Below The Worms
S.L.U.G (Society for Little Ugly Girls) Theatre Company
Below The Worms is an absurdist magic realism tale that follows the story of two families that live in homes that sit in the same house, split in half.
The world is full of unexplained magic that slips into the ordinary such as the garden of singing worms and the witch that lives next door with her blood thirsty hound. Despite its terrors and delights the homes live in harmony until a kept secret between the families is revealed and the world is no longer what the children once thought.
Below The Worms is filled with physical theatre, puppetry and live music.
Created by S.L.U.G (Society for Little Ugly Girls) Theatre Company Below The Worms had it's debut season in NZ Fringe Festival 2025 for which it won the Parkin Development Award and S.L.U.G won Most Promising Emerging Company.
Presented as part of the Parkin Development Award, Below The Worms is back and more exciting than ever with new direction from Alison Bruce and more delightful writing from Te Ata Tu Patelesio and Sugar Rea-Bruce.
“As unsettling as it is enchanting; as funny as it is feral”
creative team
Alison Bruce - Director
Sugar Rea-Bruce & Te Ata Tu Patelesio - Creators, Producers, Performers
Nadia Officer, Eve Naicker, Cypha Clark & Kimora Honeycombe - Performers
Sarah Lawrence - Musical Director
Grace O'Brien - Designer
