Lara, a Sydney mum working interstate as a dancer, receives a distress call from her youngest son. Dad hasn’t been seen for days and they are running out of food. Lara has only the weekend to traverse the world of high-rise public housing, drug dealing and addiction to track him down. And if she succeeds, what will she find?

The Weekend is a rollercoaster ride into one woman’s nightmare scenario, one from which she emerges a little wiser about the world and herself.

The Weekend by Henrietta Baird was first developed at Yellamundie Festival 2017, had its world premiere with Moogahlin Performing Arts at Carriageworks as part of the 2019 Sydney Festival, and subsequently presented at BATS Theatre in Wellington for the Kia Mau Festival.

Playwright: Henrietta Baird

Director: Liza-Mare Syron

Cast: Shakira Clanton

Producer: Lily Shearer

Choreography: Vicki Van Hout

Sound Design : Nick Wales and Rhyan Clapham (Dobby)

Lighting Design: Karen Norris

Set Design: Kevin O’Brien

Production Photos : Jamie James

www.moogahlin.org/the-weekend