Maggie’s workplace, an industrial laundry servicing the luxury hotels of a tourist paradise, is ironically anything but paradise; working conditions are rife with dangers, discrimination and illegal practices. Thai immigrant Maggie determines she will make a difference, she will not be silenced, and she will be heard. Based on the lived experience of co-playwright Saengthien, this humorous, tender and powerful play expresses struggles felt by migrants in the workplace, especially those vulnerable because English is not their first language.

Cast 

Tivy Siripanich
Bodelle de Ronde
Susan Prince
Andy Warren

Chorus 

Creative Team

Dennis McIntosh – Playwright
Saengthien Klamkaew – Playwright
Kathryn Ash – Dramaturg
Pranchalee Khajai – Director
Simone Tesorieri – Set Designer
Simona Cosentini – Costume Designer
Sam Gibb – Lighting Designer
Wil Hughes – Composer and Sound Design
Sam Gibb – Production Manager
Eve Lynch – Stage Manager
Marilyn Marsh Booth – Chorus assistant

Promotional photography: Hayden Shepherd / Edit: Mick Fuhrimann  / Show photography: Colin Pett

For more details on the creative team, click here. 

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