Alex Hines & Sarah Stafford
Birds
Winner Best Comedy & Qld Touring Award 2025 Melbourne Fringe
Slip Slop Slap. It's the end of the world b!tch.
Shayna, a wealthy five-time divorcee, and Beverley, a mother of 12 boys, have come to the beach to escape their lives. Itty bitty bikinis, big hair and the radio blasting Smyle and Smacki-O, this is paradise. They relax in their deck chairs, chain smoking their way through conversations about the cutthroat world of Tupperware and the unparalleled ingenuity of Holey Moley putt putt golf. Birds fall from the sky, the sea dries up, the world is ending – but they’ve got their heads in the sand.
BIRDS – come for the tan, stay for the end of days. BYO beach towel xoxo.
‘A decent into suburban absurdism.’ ★★★★ The Age
'This is ‘Waiting for Godot’ meets ‘Kath & Kim’ and comes highly recommended.' ★★★★★ Theatre Thoughts
'On a totally different celestial plane.' ★★★★ Beat Magazine
‘Surreal, astute and dark.’ ★★★★ Time Out
'A wondrous and chaotic world.' ★★★★ Fest Mag
'Roller coaster of existential dread-dream of a show.' ★★★★ ArtsHub
Alex Hines & Sarah Stafford create camp Australian works under the name Sons Of Susan. They have toured internationally and received such accolades as:
Winner 2025 Green Room Award Best Production Design
2024 Moosehead Recipient
Winner 2023 Green Room Award Best Performer Melbourne Fringe
Winner Golden Gibbo 2022 Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Winner 2022 Green Room Award Best Production
Winner Best Emerging Artist, 2021 Melbourne Fringe
Winner Best Feminist Work 2021 Melbourne Fringe
Winner New Zealand Touring Award 2021 Melbourne Fringe
Suitable for audiences 15+
Language – occasional coarse language
References to or simulation of violence
Winner Best Comedy & Qld Touring Award 2025 Melbourne Fringe
Slip Slop Slap. It's the end of the world b!tch.
Shayna, a wealthy five-time divorcee, and Beverley, a mother of 12 boys, have come to the beach to escape their lives. Itty bitty bikinis, big hair and the radio blasting Smyle and Smacki-O, this is paradise. They relax in their deck chairs, chain smoking their way through conversations about the cutthroat world of Tupperware and the unparalleled ingenuity of Holey Moley putt putt golf. Birds fall from the sky, the sea dries up, the world is ending – but they’ve got their heads in the sand.
BIRDS – come for the tan, stay for the end of days. BYO beach towel xoxo.
‘A decent into suburban absurdism.’ ★★★★ The Age
'This is ‘Waiting for Godot’ meets ‘Kath & Kim’ and comes highly recommended.' ★★★★★ Theatre Thoughts
'On a totally different celestial plane.' ★★★★ Beat Magazine
‘Surreal, astute and dark.’ ★★★★ Time Out
'A wondrous and chaotic world.' ★★★★ Fest Mag
'Roller coaster of existential dread-dream of a show.' ★★★★ ArtsHub
Alex Hines & Sarah Stafford create camp Australian works under the name Sons Of Susan. They have toured internationally and received such accolades as:
Winner 2025 Green Room Award Best Production Design
2024 Moosehead Recipient
Winner 2023 Green Room Award Best Performer Melbourne Fringe
Winner Golden Gibbo 2022 Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Winner 2022 Green Room Award Best Production
Winner Best Emerging Artist, 2021 Melbourne Fringe
Winner Best Feminist Work 2021 Melbourne Fringe
Winner New Zealand Touring Award 2021 Melbourne Fringe
Suitable for audiences 15+
Language – occasional coarse language
References to or simulation of violence
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