party girl
Written and performed by Lucy Heffernan
In this rock 'n' roll monologue, the glittery chaos of a children's birthday party collides with a family in crisis. Set in suburban Sydney, Party Girl follows Sprinkles the fairy as she navigates impossible expectations, mental health, and the unicorn party from hell. Swapping a magic wand for an electric guitar, this fairy is more Courtney Love than Tinkerbell.
Funny, raw and moving, Party Girl is a story about love, faith and finding your voice.
Recommended 16+. Contains mature themes and coarse language.
CREATIVE TEAM
Writer, Co-producer and Performer: Lucy Heffernan
Co-director: Tim Maddock
Co-director and Co-producer: Lily Hayman
Co-producer, Lighting Designer, Production Manager: Tyler Fitzpatrick
About Lucy
Lucy Heffernan is a writer, performer and theatre maker. A skilled songwriter, she inserts original music into all her performances.
Lucy trained a the University of Wollongong and studied a Bachelor of Performance, a Bachelor of Creative Arts Honours (First Class), and is currently undertaking a PhD in Creative Practice at the University of New South Wales funded by a Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship. After seeing Fleabag in 2018 at Carriageworks, Lucy was bitten by the solo performance bug.
Party Girl is Lucy's first solo show which debuted in 2019 in Lucy's hometown of Wollongong. Party Girl has played multiple Adelaide Fringe's (where it won a Weekly Award for Best Theatre in 2023), Sydney, Newcastle and was programmed at Summerhall as part of the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe, where Lucy was performed one of her original songs live to air on the BBC News.
Lucy is currently working on her next solo show as part of her PhD candidature at UNSW, where she continues her exploration of how music and theatre intersect in form of 'gig theatre'.
