THE QUEENS NANNY

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Musical Theatre AU

By Melanie Tait

Director: Priscilla Jackman
Set Designer: Michael Hankin
Costume Designer: Genevieve Graham
Composer and Sound Designer: James Brown
Voice and Dialect Coach: Jennifer White
Production and Rehearsal Photographer: Phil Erbacher
Cast: Matthew Backer, Elizabeth Blackmore, Emma Palmer
Stage Manager: Sean Proude
Assistant Stage Manager: Madelaine Osborn

World Premiere Season: Ensemble Theatre 10 Sept – 16 Oct 2024

2025 National Tour

About the project

Inspired by historical events, a royal scandal ignites a blistering fire between the steely Queen Mother and her children’s doting nanny in Melanie Tait’s sparkling new comedy drama.

Marion ‘Crawfie’ Crawford adored her job as governess to Princesses Lilibet and Margaret Rose… until she was ostracised without warning, despite dedicating the best part of her life to raising, educating and caring for the young royals. The reason? A tell-all memoir.

From the creative team behind the nation-wide sell out success, The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race, Melanie Tait’s blackly funny play imagines a series of pivotal moments between two strong-spirited women harbouring complicated resentment.

A thought-provoking take on motherhood, class, privilege and colonization – it asks many questions about who gets to tell whose story and how it is some lives are considered more important than others.