Pear-Shaped

“Now there’s a good riddle… What do you call an eye that tells a lie?”

A captivating blend of wordplay, magic realism, and puppetry, Pear-Shaped is a deliciously dark new dramedy about growing up, growing down, and everything in between.

23-year-old Frankie is struggling with their graduating design project. Not only is their director a Virgo, they’ve also been allocated an eerily personal childhood story - ‘Alice in Wonderland’. Frankie hopes that a box of old costumes will inspire some ideas, but when their sister Kayla drops it off, they’re instead sent spiraling down a rabbit hole of memories they’d rather forget…

An entirely new story from Miranda Middleton and Ziggy Resnick, ‘Pear-Shaped' interweaves scenes from Lewis Carroll’s classic books to tell an un-wonderful new tale in surprisingly wonderful ways. Told with humour, heart, and nuance, this world premiere production explores one Jewish family’s experience of what happens when food – a symbol of culture, tradition, connection, and love – becomes the enemy.

“How does Alice leave Wonderland, when Wonderland wants Alice to stay?”