Bub is 11-years old and obsessed with documentary filmmaking. In the aftermath of her family breakdown, Bub turns to dramatised re-enactments to get to the truth.

A kid with a camera. Two adults. No rehearsal.

Each night of the season, a young performer works with two unrehearsed adult actors for the first time. As Bub guides them to re-enact her personal experiences, these brave (or foolhardy) performers discover the story on the night, negotiating difficult questions about parenting, agency, mental health and how we speak to children.

POV is the latest experiment in onstage filmmaking from re:group performance collective. After indie flick (COIL) and Sci-Fi (UFO), this is our version of documentary - playful, urgent and live.

I would travel down to hell and wrestle a film away from the devil, if it was necessary (Werner Herzog)

Direction/Video Design: Solomon Thomas
Text: Mark Rogers
Creative Team: Mark Rogers, Solomon Thomas, Malcolm Whittaker, Steve Wilson-Alexander, Carly Young
Composer: Ashley Bundang
Stage Manager/Operator: Cris Chavez
Production Assistant: Daniel Bailen
Performers: Edith Whitehead / Mabelle Rose
Guest Performers: Violette Ayad, Danny Ball, Nicholas Brown, Tom Conroy, Michael Cullen, Gareth Davies, Chloé Déchery, Alexander England, Eden Falk, Charlie Garber, Janie Gibson, Harriet Gillies, Benedict Hardie, Lucy Heffernan, Nikki Heywood, Michael Ho, Lucinda Howes, Shelly Lauman, Ewen Leslie, Rose Maher, Rebecca Massey, Harry McGee, Katia Molino, Zindzi Okenyo, Tony Osborne, Matt Prest, Ella Prince, Duncan Ragg, Rose Riley, Rachel Roberts, Julia Robertson, Grace Rouvray, Charlotte Salusinszky, Jack Scott, Yael Stone, Vaishnavi Suryaprakash, Joseph Tanti, Simon Vaughan, Tim Walker.

2024 Performed at Belvoir St Theatre as part of 25A

Content warning: Discussions of mental illness, Bipolar Affective Disorder, and themes of suicide. Hero image by Lucy Parakhina, Documentation by Taylah Chapman.