When Helix High’s acclaimed sprinter – Saskia Desilva – is rumoured to have set an entire toilet block on fire, a whole community is shaken. From soggy ovals to internet wormholes to out-of-bounds buildings, an unassuming student digs up old truths in the name of Saskia’s legacy. Will she succeed? Or will she become collateral damage?
THE ZAP is a play of power and potential, resistance and resilience, ambition and fitting in. A high-intensity, radical romp imagining our very near future, intersectional feminism and fake ass news.
Kirsty Marillier is a South African / Australian, award-winning playwright and actor. She is best known for her two works: ORANGE THROWER – which had its 2022 stage premiere with Griffin Theatre Company and National Theatre of Parramatta. ORANGE THROWER was the winner of the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award (2019) and the Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting (2022)
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