Girls & Boys

She meets him in an airport queue and sparks fly. Their passionate love affair takes them to marriage, a mortgage, and children – an ordinary family life. Her natural working-class wit works to her advantage, and unexpectedly she starts rising above her allotted rung on the British social ladder. The power dynamic between them shifts – imperceptible cracks become yawning gulfs – but when the house they built begins to fall, nothing prepares her for what happens next.

A high-wire act balancing comedy and drama which has stunned audiences in London and New York, its stellar solo role is brilliantly filled here by Justine Clarke (Love My Way, Tangle and Look Both Ways).

Whether seeing it for the first time, or revisiting, you won’t want to miss this return season of the unanimously praised, breakout hit of the 2022 Adelaide Festival.