Description

Pinball is a prescient, detailed and funny work that explores queer and lesbian sexual politics, the structures of the legal system, homophobia and childhood trauma.

This remarkable play is about a young lesbian woman, Theenie, forced into a custody battle for her son, when she and her ex-husband Sylvester can't convince the other members of their families to live and let live. The child, poignantly invisible and voiceless in the play, is bounced back and forth through the personal politics and prejudices of more and more people as they try to get onto the bandwagon, using Theenie and her male child Alabaster, as a political football.

'Alison Lyssa's words are powerful and devastating [...] her depiction of misogyny and homophobia in Western and Christian societal structures remains accurate, scathing and raw.' — SUZY GOES SEE

Biography

Alison Lyssa

ALISON LYSSA is a widely published playwright, poet, essayist and short story writer. Who'd've Thought?, written for the Women's Theatre Project, Telopea Theatre Group, was nominated for an AWGIE in 1991. Her short screenplay, The Silk, received a 1994 AFI nomination for Best Screenplay in a Short Film, and the film won an ATOM Award in 1995. Lyssa is a recent recipient of an Australian Writers' Guild/ABC Radio Mentorship Award.

Book Data

Cast Info	6F, 7M, (doubling available)
Genres	Drama, Comedy
Themes	Gender diverse themes, LGBTQIA+ themes, Diverse sexuality themes, Significant female roles, Large Cast
Audiences	Adult

Extent	74
Edition	Standard
Size	137 x 210 mm