Over one unrelenting day, Child brings us inside of the Victorian Out of Home Care system through three lives caught in its machinery. Sailor is sixteen, tenacious, defiant, and trying desperately to find his way. Claire, a youth worker, is fighting for change and running dangerously close to empty. Ava, the Minister at the helm, is struggling to hold together a system and a family under impossible pressure.
A gripping and hyper-local portrait of the horror, heart and humanity inside our own Out of Home Care system. Child asks what happens when the people inside a broken system are pushed to breaking point.
Writer: Jorja Bentley (she/her)
Director: Alice Darling (she/her)
Performer (Sailor): Damon Baudin (he/him)
Performer (Claire): Clarisse Bonello (she/her)
Performer (Ava): Caroline Craig (she/her)
Dramaturg: Emilie Collyer (she/her)
AV & Sound Designer: Justin Gardam (he/him)
Producer: Briannah Davis (she/her)
Supported by La Mama & Darebin Arts
Criminal activity, alcohol and other drug use, coarse language, misogyny, mental health, exploitation of children, and system / moral trauma.
Visual Ratings: 50%
Aural Ratings: 50%
Suitable Age: 15+
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