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How To Skip Class And Evade Zombies

Episode 1
Monday, August 15, 2022 (ABC ME, 6:30pm)
Written by Adam Bigum
Directed by Imogen McCluskey

Nick and Ella skip class and sneak into the city during a zombie apocalypse to attend a secret music gig. What could go wrong?

Starring: Mina-Siale as Ella, Nick Annas as Nick, Ruby Archer as Veronica, Isaiah Galloway as Locksley

Supporting Cast: Nate Jobe, Pip Rasmussen, Riley Mansfield

Music: "The Worker" [theme song, all eps] performed by Party Dozen, "Candle" performed by Nice Biscuit, "All Talk" performed by 2 Minutes Apart, "Turnaround" performed by Hemotu, "Devotion" performed by Horror My Friend, "Runaway" performed by Transparency, "Night Light" performed by The Rions

How To Betray Your Best Friend

Episode 2
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Written by Hannah Samuel
Directed by Imogen McCluskey

Forget the mindless zombies creeping around the building, Ella starts to realise Nick might be cheating on her with another band!

Supporting Cast: Nate Jobe, Pip Rasmussen, Amelia Mosely

Music: "It's not that bad" performed by Caroline & Claude, "Be Here" performed by HYG, "Look Whatcha Done" performed byJodi Phillis

How To Handle A Break-up

Episode 3
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Written by Adam Bigum
Directed by Imogen McCluskey

Nick and Ella each decide to become solo artists but quickly realise that it's not so easy becoming a ground-breaking music act without the other person's skills.

Supporting Cast: Nate Jobe, Pip Rasmussen, Candice Docker

Music: "PEP$I" performed by Sacredd ft. Stefan Rossi, "Twelve Again" written by Aidan Whitehall, "Stir The Pot" performed by Caroline & Claude, "Fishbowl" performed by Remy Nettheim, "Dinosaurs" performed by Ruby Fields, "Three Leaf Clover" performed by Teenage Joans, "Wild Things" performed by Transparency

How To Fake Out Your Enemy

Episode 4
Thursday, August 18, 2022
Written by Hannah Samuel
Directed by Imogen McCluskey

Just when the apocalypse couldn't get any worse, Ella's arch-rival Veronica shows up. Ella must find a way to get rid of Veronica before her and Nick get too close.

Supporting Cast: Pip Rasmussen, Dan Crowd

Music: "Sad Girl Summer" performed by Smol Fish, "YUK!" performed by Fritz, "Fire Goes Out" performed by Vacation Club, "Spring Cleaning" performed by The Vovos, "Cliché" performed by Hemotu, "Chamomile Tea" performed by Ruby Archer, guitar by Jack Nigro

How To Keep It Together

Episode 5
Friday, August 19, 2022
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Written by Adam Bigum
Directed by Imogen McCluskey

They say, never meet your heroes. Try meeting one when they turn up mid-apocalypse with no memory of how they got there, and you haven't showered in days!

Supporting Cast: Nate Jobe, Riley Mansfield, Prasan De Silva

Music: "Control" performed by Maia, "Bug's Dream" performed by Cranks, "Romeo" performed by Eastern Sees, "Fog Light" performed by Good Sniff, "Wanna Act Like" performed by Arona Mane, "Temporary Solution" performed by The Vovos, "Square One" performed by Ruby Archer

How To Date During The Apocalypse

Episode 6
Monday, August 22, 2022
Written by Hannah Samuel
Directed by Imogen McCluskey

With zombies constantly trying to eat your brains, dating in a post-apocalyptic world has its challenges. Luckily, Veronica is here to impart all her relationship wisdom.

Supporting Cast: Nate Jobe, Pip Rasmussen

Music: "IDK You" performed by Caroline & Claude, "RIP" performed by Vetta Borne, "Psycho Hole" performed by ASHWARYA, "My Kingdom" performed by Jacob Biermann, "Time MovesToo Fast For Me" performed by Lucinda Grace, "Sushi In Tokyo" performed by DVNA

How To Rescue Your Crush

Episode 7
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Written by Adam Bigum
Directed by Imogen McCluskey

Locksley is missing! He's wandered up to the forbidden 'Level 13' and it's up to Nick, Ella and Veronica to find him before the living dead do.

Supporting Cast: Cooper Alexis

Music: "Wish I Did" performed by Milly, "Let Me Know" performed by Good Sniff, "Wild Things" performed by Transparency

How To Ruin Everything

Episode 8
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Written by Hannah Samuel
Directed by Imogen McCluskey

When Ella discovers it's Veronica's birthday, not even the fact that it's the end of the world is going to stop her from throwing a surprise party

Supporting Cast: Pip Rasmussen, Dan Crowd

Music: "Three Leaf Clover" performed by Aodhan, "taxi diver" performed by Raymondouu, "Sushi in Tokyo" performed by DVNA, "YUK!" performed by FRITZ

How To Admit You're The Devil

Episode 9
Thursday, August 25, 2022
Written by Adam Bigum
Directed by Imogen McCluskey

Nick and Ella are in a race against time to get their Unearthed High entry song complete but Ella's paranoia is driving her to enter even earlier than needed.

Supporting Cast: Nate Jobe, Pip Rasmussen

Music: "Blinding Grace" performed by Jac Marshall, "Temporary Solution" performed by The Vovos, "Nervous" performed by Bliss

How To Plan Z

Episode 10 (final)
Friday, August 26, 2022
Written by Hannah Samuel
Directed by Imogen McCluskey

If fighting their way through a building full of the undead to play their Unearthed entry and make a distress call wasn't hard enough, their radio is broken and zombies are evolving.

Supporting Cast: Nate Jobe, Pip Rasmussen, Jo Boag, Dan Crowd, Prasan De Silva

Music: "Nervous" performed by Bliss, "Brainwaves" performed by The Rellies, "Cortez" performed by Organic Mechanic, "Be Here" performed by HYG, "Pep$i" performed by Sacredd ft. Stefan Rossi, "Wait a While" performed by Beddy Rays, "Time Moves Too Fast For Me" performed by Lucinda Grace