A roiling urgency… there’s something that burrows in, like a reminder of a younger self, a study of dangerously open hearts. Keep an eye out for Laneikka Denne Sydney Morning Herald
a brilliant, multi-coloured sparkler! Stage Whispers
A furious and urgent work that shatters the cobwebs off the stale queer narrative. This blistering new work is staggering in it’s emotional depth and raw with it’s honesty. Nothing is held back as the story thunders and cracks upon the stage Arts Review
wonderful to see such innovative work from a refreshingly queer perspective… here queer love is presented from a distinctly Gen Z perspective, with an ease and acceptance the Queer Review
Andie is seventeen. Andrea is seventeen. They work in a convenience store at the same time in their lives, disconnected by time, they find a connection through the never-ending moment of love; when the world really does fucking explode.
Written at the tender age of seventeen, Dead Skin is a hybrid text of queer and hetero "love" stories that challenge what it truly means to love and be loved at seventeen. It is a coming-of-age story of a mother and daughter navigating the toxicity of their own relationships, in search of that “thing” we will never have with any other human, the truest form of love; an inherent, maternal connection.
Dir by Kim Hardwick
with Ruby Maishman, Sarah Jane Kelly, Abe Mitchell, Laneikka Denne, Camila Ponte-Alvarez
Sound design by Chrysoulla Markoulli, Production Design by Angus Konsti, Lighting Design by Martin Kinnane, Stage Manager Stephanie Black, Visual Image Designer Roger Stonehouse
Pres by WHITE BOX THEATRE CO
imagery with thanks to REDFERN CONVENIENCE STORE
Dead Skin had its first staged reading as part of the 2019 Storytellers Festival at KXT.