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Rough Trade
Katie Pollock

Part stand-up, part takedown of capitalism, part wannabe dancing dildo musical, this one-woman play is a celebration of resilience, humour … and sex toys! A thrilling—and sometimes terrifying—examination of the ways capitalism and the patriarchy fail us, and the precarious position all women risk finding themselves in, Rough Trade is ultimately a story of hope in challenging times.

Medea
Euripides Adapted by Liz Lochhead

Medea and Jason, clinging together as refugees in Corinth, have struggled to bring up their beloved offspring in this alien and unsympathetic society. Now Jason has a plan to better integrate himself. Unfortunately, this involves abandoning his wife, the mother of his children…

Anna K
Suzie Miller

Anna Kay, top-rating television journalist, mother and wife is now a news subject herself, and the haters are piling on. Her decision to leave a loveless marriage and pursue an affair with a recent source incites the wrath of the masses and threatens her credibility, all as she prepares to break the biggest story of her career. Truth at all costs, but who gets to set the price?

Age is a Feeling
Haley McGee

Inspired by interviews with hospice workers, conversations with mystics and trips to the cemetery, Age is a Feeling is a gripping story that wrestles with the glorious and melancholy uncertainties of human life. A covert rallying cry against cynicism and regret, it's an uplifting exploration of chance, morality and living with verve.

Sami Ibrahim's play A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain is a poetic fable about an impenetrable immigration system that mirrors our own. 

Demented
Ruth Pieloor

Demented uniquely intercepts clowning, puppetry, and dramatic dialogue, to share a heroine's captivating relationship with dementia.

Laurinda
Diana Nguyen with Petra Kalive

When 15-year-old Lucy Lam wins the inaugural Equal Access Scholarship to a prestigious private school, she is not prepared for the new world she's propelled into. It's overseen by The Cabinet—a trio of girls who wield power over everyone. When The Cabinet turn their attention to Lucy she has to make a choice: fit in and succeed, or stay true to herself. 

Little Women
Louisa May Alcott Adapted by Anne-Marie Casey

Christmas Eve, 1862. With their father away on the frontline of the American Civil War, the four March sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy – journey into adulthood, each determined to pursue a life on their own terms. But growing up means contending with love and loss, as well as the myriad twists of fortune that shape a life.

Pennyroyal
Lucy Roslyn

When Daphne is diagnosed with Premature Ovarian Insufficiency at the age of nineteen, her sister Christine steps in to help in the only way she knows how: by donating her eggs. For a while, the world seems corrected. But as the years go by – and Daphne sets out on the long road of IVF – the sisters' relationship begins to twist.

The Anarchist
Karina Wiedman

Middle-aged, middle-management Dasha is ordered to quell the anti-government protests in her factory in Belarus by firing sixty workers. Her only escape is a one-way ticket to the US, but as she prepares to flee, she cannot escape memories of her rebellious youth resisting the Soviets. As her country heads to the polls, Dasha must make a decision…

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