actor. Wyatt graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2010 and appeared in several theatre productions around the country. For his performance in ''Silent Disco'', Wyatt was name ...

, Camilla Ah Kin and Kirk Page. The production later toured to Wodonga and

Arts Centre Melbourne Arts Centre Melbourne, originally known as the Victorian Arts Centre and briefly called the Arts Centre, is a performing arts centre consisting of a complex of theatres and concert halls in the Melbourne Arts Precinct, located in the central M ...

's Fairfax Studio. ''Silent Disco'' received the Griffin Award for an unproduced Australian play in 2009. It was nominated for Best New Australian Work at the 2011 Helpmann Awards, and received the

AWGIE Award for Stage The AWGIE Award for Stage is awarded by the Australian Writers' Guild at the annual AWGIE Awards for Australian performance writing. The award is for the playscript. To be eligible, the play must have had its first professional production (as distin ...

in 2012.

References

{{reflist Australian plays 2011 plays