WORLD PREMIERE
Your coffee tastes like Milo.
Your manager is sleeping off a sugar-crash.
How did your tie get stapled to your desk?
And why is everything sticky?
You arrive at work, the same as any other day – but something’s off. Your office, your team, your department have all been taken over by young people: welcome to The Department of
Responsible Adulting.
The leaders of tomorrow have run out of patience and are running the employee evaluation of a lifetime: How well do you think you’re adulting? Who put you in charge? What makes you so sure you’re even cut out for the job?
Commandeering a real office space in Canberra, this site-specific interactive performance reverses the power dynamic between adult and child, taking audiences into the belly of a new public service run entirely by children.
The Department of Responsible Adulting is an inventive, anarchic, immersive new work created by Canberra Youth Theatre that will promote intergenerational conversations and empower young people. Literally. They have lanyards.
Cast
Cast A
Aaliyah Bhadra
Adeline Bickley
Bryn Morris
Chloe Dowle
Delilah Collins
Emilia Czarnota
Erin Riley
Eva Silver
Anjalia Sharma
Hudson Matthew
Kleio Slater
Maple Yeo
Marianne Cox
Reuben Utley
Saskia Forsyth-Lacrampe
Ted Abraham
Vivan Mishra
Cast B
Alex Salter
Bryn Lloyd-Wheeler
Charlie Johnson
Chloe Duff
Clementine Walsh
Elianna Fischer
Erine Simenel
Eva Jovanovic
Hugo Baasch
Hugo Radnedge
Laura Salter
Lucy Lindner
Maddie Radnedge
Matila Speers
Nathanael Gomez-Pretty
Saorise Donnellan
Terese Maguire
Zachary Gomez-Pretty
Creative Team
Lead Artists Claire Granata, Luke Rogers, and Sophie Tallis
Costume Designer Helen Wojtas
Production Stage Manager Rhiley Winnett
FAQS
My child is in the show but I don’t know which times they’re performing.
Performers are split into Cast A and Cast B. See the ‘Cast’ tab above to check which Cast your child is in. Follow the booking link for information about which Cast is performing in which session.
Where should I park?
As this is a site-specific performance that does not take place in a traditional theatre, there is no designated parking for this event, and audiences should allow more time than usual to find a park and make their way to the venue.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. This project is a proud part of ACT Children’s Week.
