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Australian premiere of Sadie Hasler’s hit comedy Pramkicker, comes to Theatre Works, presented by Dirty Pennies Theatre Project

Jude has always known she doesn’t want kids. Her sister Susie is unsure if her ovaries are twinging or if she just needs to wee. One day, in a café full of “yummy mummies”, Jude loses the plot and kicks a pram. Then gets arrested and is sent to anger management. Susie goes along for the ride and uses the opportunity to confess a secret…

Pramkicker tells the raucous and irreverent tale of two sisters on opposite ends of their 30’s grappling with the messiness of life, and the massive societal expectations surrounding motherhood.

In a climate where a woman’s right to make choices about her own body remains burningly relevant, Hasler’s hilarious and whip smart play is a bold love letter to women taking ownership of what they want, and what they don’t.

Dirty Pennies Artistic Director, Amy May Nunn says

Sadie Hasler’s fiercely funny, audacious script felt so timely and alive, I was chomping at the bit to get it on. The play’s ability to meaningfully tackle weighty feminist themes while also being gut achingly funny was central to its allure. Ultimately this work is a celebration of choice, and as a woman entering my 30’s, grappling with my own questions about having kids, reading this play made me feel less alone, less crazy and more human.

Writer Sadie Hasler
Director Poppy Rowley
Performers: Anna Burgess and Amy May Nunn Producer Danielle Goder
Composer-Sound Design Kevan Atkins
Lighting Design Emma Lockhart-Wilson
Fight Choreographer Felicity Steel


PRAMKICKER

Dec 12 – 18
Theatre Works
14 Acland Street
St Kilda
Full: $30 Concession: $25
Bookings: https://www.theatreworks.org.au/program/pramkicker/
Gabi Bergman

Gabi Bergman is a Melbourne-based performer and educator, and is the current Deputy Editor-in-Chief of AussieTheatre.com. She holds a Double Arts degree in Theatre Studies and Film/Screen Studies and a Master of Teaching (Secondary Education). Gabi has always been an avid lover of theatre, specifically musicals, and spends way too much money than she’d like to admit on tickets. Her most prized possession is her crate of theatre programs.

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