QPAC

Course Language
Mid-level coarse language

Sexual References and Sexual Content
Mid-level sexual violence/themes including attempted sexual assault (non-graphic) and mild-level simulated sexual soliciting.

Violence
The Production contains mid to high level simulated violence including stage combat, death through gunshots, death through poisoning, knife threats and minimal gore.

Adult Themes
There is simulated drug use (injecting cocaine solution) and description of a murder wound, a murder and blood.

Cultural Insensitivity
The Production includes references to racial inequality and improvement of man through selective breeding.

Emotional Content
This Production contains references to asylum, being locked up and depictions of depression.

Technical Elements
Contains use of smoke, haze, strobe lighting and loud sound effects (e.g. gunshots).

Australian Curriculum v9.0 – Curriculum Connections : Years 8-10

Drama – Year 8

• AC9ADR8E01 – Analyse how drama is used to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning, using the elements of drama, conventions and/or performance styles.
• AC9ADR8D02 - Reflect on their own and others’ drama to inform choices when manipulating elements of drama and/or conventions to shape dramatic action.

Drama – Years 9/10

• AC9ADR10E01- Investigate use of elements of drama, performance skills and/or conventions to communicate and/or challenge ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in drama across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts
• AC9ADR10D02 - Reflect on their own and others’ drama or practices to refine and inform their use of elements of drama, conventions and/or approaches to shape and sustain dramatic action

English Year 8-10

• AC9E8LE03 – Explain how language features, literary devices and text structures contribute to the aesthetic qualities of texts.
• AC9E8LE05 – Explain how texts reflect and influence contexts, including social and cultural contexts, and how they are interpreted by audiences.
• AC9E8LY03 – Analyse how language features are used to represent ideas, identities and perspectives.
• AC9E9LA03 – Examine how authors adapt and subvert text structures and language features by experimenting with spoken, written, visual and multimodal elements, and their combination.

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