My First and Last Solo Show by Natalie Rose

My First and Last Solo Show dives into a story of three generations - Natalie, Mabelle and Nat’s mum Cheryl - uncovering the joy, frustration, and unconditional love that develops between mothers and daughters. 

It’s a deeply funny and revealing personal journey examining family dysfunction and looking at how your own life experiences directly (or indirectly) affect how you parent. It finds vulnerability in the mundane, beauty in the boring, and many moments to laugh out loud while exploring memory, love and loss. 

My First and Last Solo Show was meant to be Natalie’s first time creating work alone, created as a gift for Nat’s daughter Mabelle. But as most parents of theatre kids would understand, it wasn’t long before Mabelle busted in – so now it’s their show. 

Created and performed by Natalie Rose - a Western Sydney artist, mother and one-third of performance collective POST - with contributions from peers who are also mothers, or parents: Clare Britton, Clare Grant, Emma Saunders, Jodee Mundy and James Brown. And most importantly, the work was co-devised with Nat’s daughter, Mabelle Rose.

Performance Season:

18 September - matinee, 1.00pm + Q&A

18 September - evening performance, 7.30pm

19 September - matinee, 1.00pm 

19 September - evening performance, 7.30pm

Duration: 70 minutes (no interval)

Tickets;

General Admission: $39.00 + booking fee

Concession: $25.00 + booking fee

Companion Card Holders: $0.00

Location:

Campbelltown Arts Centre, Performance Studio

Creative Team:

Natalie Rose – Writer, Creator, Performer

Mabelle Rose – Devisor, Performer

Clare Britton – Director

Clare Grant – Dramaturg

James Peter Brown – Sound Designer

Tyler Fitzpatrick – Lighting Designer, Production Manager

Troy Reid – Set & Costume Designer

Emma Saunders – Movement Director

Peer Collaborator (early-stage developments) – Jodee Mundy, Jenni Medway, Anne-Louise Sarks, Victoria Hunt and Victoria Spence

Campbelltown Arts Centre is assisted by the NSW Government through Create NSW and receives support from the Neilson Foundation and the Packer Family Foundation.

My First and Last Solo Show is co-commissioned by Campbelltown Arts Centre and produced by Performing Lines. It has been developed and presented with support from the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its primary arts investment and advisory body, and the NSW Government through Create NSW, as well as Shopfront Arts Co-op.

Located on Dharawal land, Campbelltown Arts Centre is proudly owned by the people of Campbelltown. A cultural facility of Campbelltown City Council.

This work was developed on Bidjigal and Kameygal land where Shopfront Arts is located.

Photo Credit: Joshua Morris

Warning: Discussions of domestic violence and Alzheimer’s disease, haze, strobe, loud sounds, coarse language