Suitable for Years 7-12, The Scene Project engages young people in the creative process of theatre making – from developing ideas, to performing new work, to reflecting on the experience. Now in its thirteenth year, The Scene Project celebrates creativity while building connections, improving wellbeing, and enabling agency amongst young participants across the state.
The Process
Each year Queensland Theatre Company commissions a new play specifically for The Scene Project and its secondary school participants. At the end of Term 1, teachers engage in a Professional Development opportunity designed to deepen understandings of the script, ahead of delivering the project with their students. During Term 2, students are tasked with creating their own unique version of the work of up to 15 minutes. Outcome Days are held in Performing Arts Centres across Queensland in Term 3, where participants then share their work with each other, before watching a team of professional actors from Queensland Theatre Company perform a full version of the play.
What’s Included
- A newly commissioned script to use as a starting point to create a new piece of theatre with your young people.
- Education Resources and a Cultural Safety Plan to support exploration of the work in the rehearsal room.
- A tailored Teacher Professional Development Day spent with the Queensland Theatre Company team.
- Attendance at an Outcome Day in a performing arts centre or stage in your region where you can share your work with other schools and Queensland Theatre.
Registrations for The Scene Project 2027 open Thursday 15 October, 2026.
Cost:
Metro Schools: $1,100.00 + GST
Regional Schools: $650.00 + GST
For further details regarding the program please see our resources below:
About the Play
A Thousand Times Goodnight
In 2027, history cracks open. The birth of a star close to Earth causes ripples in time and space. The result: a spontaneous burst of transmissions from across human history.
It’s your job to make meaning from the wreckage.
The gathered data are snapshots of humanity between sunset and sunrise, each pulsing with an edge of finality.
Young people splintered across space and time have one final night to achieve the impossible: to say goodbye, to avert disaster, to finally get revenge on their older sibling or to change history. For each of them, it is their final opportunity to confess to their crush, to get entry into their dream university, to overthrow the government, to witness the final life cycle of an endangered butterfly…
This new work will delve into teenage friendships, coming of age discoveries, historical conflicts, fate and free will. Expect comedy, tragedy, and a thousand different ways to say good night.
Meet The Writers
Madeleine Border
Co-writer
As Writer: Playlab Theatre: Big Yikes!, Rising; Other: 34 Scenes About the Weather, Maddie is the New Karen, Deep Breath In, This Fantastic Plastic Planet, Sometimes It’s Hot like the Sun. As Assistant Director: Counterpilot: Breaking. Training: University of Queensland: Bachelor of Arts (Drama, Political Science), Masters of Writing, Editing and Publishing, Creative Writing PhD Candidate. Positions: Playlab Theatre: Playwright-in-Residence (2023), Young Playwright-in-Residence (2021); Backbone Youth Arts: Resident Artist (2019).
Liam Lowth
Co-Writer
Queensland Theatre Company: As Writer: Lucky (2026), DOOR 3, presented by Yeah Nah Theatre. Other Credits: As Writer: Moncrieff Entertainment Centre: Failure to Launch; As Assistant Director: THAT Production Company: Kill Climate Deniers. Positions: Hatchery Artist in Residence (2027), Ipswich City Council, as Writer: Kelly. Awards: Queensland Premier’s Drama Award (2026), Shortlisted: Freedom.
Outcome Day Schedule
Please note: the above dates and locations are subject to change
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