FRAGMENTS
Launch: 23 February 2023
National Film and Sound Archives
A big thank you to the 150 or so people who attended the premiere of Fragments on 23 February. It was a wonderful celebration of the journey from stage play to book to web series. Guests were the first to view the full cut of the web series, followed by a Q&A with members of the Canberra creative and production team. The ACT Arts Minister, Tara Cheyne, officially launched the work.
(photos: Photox – Canberra Photographic Services)
Official Trailer
Fragments The Web Series
Eight lives untethered.
Eight voices in the dark.
Eight stories of adversity.
Eight lost souls looking for hope.
Launching 23 February
6pm for 7pm screening, National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra
Fragments: Journeys from Isolation to connection
Isolated and alone, eight high school students with seemingly nothing in common are tasked with a creative exploration of their mental health and wellbeing. A task that will make them question who they are and how they can find their way back …. to themselves and each other.
The 2nd edition (2022). Updated and expanded content. Printed in narrative format (young adult fiction with illustrations/graphics). Please click HERE for Teacher Notes or click below to order.
Fragments: Journeys from Isolation to connection
Eight young people navigating high school and beyond, each struggling to hold on – to family, to friends, to a piece of themselves. Every single day they, and others, are working hard to keep it together. So hard, they don’t see their friends are struggling too.
The original edition (2021). Printed in play format. Cross-disciplinary study guide included at back of book. Ideal for school use.
Fragments The Play
“I feel like I’m a piece, a fragment that’s missing all the good buts but I don’t know where to find the rest … the parts I need to work properly. I bet they wouldn’t fit anyway.”
Lexy, “Roller Coaster” // Fragments
Fragments enjoyed a sellout debut season at The Street Theatre in Canberra in October 2019, programmed for Mental Health Month.
Fragments – The Journey
Life is not black and white, and it’s not always full colour either.
Much of our lives is spent in the murky grey area, where smiles can mask despair and isolation.
That’s one of the many reasons I wrote Fragments.
Fragments invites a conversation, not a one-off, tick the box kind of talk but an ongoing dialogue that creates connection and meaning … for all of us.
Check out the video below to learn more about
the Fragments journey.
Fragments – The Journey from Maura Pierlot on Vimeo.
For more information, please visit the Fragments website
and follow Fragments on Instagram.
Follow The Journey
Fragments
Image By Miguel Gallagher.
Zane Menegazzo as Mason.