'Anna is coming of age. Possibilities are unfurling in front of her and she’s ready to take control. But her mother’s been standing guard all these years, taking care, editing the choices.
'When Anna makes a decision that could affect the rest of her life, can Renee stand by and watch?'
Source: Royal Exchange Theatre.
Produced at the Royal Exchange Theatre, UK, 9-24 February 2018.
Director: Katy Rudd.
Designer: Rosanna Vize.
Lighting Designer: Lucy Carter.
Sound Designer: Giles Thomas.
Movement Director: Vicki Manderson.
Cast: Julie Hesmondhalgh and Norah Lopez Holden.
Presented by Queensland Theatre Company, 13 August - 3 September 2022, Bille Brown Theatre.
Director: Daniel Evans.
Presented by Melbourne Theatre Company. Performed at Southbank Theatre, The Summer : 15 April - 18 May 2024.
Director: Hannah Goodwin.
Cast: Nadine Garner, Max McKenna.
Set and Costume Designer: Jacob Battista.
Lighting Designer: Amelia Lever-Davidson.
'Mental illness in the young displayed with nuance and sensitivity.'
'The MTC's adaptation of this multi award-winning play about teenage mental illness is sensitive and nuanced.'
'Max McKenna is superb in the tricky role of Anna, a young woman tormented by mental illness, while Nadine Garner is magnificent as Anna’s weary mother'(Introduction)
'When Australian playwright Kendall Feaver started researching her first full-length play, she stumbled across a genre of literature she had never heard of, which she describes as "self help for parents — how to actively work out if your child has a mental illness".' (Introduction)
'Max McKenna is superb in the tricky role of Anna, a young woman tormented by mental illness, while Nadine Garner is magnificent as Anna’s weary mother'(Introduction)
'The MTC's adaptation of this multi award-winning play about teenage mental illness is sensitive and nuanced.'
'Mental illness in the young displayed with nuance and sensitivity.'
'When Australian playwright Kendall Feaver started researching her first full-length play, she stumbled across a genre of literature she had never heard of, which she describes as "self help for parents — how to actively work out if your child has a mental illness".' (Introduction)
