The Border - Exploring a Modern Brechtian Play

Learning Outcomes
Students will explore Characters, Themes, Brecht and Epic Theatre Devices and Devising techniques.

The Border by Afsanah Gray
The Border is a high energy, outrageous Brechtian parable that explores the lines we draw between ourselves and other people, and the absurdities of borders.
Life is turned upside down in one small town as East Oolia shuts the border with West Oolia, dividing here from there, us from them, this from that despite all the fruit tasting the same. In the midst of it all, Stranger, a young girl’s beloved dog, has gone missing. Will Stranger be found before the border closes, or will she be trapped forever on the “wrong” side? With rumours of dog theft and whispers of runaway immigration, how far will the mayor dare to go in her fight for re-election? Does the refugee boy hold the clue to Stranger’s disappearance?
These lessons contain extracts and the entire play can be purchased online directly from Theatre Centre.