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'Meg is busy and she'd rather not be. But sometimes she can't help it. She’s holding a town meeting and her ex-student Ethan is there. He hasn't got a job...he can't help that either. She wants to start a new festival to celebrate everything their little country town has to offer. It’s going to be called “Euphoria”, which means “happiness”. And they should be happy, shouldn’t they?
'With the festival barrelling towards them, Meg and Ethan come face to face with the darkest parts of themselves as the past collides with the present. Based on real conversations between playwright Emily Steel and regional South Australian communities, Euphoria is a gently moving new work that will see audiences come together for a town meeting they’ll never forget.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Production Details
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Set to be presented by State Theatre Company of South Australia and Country Arts SA in association with Flinders University, Space Theatre, 21 - 30 May 2020, and subsequently touring South Australia.
Director: Nescha Jelk.
Set and Costume Designer: Meg Wilson.
Sound Designer: Andrew Howard.
Cast: Ashton Malcolm and James Smith.
State Theatre Company of South Australia production cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Presented by the State Theatre Company of South Australia at the Space Theatre, 6-15 May 2021. Subsequent regional tour.
Director: Nescha Jelk.
Set and Costume Designer: Meg Wilson.
Sound Designer: Andrew Howard.
Cast: Ashton Malcolm and James Smith.
Return season, State Theatre Company of South Australia and Country Arts SA, Odeon Theatre, 22 - 26 August 2023, followed by a national tour.
Director: Nescha Jelk.
Set and Costume Designer: Meg Wilson.
Sound Designer: Andrew Howard.
Cast: Ashton Malcolm and James Smith.
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Works about this Work
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Highs and Low of Country Life Take Centre Stage as 'Euphoria' Premieres in Regional South Australia
2021
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , April 2021;'Ask any resident of a regional town what the best and worst thing about country life is, and you will likely receive the same answer: how everyone knows each other and how connected the community is to one another.'
Source : Introduction
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Highs and Low of Country Life Take Centre Stage as 'Euphoria' Premieres in Regional South Australia
2021
single work
column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , April 2021;'Ask any resident of a regional town what the best and worst thing about country life is, and you will likely receive the same answer: how everyone knows each other and how connected the community is to one another.'
Source : Introduction
Awards
- 2022 winner AWGIE Awards — Stage Award — Community and Youth Theatre
