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Screens

by Finn o’Branagain

“I wouldn't change my family for the world, but I will change the world for my family.”

Description

Screens is a complex and wryly funny new play in development exploring the relationship between two sisters, one with Down syndrome and one without, as they navigate love, ethics, ableism, and what constitutes a “good life”.
 

The work is deeply personal. Co-created by artists and parents of children with Down syndrome, and featuring celebrated actor and self-advocate Julia Hales (You Know We Belong Together), Screens blends text, projection, and movement in a visually rich, emotionally resonant production that examines the ethics and values underlying modern pre-natal testing for Down syndrome

2019 – Creative Development (Melbourne/Naarm)

2020 – Creative Development (online)

2026 – Creative Development (Cairns/Gimuy)

Writer – Finn o’Branagain
Co-director – Julia Hales
Co-director – Chris Kohn
Co-creator and Actor – Dani Kohn
Co-creator and Video Designer – Hermione Merry

Previous collaborators:

  • Roslyn Oades, Gerard O’Dwyer, Suzie Miller, Erin Milne (Bureau of Works)

Suitable for black box and small-medium proscenium arch theatres up to 800 pax

Touring party of 4 actors, 2 production staff

2-day bump in

Creative Australia
Creative Victoria

Contains references to ableism and references to termination.

Includes surtitles, tactile tours, Visual Story

Relaxed performance

Article: Actor Julia Hales, ABC’s first TV host who is living with Down syndrome, explores the issue of prenatal testing in new documentary

ABC iView: The Upside

Julia Hales – Winner, 2023 National Arts and Disability Award for an established artist (AUSLAN)