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“Now there’s a good riddle… What do you call an eye that tells a lie?”   

A captivating blend of wordplay, magic realism, projection and puppetry, Pear-Shaped is a deliciously dark new dramedy about growing up, growing down, and everything in between.

23-year-old Frankie is struggling with their graduating design project. Not only is their director a Virgo, they’ve also been allocated an eerily personal childhood story - ‘Alice in Wonderland’. Frankie hopes that a box of old costumes will inspire some ideas, but when their sister Kayla drops it off, they’re instead sent spiraling down a rabbit hole of memories they’d rather forget… 

An entirely new story from Miranda Middleton and Ziggy Resnick, Pear-Shaped interweaves scenes from Lewis Carroll’s classic tale to chart the relationship between two sisters, and the eating disorder that comes between them. Told with humour, heart, and nuance, this world premiere production explores one Jewish family’s experience of what happens when food – a symbol of culture, tradition, connection, and love – becomes the enemy.

“How does Alice leave Wonderland, when Wonderland wants Alice to stay?”