the carousel

A new play that explores the boundaries of unconditional love between sisters.

Production details

Season Dates:
30-31 March, 2018 - Kings Cross Theatre - Step Up Festival
1-3 March, 2018 - Illawarra Performing Arts Centre - MerrigongX
21-30 April, 2017 - Downstairs Belvoir - TREATS
2-5 Feb, 2017 - Shopfront Arts Co-op - ArtsLab - SOLD OUT SEASON
Playwright: Pippa Ellams
Director: Hannah Goodwin
Cast: Alex Francis and Tasha O’Brien
Production Manager: Solomon Thomas
Lighting Designer: Emma Lockhart-Wilson
Sound Designer: Tom Hogan
Mentor: Anne-Louise Sarks
Presented by: Shopfront Arts Co-op & Pip and Han Inc.

synopsis

A deadline. A pet spider. A bucket list budget.

Two Sisters. Christa and Jamie. Together they are embarking upon the treacherous transition between girlhood and womanhood. Christa wants Jamie to start living. Jamie doesn’t want to leave the house.

the volatility of the relationship…is a powerful driver of the production, with O’Brien and Francis…excelling in realising the characters’ oscillations between stultified stillness and outbursts of teenage exuberance and hurtful anger Real Time

the actors are so good you’d think they were playing themselves Time Out Sydney