Australian Premiere Season
OPERA
Theatre
Nilaja Sun (USA)
No Child…
“An unexpected,
superb achievement.
She has offered
hope and belief
in a better,
saner world.”
The New York Observer (USA)
Presented by Melbourne Festival and Theatre
Works in association with Brisbane Festival
Hilarious, thought-provoking and
galvanisng, Nilaja Sun’s one‑woman
tour de force depicts a US education
system cut adrift.
After eight years of teaching in some of New
York’s toughest schools, Nilaja Sun decided
to turn her experience to creating No Child…,
a mesmerising solo show that, with pep and
humour, depicts the battle-ground that US public
education has become.
The story of a newly employed drama teacher,
struggling to teach students who don’t expect
much more than to drop out, get pregnant or go
to jail, No Child… has blazed its way across stages
in the US and Europe, flooring audiences and
critics with its honesty and energy, and ig