{{Short description|Play by Suzie Miller}} {{Infobox play | image = Driving into Walls poster.jpg | image_alt = | caption = Promotional poster | writer = Suzie Miller | chorus = | characters = Paige, Darren, John, Emma | mute = | setting = | premiere = {{Start date|2012}} | place = Australia | orig_lang = English | series = | subject = Teenage relationships | genre = Drama | web = }}
'''Driving into Walls''' (2012) is a play written by Suzie Miller and produced by Barking Gecko Theatre Company.
==Development== Miller and director John Sheedy interviewed over 500 Western Australian teens for the play, asking about their day-to-day lives and drawing from that many of the stories of the play.<ref name="abc">{{cite web|last=Laurie |first=Victoria |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/02/27/3440687.htm |title=Driving into Walls - ABC Perth - Australian Broadcasting Corporation |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=2012-02-27 |accessdate=2012-07-31}}</ref><ref name="yahoo">{{cite web |url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/-/entertainment/13037411/theatre-review-driving-into-walls/ |title=Theatre Review: Driving into Walls - The West Australian |publisher=Au.news.yahoo.com |date=2012-02-28 |accessdate=2012-07-31 |archive-date=2013-01-05 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105114215/http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/-/entertainment/13037411/theatre-review-driving-into-walls/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/creative-educating-for-the-future/story-e6frg8n6-1226205351727 |title=Creative educating for the future |last=Laurie |first=Victoria |newspaper=The Australian |date=November 25, 2011 |accessdate=2012-07-31}}</ref>
==Plot== The plot of the story focuses on five teenagers and their online and offline relationships.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/giving-voice-to-the-exploited-and-unleashing-the-child-within/story-e6frg8n6-1226285512087 |title=Giving voice to the exploited and unleashing the child within |last=Laurie |first=Victoria |newspaper=The Australian |date=March 1, 2012 |accessdate=2012-07-31}}</ref> The story does not follow a linear narrative and is more a collection of short stories with a shared message than one complete story.<ref name="abc"/>
==Performances== thumb|Dress rehearsal, February 2012. Under the direction of John Sheedy, the show was first performed as part of the 2012 Perth International Arts Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australianstage.com.au/201202275192/reviews/piaf/driving-into-walls-%7c-barking-gecko-theatre-company.html |title=Driving Into Walls | Barking Gecko Theatre Company |publisher=Australianstage.com.au |date=2012-02-27 |accessdate=2012-07-31}}</ref> It was later performed in the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia in the Underground studio.
===Cast and production team=== thumb|Thalia Livingstone, Michael Smith and Rikki Bremner *Cast: ** Michael Smith ** Harrison Elliott ** Matthew Tupper ** Rikki Bremner ** Thalia Livingstone *Choreographer: Danielle Micich *Production Manager: Jenna Boston *Stage Manager: Chris Isaacs *Lighting Designer: Matt Marshall *Sound Designer: Kingsley Reeve *Digital Artist: Sohan Hayes *Assistant Digital Artist: Glen Adams *Costume Designer: Alicia Clements *Vocal Coach: Luzita Fereday
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Australian plays Category:Modernist theatre Category:2012 plays