Riff-Raff
- Full Length Musical, Drama, Australian, Contemporary
- 3M, 2F
- ISBN: OT-9373
Riff-Raff is a musical - a rock musical which speaks to the young people of today about problems that face them.
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Description
- Full Length Musical
- Drama, Australian
- 60 minutes
- Time Period: Contemporary
- Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18)
- Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Orchestra Size: Piano Only
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
Riff-Raff is a musical - a rock musical which speaks to the young people of today about problems that face them. No answers are offered and no easy way out is shown. But the language is that of the young people and the most important message throughout the script, and shouted in a painful climax, is the right of young people to question the direction they are moving in. They do not have to be manipulated, they can question the world around them, they do have a right to explanations from the figures of authority in their lives.
Razie, shy and lacking in confidence, feels the restrictions of her migrant background when she wants to be one of the gang. Her friend Julie, brash, street-wise and angry, is suspicious and critical of her situation, her peers and the world in which she finds herself. Mick, bright, breezy, a likeable Mr Nice Guy, still finds himself in difficulties when his deep ambition to succeed is thwarted while his cool friend Doogs, tough and aggressive, is openly hostile to the world but underneath is a vulnerable innocent. These four friends find escape, excitement and danger in the glitzy world of Spinner, a smooth treacherous D.J.
Riff-Raff may not be easy to perform and it certainly offers challenges to a production team and an opportunity to experiment with new ideas in choreography. Most importantly, however, it is an exceptional dramatic work and because there will always be young people asking questions, it will never go out of fashion nor lose its sense of humour.
Riff-Raff may not be easy to perform and it certainly offers challenges to a production team and an opportunity to experiment with new ideas in choreography. Most importantly, however, it is an exceptional dramatic work and because there will always be young people asking questions, it will never go out of fashion nor lose its sense of humour.
Premiere Production:
The first production of Riff-Raff was staged by West Community Theatre. It opened on July 31, 1979 at Essendon Civic Theatre. The show then toured the high schools and other educational institutions of the Western Region of Melbourne through August 1979.
Characters
- Casting: 3M, 2F
- Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Features Teens, Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)
- Chorus Size: Plus Chorus
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