Being 17 is hard enough – hormones, homework, the looming question of what comes next. Add caring for your mum to the mix, and Thea's juggling act is nothing short of Olympic.
Smart, self-sufficient and secretly just holding it together, she's spent the last two years keeping her life under wraps. No-one knows she's a carer. Not even Syd, her endlessly chatty new running partner who pushes her to pursue a university athletics scholarship and dream of something more. But chasing that future means leaving her mum behind – and the last time Thea tried that, things didn't quite go to plan.
MADELAINE NUNN is an AWGIE winning writer, actor and producer working across theatre, film and radio since graduating from the VCA in 2015. Madelaine is the founder of Mad Nun Productions, co-founder of Three Birds Theatre, and Artistic Director of Rollercoaster Theatre. She has won The House of Oz Purse Prize, The Martin Lysicrates Prize, The Rebel Wilson Scholarship, The ATYP Foundation Commission and The Jopuka Eldersee Commission. She has been shortlisted for the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award three times; she is a three-time AWGIE nominee and has been longlisted for the Griffin Award and the Lysicrates Prize. Notable writing credits include; sitting, screaming (The Old Fitz), FLICK (La Mama/Goodwood Theatre & studios), SAAM (ATYP), Cactus (La Mama/RAV), The Chapel, the Fire & the Dead Cat (ATYP), Summer at Suspended Stone Camp (Jopuka Productions), Kinder Surprise (ABC RN) and Bin Chicken (ATYP/Griffin). With Three Birds Theatre Madelaine is the co-writer and performer of Garage Girls, Will This Show Take Off?, Enter Ophelia, LadyCake and Three Birds One Cock. You can keep up to date with Madelaine’s work and her production company on Instagram @madonunnie and @madnunproductions.
| Cast Info | 2F, 1O |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Naturalism / realism, YA/Children's Theatre |
| Themes | Neurodivergent/disability themes, One-act play, Significant female roles |
| Audiences | Secondary: Years 11-12, Young Adult, Adult |
| Extent | 68 |
| Edition | CTS |
| Size | 137 x 210 mm |
Stay connected and updated to the happenings at Currency Press
We will never share your email with others
