Overview
| Member | $12.00 |
| Adult | $16.00 |
| Child under 18 | $16.00 |
| Students | $12.00 |
Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of
Shoelace Chaser
By Madelaine Nunn
Directed by Liv Satchell
Being 17 is hard enough – hormones, homework, the looming question of what comes next. 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 Olivia 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 our Playwrights Giving Circle.
CAST
Zoe Boesen
Leigh Lule
CREATIVE TEAM
Set & Costume Designer: Bianca Pardo
Lighting Designer: Thomas Roach
Image credit: Jo Duck
Performance information
90 minutes including Q&A, no interval
Recommended ages 12+
May contain theatrical haze effects and dynamic sound.
Contains occasional coarse language and mature themes including depictions of chronic illness.
All children 12 months or over must have a ticket.
Information for Schools
Post-Show Q&A after each performance.
$12 per student, with 1 Free Teacher/Assistant per 10 students or part thereof. All other adults $12. We do participate in the Companion Card program.
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Tickets
Member
$12.00
Adult
$16.00
Child under 18
$16.00
Students
$12.00
The Venue: The Capital
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