Hot Pies & Potato Crisps
The Performance
A celebration of Australian poetry – with Brett Hunt
Brett Hunt, an acclaimed actor, guitarist and singer, has a degree in acting from Wollongong University. He has released four albums of music and has twenty years on the stage. In this play Brett acts and sings his way through a wide selection of Australian poetry.
Joy, happiness, despair, laughter, tears…life! Hot Pies and Potato Crisps hunts with the aboriginal, is shackled with convicts, rides guns blazing with bushrangers; tastes the bitter salt-fear of the whaler and the blood of the digger in the trench. It romances youth and falls in love, and then out of love, and then in love again. It contemplates old age and gazes at death. Funny, silly, poignant…
“Entertaining, provocative and challenging” – NSW Dept of Education gazette.
NSW Department of Education Gazette
“Hot Pies and Potato Crisps is a lively celebration of Australian poetry through song, dance, drama and music. An excellent poetry resource for teachers. Skilled actors use dramatisation to delve into the emotions, content and characterisation of selected poets. The show is designed to inspire creative and fertile discussion. Entertaining, provocative and challenging.”
Comments
“Highly engaged and impressed with Brett’s performance. This performer was the Highlight of SHORE’s Performance & Poetry week.”
“Excellent they really got involved…and begged for more. Students stopped me in the playground and told me how much they enjoyed it.”
“They greatly enjoyed the comedy…the dramatising and music. Brilliant singing! Fantastic…Q & A at the end.”
“Students were awed by this dramatisation of poetry and appreciated the vitality associated with this medium. A brilliant performance.”
“A thoroughly professional and highly energetic performance which enthused the boys and generated considerable interest in poetry.”
“Terrific! Captivated by the variety, pace and professionalism of the show.”
“Positive, attentive, enthusiastic, responsive. Bravo!”
“Wonderfully inspiring performance for teachers as well as students.”
“Entertaining, provocative and challenging”
Details for 2016
| SUITABILITY | Years 7 – 12 |
| DURATION | 55 minutes + 15 minute Q&A |
| COST PER STUDENT | $8.80 ($8.00 + .80c GST) |
| MIN PER SESSION | $880 ($800 + $80 GST) if 100 students or less |
| NOTES | Teacher Notes provided |
