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A love letter to best friendship from acclaimed indie theatre artists VIMH.***
9 - 13 October | Melbourne Fringe Festival | La Mama Courthouse
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Holly and Sam are the best of the best. Or they want to be. They share a dream – to join the most elite squad in competitive summer sport: ballkids at the Australian Open. It’s their first day of training and they don’t know yet that they’re not going to make the cut or that they’re going to meet their best friend for the first time ever.
'Ballkids' takes this chance encounter and chucks it in a blender, jump-cutting through the next two decades of Holly and Sam’s shared life together to map the starburst force of platonic romance and the constant work of staying connected.
Funny and moving, excruciatingly human, 'Ballkids (or, scenes from a friendship)' is an ode to lonely kids and what happens when they find each other. Written by Liv Satchell (two-time Green Room Award winner) and created by multi-award-winning theatre company VIMH (The Grief Trilogy, SIRENS, The View From Up Here), 'Ballkids' insists that friendship is as strong and important as a beating heart.
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Content Warnings: coarse language, sexual references, use of sudden loud sound, references to mental health.
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Running time: 65 minutes
Wednesday 6.30pm | Thursday & Friday 7.30pm | Saturday 2pm & 7.30pm | Sunday 4pm
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Presented by La Mama Theatre
Performed by Izabella Yena and Michelle McCowage
Written by Liv Satchell
Directed by Julian Dibley-Hall
Sound Design by Tom Backhaus
Lighting Design by John Collopy
Production Design by Filipe Filihia
Movement Direction by Xanthe Beesley
Assistant Directed by Freya McGrath
Stage Managed by Ashleigh Walwyn
Produced by VIMH
Image by Jack Dixon-Gunn
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
La Mama Theatre - Courthouse Theatre, Carlton Courthouse Theatre, 345-349 Drummond St, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia,Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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