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Me, My Mother And Suzy Cato

She’s just a girl, standing in front of her mum, asking not to spend Y2K in an apocalypse bunker.

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A medium close up shot in the style of a 90s school picture - dark grey gradiated background and that trademark center glow. In the foreground is an adult woman dressed like a teenager from 1999 - wearing a long sleeved mesh top with a black singlet underneath, a choker necklace, and butterfly clips in her auburn hair, which is in a 90's era up-do: straight at the front - curly at the back. She has a gold party hat askew on her head and holds a gold party blower, and while she's technically smiling, underneath she looks terrified.

Image Credit: New Lynn Photos

  • Created and Performed by: Florence Hartigan

  • Directed by: Renee Lyons

  • Produced by: Charlotte Minards-Black

It's December 1999, and the one thing helping 17-year-old Rachel avoid the fact she's terrified about her future is the promise of ringing in the year 2000 on a beach with her friends/love interest. So when her mother insists she greet Y2K in an apocalypse bunker her father’s built in their front garden, Rachel turns to the only rational adult she can think of, beloved children’s entertainer Suzy Cato.

This darkly goofy one-woman show is written and performed by elder millennial and apocalypse worrier Florence Hartigan, who can also be seen acting in TV comedy Madam alongside Rachel Griffiths. It's directed by Renee Lyons, who brought her award-winning one-woman show Nick: An Accidental Hero to the Melbourne Fringe Festival Hub in 2014.

A nostalgic journey through the era of Britney Spears and low rise jeans, Me, My Mother and Suzy Cato is a tale of past demons, future hopes, and the universal struggle of the family we need versus the family we get.

About Playfight Productions

Florence Hartigan is a Kiwi actor and writer, who can most recently be seen as a core cast member of Madam starring Rachel Griffiths and Martin Henderson, as well as Kid Sister and The Panthers. She has written for kids’ animated show Riddle Me This, and is currently a staff writer on New Zealand’s longest-running drama, Shortland Street.

A US career highlight for Florence was starring in the 2017 feature Phoenix Forgotten, produced by Ridley Scott (Alien) as well as appearing in Comedy Central’s Bro Dependent, IFC’s Entrance, and the animated feature To Your Last Death, alongside William Shatner. During her time in Los Angeles, Florence also studied and performed at The Upright Citizen’s Brigade and The Groundlings, and wrote and performed on comedy website Funny Or Die.

  • Duration: 55 minutes

  • Age suitability: M

  • Event warnings: Moderate Coarse Language, Some Infrequent/Low Pressure Audience Interaction.

  • Content warnings: Sexual References, Mental Health, Apocalypse References.

  • Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room
    Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton, VIC, 3053

    Wheelchair Access

    Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room is wheelchair accessible. The entrance to the venue is on Lygon St. You can head up the front stairs and through the main doors, from there head right to get to the Loading Dock. If you need step free access, there is lift at the front of the building and our team will be able to guide you from there to the Loading Dock. Once you're in the Loading Dock you can head west and through the corridor to the stairs, and up passed ETU Ballroom and Common Rooms through to the Music Room. There is also a lift if you are unable to take the stairs.

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  • Full: $24.00

  • Hump Day Discount: $18.00

  • Concession: $15.00

  • Group 6+: $15.00

  • Extra Applause: $35.00

  • Blak Tix: $10.00

Sessions: In Person Events

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Wednesday, 16 October 2024

5:45pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room

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Thursday, 17 October 2024

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Friday, 18 October 2024

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Saturday, 19 October 2024

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Sunday, 20 October 2024

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