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Written by and starring award-winning South African-born playwright Kirsty Marillier, this transportive world premiere is a potent reminder that the past is always with us.
South Africa, January 1976. Della is 24 and doing her best to stay under the radar — working at the general store, keeping her younger brother Rocky out of trouble, and her dad off the booze. But when her old flame Ezra shows up with a head full of revolution — and Rocky starts getting ideas — Della's world will be upended by forces that will echo around the globe.
Kirsty Marillier is a South African actor and award-winning playwright. Her debut play, Orange Thrower, premiered at Griffin Theatre Company and National Theatre of Parramatta in 2022, and won the 2019 Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award and the Nick Enright Prize at the NSW Premier’s Literary Award. Kirsty’s play, The Zap, was nominated for the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2022 and won the Max Afford Playwrights Award in 2020. In addition to being an award-winning writer, Kirsty is an accomplished performer, having starred in the Australian Premiere of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child; The Cherry Orchard (Belvoir); Home, I’m Darling, Picnic At Hanging Rock (Sydney Theatre Company); and Coma Land (Black Swan State Theatre Company). Her acting credits in film and television include The Greenhouse directed by Thomas Wilson-White; Hook Up directed by Laura Nagy (short for MQFF/Paper Moose) and Home And Away. Kirsty attended WAAPA and is currently developing an original television idea with Thomas Wilson-White and Matchbox.
