Sydney Theatre Company presents the Monkey Baa Theatre For Young People’s production of
THURSDAY'S CHILD

by Sonya Hartnett
Adapted for the Stage by Sandra Eldridge, Eva Di Cesare, Tim McGarry

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, community and family disputes. Tin is an ever present but mystical essence in their lives. Harper narrates her family’s struggle to survive on the hot and impoverished land and 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.

Sydney Theatre Company is proud have commissioned  this new Australian work for young audiences which will tour extensively across Australia prior to its triumphant return to the Sydney Theatre Company’s Wharf 2 stage.

Cost $20/student
Venue Wharf 2, Sydney Theatre Company
Estimated Duration tbc
Suits Years 7 - 10
Resources Teacher’s Kits provided