VIMH is thrilled to be bringing back their Green Room Award-winning show for a special return season at fortyfivedownstairs in September 2026.
Liv Satchell redefines romantic comedies in this love letter to best friendship, lonely kids and the work it takes to stay connected.
Multi-award winning performer Izabella Yena returns from the UK exclusively to reprise the role of Sam.
Performers Izabella Yena (kerosene, Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes) and Michelle McCowage (night sweat) play Sam and Holly, two 13-year-olds who share a dream – to join the most elite squad in competitive summer sport: ballkids at the Australian Open. It’s their first day of training and they don’t know yet that they’re not going to make the cut or that they’re about to meet their best friend for the first time ever. Three-time Green Room award-winning writer Liv Satchell (NAYIKA: A Dancing Girl, The Grief Trilogy) chucks this encounter in a blender, chronicling the next 20 years of their shared life together. The smash hit of Melbourne Fringe Festival and winner of the 2024 Rodney Seaborn Playwrights’ Award, Ballkids champions friendship as the most underappreciated form of human connection.
September 16 – 27
BOOKINGS: https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/ballkids/
Image: Darren Gill
