Sydney Theatre Company and Australian Theatre for Young People present
Tusk Tusk
By Polly Stenham

An unfurnished flat, strewn with unpacked removal boxes and unsupervised by adults, would be a veritable playground for any child yet for Maggie, fourteen, Eliot, fifteen, and Finn, seven, this space has become a fortress. Here they bunker down, expertly avoiding the unwanted attentions of prying adults. Within these walls they will battle one another, in a bid to protect themselves from the unnamed enemy outside.

As they joke, tease, spit like fireworks and laugh like soul mates, they also hide from a terrible truth: All three of them are hanging by a silent mobile phone. She’ll be calling soon. She’s never left them alone for this long before.

Dancing a fine line between hilarity and heartache, Tusk Tusk is the new offering from 22-year-old English sensation, Polly Stenham (That Face). Sydney Theatre Company teams up with Australian Theatre for Young People to present the Australian premiere season of this haunting work that will stay with you long after you have left the theatre.

Photo: Grant Sparkes-Carroll