Malthouse Theatre: Break Of Day
14 August @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm AEST

Sometimes you get stuck with the cards you’ve been dealt, but Pam is determined to shuffle the deck for her daughter.
Out on the edge of a satellite city, is Burra Creek, home to the world’s largest online retail warehouse, and tonight Pam (Kat Stewart) is working the nightshift, while her daughter Rae, back home, is also pulling an all-nighter, for very different reasons.
City folks drive the highway to Burra Creek for the op-shops, Biryani and famous kebab, but for the kids, there’s not so much to do, except hang with someone who makes you laugh, dances with shopping trolleys, and who you wouldn’t mind kissing.
No one sees Pam, as she catches three buses to the warehouse while the rest of us sleep, but as her night unfolds, she sees a better life for her daughter, and she’ll stop at nothing to secure it.
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