Sonya Hartnett’s Thursday's Child

Thursday’s Child is Tin, born on a Thursday and, like the old nursery rhyme, ‘has far to go.’ A strange and lonely child who digs, his wanderings take him underneath the earth into the subterranean tunnels that he’s pre-destined to roam. Told by Tin's sister, Harper Flute, it is a story of a family’s struggle on their desolate farm during the great depression. There is death, crop failure, neighbourhood and family disputes.

Tin is an ever present but mystical essence in their lives. Harper watches with a child’s clear eyes her family’s struggle to survive on the hot and impoverished land. As life on the surface grows harsher, her little brother escapes ever deeper into a dark, subterranean world. The play explores the spirit of hard struggle with change, cruel misfortune and the idea that life is a pre-determined fall from a great height. Thursday’s Child is a poignant and intriguing story, ending in great hope.

Brought to you by the team that created the 2007 Helpmann Award winning production of Jackie French’s Hitler's Daughter.

A Monkey Baa Theatre Production. Suitable for ages 12-16.
Duration: 80mins