LAUNCHPAD Double bill – The Sorry Mum Project and Let Me Know When You Get Home

THE SORRY MUM PROJECT
by Pippa Ellams

A witty observation on life, empathy, regret and reconciliation that takes us on a journey from the Fairfield RSL to the Moulin Rouge.

Pippa comes from a showbiz family. Her father was a cabaret star and her mother, Barbara, was a showgirl. But Pippa, like so many of us, loses sight of the person that is her Mum. This show goes to redress the balance, with an apology to her Mum and everyone’s Mum, who often becomes invisible once children arrive.

If you’re a Mum or daughter, or somebody’s child, this work will resonate.

LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU GET HOME – World Premiere
by Miranda Aguilar

Let Me Know When You Get Home is a new, coming-of-age Australian play, deconstructing the myth of needing to “escape” Western Sydney. It draws from personal experience with suburban isolation and Filipino diasporic identity to create a work which explores the inner lives of isolated people and the discomfort that exists when no place fits. Let Me Know When You Get Home is a personal narrative on birth and chosen families, friendships and first loves, and ultimately, the universal desire to make a home in other people.

In association with CuriousWorks

Adult content: 15 and over

Thursday 18 March 7pm SOLD OUT
Friday 19 March 7pm INDUSTRY EVENING – SOLD OUT
Saturday 20 March 2pm SOLD OUT
Saturday 20 March 7pm SOLD OUT

Listen to

THE SORRY MUM PROJECT

PLAYWRIGHT
Pippa Ellams

DIRECTOR
Hannah Goodwin and Tasha O’Brien

CAST
Pippa Ellams

Costume and Set Designer: Melanie Liertz Lighting: Benjamin Brockman Design: Composer and Sound Designer: Me-Lee Hay

LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU GET HOME

PLAYWRIGHT
Miranda Aguilar

DIRECTOR
Valerie Berry

CAST
Gloria Demillo
Brooke Lee
Tommy Misa
Rose Maher
Jemma R Wilks

Costume and Set Designer: Melanie Liertz Lighting: Benjamin Brockman Design: Sound: Me-Lee Hay

Download the LAUNCHPAD program

Tales of coming-of-age told with humour and verve.
★★★½
Launchpad is a double bill of new work developed under the visionary auspices of the National Theatre of Parramatta. 

 The material is whip smart and, by the end, finds an authenticity that will move anyone who has been a mother, or had a mother. (TSMP)

Let Me Know… is a delicately observed portrait of friendships and desires directed by Valerie Berry. 

–  Harriet Cunningham – Sydney Morning Herald 

The future of Australia’s Theatre is in good hands if the National Theatre of Parramatta’s Launchpad double-bill is anything to go by.

LMKWGH explores a refreshing side of the Asian queer experience. 

– The Plus Ones

 Ellams’ script moves along well and takes us all the way from Fairfield to the Moulin Rouge in Paris. There will be more than one mother and daughter in the audiences for whom this play will resonate. 

 The performances are excellent, and endearing. Demillo’s Val is vulnerable, personable as well as doggedly determined and Misa’s Prince is a scene stealer, even without his wonderfully outrageous clothing.

Aguilar gives the characters some succinct dialogue…The writing is strong…

– Megaphone Oz

FBI – Race Matters

It’s a phrase front-of-mind for many of us, especially at the moment; it’s also a brand new play about friendship and self-discovery by Miranda Aguilar, showing this week at Parramatta’s Riverside Theatre. We chat to Miranda about their inspiration for the work (and title), growing up in Western Sydney, and the change they’d like to see in local theatre this year. Plus, we catch up with cast member and interdisciplinary artist Tommy Misa about their earliest memories of performance, the importance of reclaiming PoC narratives in Sydney’s queer histories, and the performers and mentors who have shaped their practice.

Let Me Know When You Get Home is premiering at Riverside Theatre in Parramatta from Thursday 18 March – Saturday 20 March. For tickets and info, head to riversideparramatta.com.au.