Parramatta Girls

by Alana Valentine

The inmates of Girls Training School, Parramatta had about as hard an upbringing as you can get in Australia. But theirs is also one of the great untold stories of making good in tough times. Based on the testimony of dozens of GTS old-girls, this vibrant new play is a joyous and harrowing dramatisation of the experiences of eight inmates and their reunion forty years later. Interspersed with song and storytelling, this is a tribute to mischief and humour in the face of hardship and inequality.

Genres: Plays

81 pages, Paperback

First published July 16, 2007

Reviews

[Jake]

I had to read this play for school and by reading the back I was immediately uninterested in the play.

When we started reading it I was still uninterested but about 20 pages in I was getting into it wanting to know what was going to happen next!

By the end of the play I had felt a dramatic amount of emotions that really made me think about society today and I just had a huge change on my views on everything!


This play is very intriguing, disturbing, funny, sad. It's a huge emotional roller coaster that is brilliant in every way! I highly recommend this to everyone!

[Imogen]

One of the most impactful and poignant plays I have read.
It is powerful and heartbreaking.
Definitely not an easy read but something that everyone should be educated on, especially in the social climate we are in at the moment.

[liz]

3.5

[Claire Dolan]

Literally my favourite play I’ve ever performed in

[Ally]

really well written, it feels wrong to give a rating to this. had to study this for school and it was really difficult to read at times, but that's kinda the point.

[Simone Ramone]

Awesome.