Cirrus@Austlit

'EZ and his gang of bullies have created a fake social media account to inflict torment and misery on their fellow students. The account’s name, “April Aardvark”, echoes through the halls with fear and confusion. The gang is smugly satisfied with the results, until the day a student shows up to class claiming to be April Aardvark. She is the living, breathing manifestation of the account – a mean, obscene insult machine. She spreads chaos through the school, turning student against student and bully against bully. But is she really who she claims to be? And if so, how can she be stopped?

'Only one thing is certain – she is the greatest bully that ever lived.' (Production summary)

'Theodore Lent is a calculating businessman on the cutting edge of one of America's most popular exports: the travelling freak show. When his wife (and star attraction) Julia falls pregnant, Theo couldn't be happier. What could be better than two stars for the price of one?

'However, dark clouds are forming In Theo's immediate future, as he begins taking steps toward the decision that will cost him his friends, his sanity, and perhaps even his life..'

Source: Black Swan Theatre Company.

'Shooting, kidnapping, running away, shooting, cheap dirty speed balls, jukeboxes, dancing, coked-out sex, alcoholism, stabbing, shooting, lusting, fields by a high way, running away, a car park, robbery, service stations, passing out, hotel room, a salt lake and a scarecrow. You can choose your friends but you can’t choose your relatives, but sometimes you can kill them and sometimes you can kidnap them and then the cops can conduct an hour long chase scene after you through the harsh West Australian desert.'

Source: http://www.mka.org.au/ (Sighted 29/02/2012).

'Sleepyhead is a gothic tale of isolation and innocence. Recognisable as a family despite themselves; burnt; crippled; hideously drunk. Dead. On a remote rural property live a father and his two daughters. Strange phone calls in the night, the spectre of their dead mother, and then, one night, a visitor. ...

Developed with the support of ATYP's Fresh Ink program...' (MKA Theatre website)