Format

Full-length play

About

Mel (mid-30s) is going on a road-trip. She’s left her job, kitted out a van and she’s going to #vanlife her way up the east coast from Melbourne all the way to The Shoulder, a tropical banana farm in Cairns where she’ll wwoof for a bit before the next adventure. She says goodbye to her Psychologist and to her Flatmate before she hits the road, and then picks up a Hitch-hiker on the road. The usually by-the-book Mel is living her best life by embracing the no-rules nature of an endless solo road-trip. Or at the least she seems to be telling herself that she is living a life of freedom. Before she can make it to The Shoulder, the set of scenes cycle over again and these events of road-tripping play out again.

In previous developments, this play was more about doubles.

Creative team

Writer Michele Lee

Dramaturg Morgan Rose

With performers Anna Fujihara, Darcy Kent, Amanda Ma and Alice Qin

Development

2024: Finalist, 2024 Griffin Award

2023: Development

2022: Duologues, Australian Plays Transform

Supporters

Merri-bek Council Flourish grants