Presented by Corrugated Iron

By Morgan Rose | Directed by Pip O'Shea

‘Who gets to decide who I am?’

During NT Youth Week, Corrugated Iron hands the stage over to emerging artist to perform and to lead.

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Little Girls Alone In the Woods, directed by emerging theatre-maker Pip O’Shea as part of Corrugated irons NXT Gen Artist in residence, is a sharp contemporary work that asks a question young people quietly wrestle with – Who gets to decide who I am?  

  

In an ordinary suburb, something isn’t quite right. Girls have been disappearing. Fear spreads. Rules tighten. Surveillance creeps in. Adults promise safety, but the cost is freedom.  

Morgan Rose’s little girls alone in the woods is razor-sharp adaptation of The Bacchae, reimagining the myth of Dionysus through a contemporary feminist lens. Blending ancient legend with urgent modern themes, the work interrogates power, freedom, and the cost of transformation.    

Performed by Company C, Corrugated Iron’s leading acting ensemble; this production places young performers at the centre of a complex and demanding text. Under the guidance of Darwin theatre-maker and director Pip O'Shea, Company C will explore themes of identity, autonomy, rebellion, and the pull of the unknown.    

  

Together, they invite audiences to step beyond the boundaries and into the woods.