Kate Champion: What drew you to the play in the first instance?⁠ ⁠ Nikki Shiels: Two things. Firstly, the theatrical challenge of a single woman holding the audience’s attention as she tracks the events leading up to the most significant event in her life. Secondly, the content and how the play offers an insight into the personal experience of a tragic event that we often receive via the news, detached from the private sphere of those involved. I love how the play uses storytelling and imagination to burrow into this subject matter and interrogate how it plays out beyond the media.⁠ ⁠ 👩 Director Kate Champion and actor Nikki Shiels discuss what drew them to Girls & Boys and why its subject matter is incredibly relevant for our stages.⁠ ⁠ Read more from their conversation at the link in our bio. ⁠ ⁠ 📷 @charliekinrossphotography⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #mtcGirlsandBoys #GirlsandBoys #DennisKelly #MelbTheatre2022 #Melbourne #Theatre #Stage #Live #Performance #Southbank #MelbourneArtsPrecint #MelbourneEvents #whatsonmelbourne ⁠