‘The theatrical equivalent of going to bed on Christmas Eve’
The Sunday Times, UK
‘Like a daydream born beneath a dining room table… The entire show hums with nimble, exploratory intelligence, captivating attentions and keeping pace with restless imaginations; a story of ingenious packers that always boxes clever’
The Irish Times
‘The Girl Who Forgot to Sing Badly not only works, it wows’
The New York Post
This is the story of Peggy, and the packing, and the blizzard, and the boat.
Peggy O’Hegarty and her parents are packers. They pack one kind of thing, into another kind of thing. But one day the phone it forgets to keep ringing – because all of the people in her city are gone. So Peggy goes out to explore…
awards
2012 IPAY Showcase official selection
2010 First children’s play selected for Dublin Theatre Festival’s Re:Viewed
Finalist, 2011 Australian Writers’ Guild (AWGIE) Awards: Best Children’s Play
Cast size
This is a story told – this may be by one, by some, or by many.
Previous seasons: 1 performer.
Audience size
For ages seven and up, all the way to adult.
LENGTH
50-70 minutes
Seasons
(Australia, England, Ireland, Scotland and the US)
2020-22
Worldwide tour by Theatre Lovett, Ireland
2019
Rivermount College, Brisbane, Australia
2017
University of Wisconsin Theatre for Youth Programme, Madison WI, USA
2016
Ireland100: The John F Kennedy Center for the Arts, Washington DC, USA
Annenberg Center for the Arts, Philadelphia PA, USA
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Arts, Los Angeles LA, USA
2015
Stratford Circus, London
Irish national tour
2014
Sydney Opera House
Arts Centre Melbourne
Joan Sutherland Centre for the Performing Arts, Sydney
2013
New Victory Theater, New York NY
Cleveland International Children’s Festival, Cleveland OH
Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival, PA
Annenberg Centre for Performing Arts, Philadelphia PA
2012
Southbank Centre, London
Midsummers Festival, Cork, Ireland
IPAY Showcase, Austin TX
2011
Imaginate Festival, Edinburgh
The Abbey Theatre, Dublin
2010
Dublin Theatre Festival (ReViewed showcase)
The Ark, Dublin
Theatre Lovett/The Ark production 2013, starring Louis Lovett
First Produced
- Commissioned/first produced by The Ark and Theatre Lovett, 2010
- All seasons 2012-15 produced by Theatre Lovett
- First directed by Lynne Parker and performed by Louis Lovett