Glass Child

Glass Child

by The Farm
Fri
7
Fri 7 Mar 7:00 PM

BREC - The Cube Theatre
Wheelchair
Accessible Toilet
Companion Card
Allocated Seating
70 Mins
March
Fri 7 Mar

AGE SUITABILITY  Recommended for ages 12+
CONTENT WARNINGS  Production contains mature themes, references to suicide and the use of some words that may be considered offensive to people with lived experience of disability.

Glass Child is a poignantly revealing depiction of the sibling relationship between Kayah, a young man with Down syndrome and his sister Maitreyah. Expressed through dance, theatre and storytelling Glass Child highlights their connection and how their lives have been affected by other people's perceptions. 


The term 'Glass Child' refers to the sibling of someone with special needs who often becomes a facilitator in the family, someone who is "looked through". Kayah is Maitreyah's oldest brother & was born with Down syndrome. Throughout their lives Maitreyah has watched him be left out, ridiculed or ignored without understanding why.

Glass Child puts a microscope on their love and how their relationship has grown. It questions how the rest of us behave when we find the difference we inevitably look for. It asks us to examine why we search for difference when we share so much in common.
March
Fri 7 Mar

BREC - The Cube Theatre

2 Blair Street Bunbury, Western Australia, 6230