My First and Last Solo Show by Natalie Rose

Image credit: Joshua Morris

'My First and Last Solo Show' dives into a story of three generations - Natalie, Mabelle and Nat’s mum Cheryl - uncovering the joy, frustration, and unconditional love that develops between mothers and daughters.

It’s a deeply funny and revealing personal journey examining family dysfunction and looking at how your own life experiences directly (or indirectly) affect how you parent. It finds vulnerability in the mundane, beauty in the boring, and many moments to laugh out loud while exploring memory, love and loss.

'My First and Last Solo Show' was meant to be Natalie’s first time creating work alone, created as a gift for Nat’s daughter Mabelle. But as most parents of theatre kids would understand, it wasn’t long before Mabelle busted in – so now it’s their show.

Created and performed by Natalie Rose - a Western Sydney artist, mother and one-third of performance collective POST - with contributions from peers who are also mothers, or parents: Clare Britton, Clare Grant, Emma Saunders, Jodee Mundy and James Peter Brown. And most importantly, the work was co-devised with Nat’s daughter, Mabelle Rose.

 

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Creative Team

Writer, Creator, Performer – Natalie Rose

Devisor, Performer – Mabelle Rose 

Director – Clare Britton

Dramaturg – Clare Grant

Sound Designer – James Peter Brown

Lighting Designer, Production Manager – Tyler Fitzpatrick 

Set & Costume Designer – Troy Reid 

Movement Director – Emma Saunders

Peer Collaborator (early-stage developments) – Jodee Mundy, Jenni Medway, Anne-Louise Sarks, Victoria Hunt and Victoria Spence 

Produced by Performing Lines

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My First and Last Solo Show is co-commissioned by Campbelltown Arts Centre and produced by Performing Lines. It has been developed and presented with support from the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its primary arts investment and advisory body, and the NSW Government through Create NSW. This project has also been supported by Shopfront Arts Co-op.  

Thanks to UNSW's Esme Timbery Creative Practice Lab.

Campbelltown Arts Centre is a cultural facility of Campbelltown City Council assisted by the NSW Government through Create NSW and receives support from the Neilson Foundation and the Packer Family Foundation.

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Campbelltown Arts Centre, 1 Art Gallery Road, 2560, View Map