Shoelace Chaser by Madelaine Nunn
02
Jun
Presented by The Cube Wodonga with Melbourne Theatre Company
Being 17 is hard enough – 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.
Starring Leigh Lule (Trophy Boys) and Zoe Boesen (Abigail’s Party), Madelaine Nunn’s moving new play sensitively explores our responsibilities to those we love, the untold strength of care work and the courage to know when to lean on others for help.
Directed by award-winning theatre maker Liv Satchell, Shoelace Chaser is a warm and feel-good story for anyone who’s ever been a teenager.
★★★★★ “Uplifting, mature theatre, guaranteed to leave you smiling.” — The Age on Ballkids
“A brilliantly written work… Nunn is a consummate storyteller.” — Australian Arts Review on Cactus
Developed through Melbourne Theatre Company’s NEXT STAGE Writers’ Program, with the support of the Playwrights Giving Circle.
Cast - Zoe Boesen and Leigh Lule, Elliot Wood
Director - Liv Satchell
Set and costume designer - Bianca Pardo
Lighting designer - Thomas Roach
Composer and Sound Designer - Tom Backhaus
Complimentary morning tea, including tea and coffee.
Warnings: Contains occasional coarse language and mature themes including depictions of chronic illness.