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It's Franny's eighth birthday and she's getting her first pet - a cockatiel called Prince Ping Pong. She's always wanted someone to love, and more importantly, someone to love her back. But when Prince Ping Pong starts loving their daughter the wrong way, Joan and Richard are thrown into an absurdist parenting nightmare. They must try to remove the deviant bird while conserving what's left of Franny's innocence. After all, these are her formative years. Love Bird explores the natural process of childhood sexual development and how it is controlled, twisted and warped - often by those who mean to protect it.…mehr

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It's Franny's eighth birthday and she's getting her first pet - a cockatiel called Prince Ping Pong. She's always wanted someone to love, and more importantly, someone to love her back. But when Prince Ping Pong starts loving their daughter the wrong way, Joan and Richard are thrown into an absurdist parenting nightmare. They must try to remove the deviant bird while conserving what's left of Franny's innocence. After all, these are her formative years. Love Bird explores the natural process of childhood sexual development and how it is controlled, twisted and warped - often by those who mean to protect it.
Autorenporträt
Georgie Harriss is a creative writer passionate about telling stories that are intimate, interrogative and strange. She was born in Albury and is now based in Melbourne. She holds an Honours degree in Screenwriting from the Victorian College of the Arts. In 2016, Georgie was selected as one of Lonely Company's writers-in residence. Her play, Love Bird, which she developed during this residency, enjoyed successful runs at both The Butterfly Club and La Mama in 2018. Georgie has been the recipient of an ATYP Fresh Ink National Mentorship, a Tessa Waters Mentorship and a Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowship. Her writing has been presented by Red Stitch and Theatre Works. With Amelia Newman, she is currently co-artistic director of Curtain Kill, a text-centred theatre company dedicated to telling queer and feminist stories with the complexity and joy they deserve. Georgie is currently a PhD candidate in Creative Writing at Monash University. Her research explores queer narratological approaches to writing lived experiences of trauma.