Offie nominated play staged at London's Hampstead Theatre in 2024.
The play is set in a school and follows Aicha, a passionate (and the only) member of the school's Space Club when she is joined one day by Bo, a mysterious new girl. The girls quickly bond through their project of building a model satellite. The play charts their growing friendship, but Bo's alcoholic father Grud is determined to eclipse their efforts and pull them off course, despite Bo's best efforts to keep her difficult home life a secret from her new friend. Despite the play's gritty plot, it is described as a 'coming of age comedy', with the interactions of the two girls creating many laughs.
Karl Theobald played the title role of troubled, alcoholic father Grud, a nickname given him by his daughter. The role earned him an Offie nomination for Best Supporting Performance.
The play is written by Sarah Power, an alumnus of Hampstead Theatre’s INSPIRE 2022 programme for emerging playwrights.