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This wasn't how it was meant to go.

A few iPhones, a huge TV and a Socceroos jersey—shove them all in the IKEA bag then drive away as fast as you can.

AJ wasn't meant to be spotted at the scene. AJ wasn't meant to get ID'd in the line-up. AJ definitely wasn't meant to go to prison. But once AJ is convicted of theft, he is placed behind the walls of an institution where his own body is stolen from him. In a cramped communal cell, AJ will become a 'jailbaby'—the ward of a justice system that chooses to turn a blind eye to the life-altering sexual violence committed against young men behind bars.

In Jailbaby, the highly anticipated new play from the writer behind the international phenomenon Prima Facie, Suzie Miller once again opens our eyes to the darkest corners of society and asks us to pinpoint the exact moment when it all goes so, so wrong.

'An urgent and compelling work… Run, don't walk.' ★★★★★ —Time Out Sydney (for Suzie Miller and Prima Facie)

Biography

Suzie Miller

SUZIE MILLER is a multi-award winning Australian playwright who has been in residence and/or attached to the following theatres: Ex Machina Quebec with Robert Lepage (2012), National Theatre in London (2011; 2009), Ransom Theatre, Ireland (2009) and Griffin Theatre Company (2012). She has worked with Black Swan State Theatre Company, ATYP, Legs on the Wall, LIVE theatre in Newcastle UK, Oran M’or and the Perth Theatre in Scotland. Her plays include The Sacrifice Zone, Driving into Walls, Caress/Ache, Everything I Have, DUST, Overexposed, Sunset Strip and Medea. Two Geordie Boys is being developed with LIVE Theatre Newcastle and Enlightening Entertainment London. Miller won the Kit Denton Fellowship for writing with courage; was shortlisted for the 2013, 2010 and 2008 Australian Writers Guild Awards for drama, was shortlisted for the Griffin Award in 2009; won the New York Fringe Festival ‘Overall Excellence Award for Outstanding Playwriting’, and won the Theatrelab Award. Her plays have won 9 equity awards and Helpmann awards.