Based on the novel by Felicity Castagna
Adapted and directed by Priscilla Jackman
National Theatre of Parramatta, 2023
“Priscilla Jackman has stayed true to Felicity Castagna’s characters and the Parramatta that she writes about so clearly and lovingly. Rosa and Asheeka show how places like Parramatta are full of thousands of “complicated and contradictory stories” that are rich and exhilarating. Jackman’s and her creative cast and crew show how theatre can bring those complications and contradictions to the stage in a pulsating and contemporary Australian work.”
Carol Wimmer
Stage Whispers
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“For too long, stories of rebellious youth have tended to focus on boys in popular media. The troubled teenager, always misunderstood by parents and police, provides plenty of dramatic material for a good story. In Girls In Boys’ Cars, a female version of angst during those all too important adolescent years gets a thorough airing. From the novel by Felicity Castagna, Director Priscilla Jackman has adapted it for the stage. She has created an edgy tale of two girls trying to fit in to the teenage, male-dominated world of after-school Parramatta.”
Paul Kiely
Absolute Theatre and The Blurb
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“What do you get when you mix two best friends, shitty boyfriends, and an electric blue Ford Falcon? According to Girls in Boys’ Cars, a road trip of a lifetime. Adapted for the stage from Felicity Castagna’s novel of the same name, Priscilla Jackman’s Girls in Boys’ Cars follows the lives of best friends Rosa (Ziggy Resnick) and Asheeka (Nikita Waldron) as they wade through the trials and tribulations of teenage-hood, family, friendship, and love. There’s both space and kindness afforded in Jackman’s adaptation to convey, and listen to, the messiness and turmoil and contradiction that marks the trajectory of being a teenage girl.”
Honi Soitt
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