28 pgs. 1 female, 1 male
Audience Recommendation: all ages
"Every year right at the end of summer just before the leaves turn brown and fall from the trees, Esme comes to stay with her Nanna and Granddad..." But this year something is different; Nanna Queenie is gone. Though Grandad and Esme do the fun activities they usually do, things aren't the same without Nanna Queenie. Grandad can't bring himself to say that Nanna has died, so he explains that Nanna has joined the circus. "She looked like an ordinary woman, but inside beat the heart of a tightrope walker."
"The story is a clever blend of the familiar reality of family love and the fantasy that many kids have had of running off to join the circus." –Now Magazine
"Walking the Tightrope is ambitious children’s theatre…The play walks its own tightrope between being lighthearted and energetic enough to keep the kids interested, and giving its subject matter the emotional weight it requires." –Eye Weekly
Classroom Reading Fee: $50 per classroom, per semester
Amateur/Educational Royalty Fee: $65 per performance
Professional Royalty Fee: please inquire for a quote
The royalty fee includes permission to make copies of the perusal script for your cast.
'Winner of the 2009 Dora Mavor Award for Theatre Direct's Outstanding Production and Outstanding Performance for Theatre for Young Audiences'
