Smart, self-sufficient and secretly just holding it together, Thea has spent the last two years keeping the secret that she's a carer for her mum. But chasing a university athletics scholarship means leaving her mum behind...

At the doorway between innocence and maturity, simply getting through the day can feel like an eternity—especially when loneliness, grief and abuse of power get in the way. Shortlisted for the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award and longlisted for the Griffin Award, sitting, screaming is a raw and gripping exploration of how vulnerable young people slip through the cracks. 

It's 1920s Melbourne—society reels from the aftermath of World War I, women's fashion sets startling trends and the city hums with the music of the motorcar. Meanwhile, one small woman defies convention and makes her mark …

Cactus is a brutally funny, heartbreakingly honest new play for anyone who is or ever has been a teenager.