'This wasn’t how it was meant to go.
'A few iPhones, a huge TV and a Socceroos jersey—shove them all in the IKEA bag then drive away as fast as you can.
'AJ wasn’t meant to be spotted at the scene. AJ wasn’t meant to get ID’d in the line up. AJ definitely wasn’t meant to go to prison. But once AJ is convicted of theft, he is placed behind the walls of an institution where his own body is stolen from him.
'In a cramped communal cell, AJ will become a ‘jailbaby’—the ward of a justice system that chooses to turn a blind eye to the life-altering sexual violence committed against young men behind bars.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Presented by Griffin Theatre Company, 7 July - 12 August 2023.
Director: Andrea James.
Dramaturg: Declan Greene.
Set & Costume Designer: Isabel Hudson.
Lighting Designer: Verity Hampson.
Composer & Sound Designer: Phil Downing.
Cast including Anthony Yangoyan.
Revived by Griffin Theatre Company at SBW Stables Theatre, 4-21 January 2024.
Director: Andrea James.
Set & Costume Designer: Isabel Hudson.
Lighting Designer: Verity Hampson.
Composer & Sound Designer: Phil Downing.
Intimacy and Consent Consultant: Bayley Turner.
Fight Choreographer: Tim Dashwood.
Cast: Lucia Mastrantone, Anthony Taufa, and Anthony Yangoyan.
'An unflinching look behind prison doors.'
'Jailbaby – a new play by Suzie Miller – takes a steely look at what happens to an 18-year-old when his life collides with a criminal justice system that is bad and getting worse.'
'Jailbaby – a new play by Suzie Miller – takes a steely look at what happens to an 18-year-old when his life collides with a criminal justice system that is bad and getting worse.'
'An unflinching look behind prison doors.'
