Description

‘There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.’ — Henry David Thoreau

At Sunset Strip the only people left are those who couldn’t leave. Arriving home after a bout of chemotherapy to this once-thriving summer hot spot, Caroline finds the lake completely dried up, the holiday-makers long gone.

Yet her younger sister, the ever-optimistic Phoebe, remains doggedly hopeful. Between a stint in rehab, caring for her demented dad (who has a penchant for training goldfish) and losing her kids temporarily to DOCS, Phoebe has managed to find love in Teddy, a local fallen fella with a big heart. And now that Caroline is back, Phoebe is determined to make life fabulous.

In Sunset Strip, Suzie Miller, author of Caress / Ache and Transparency, examines love, family dysfunction and making the best of shitty situations and prosthetic breasts. Sunset Strip finds the humour in tragedy and creates an unlikely path for humanity to triumph.

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.