You’re Not Special
Image by Parker Floris
WINNER 2021 BROADWAY WORLD AWARD
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMER IN A PLAY (PROFESSIONAL)
ARIADNE SGOUROS
"wonderfully engaging... authentic and powerful"
SUZY GOES SEE
4 STARS
“powerful, poignant, slightly shocking and deeply relevant.”
AU REVIEW
"You're Not Special by Sam O'Sullivan packs a punch... funny, relatable and disturbing."
WEEKEND NOTES
"Elegantly and energetically directed by Samantha Young, You’re Not Special is a meditation on love and human connection – tender, poignant, painful, funny and sad – from one of the most original voices in Australian theatre"
SYDNEY ARTS GUIDE
The World Premiere production of Sam O’Sullivan’s darkly comic exploration of love, tech, and truth.
Do I look like the kind of person who would do that?
No. You don’t.
But neither did Ted Bundy.
Dan meets an attractive stranger, setting off a series of events that threaten to derail his life. Meanwhile his girlfriend, Ellie, is under increasing pressure at work and is hounded by a powerful force. April is a student teacher and has a key to your apartment...
Three lives unfold and everyday occurrences take on a pattern, forming connections that no one saw coming.
Maybe the stranger in the park isn’t a stranger.
Maybe our work is designed to destroy us.
Maybe everything we do has been carefully planned and choice is an illusion.
You’re Not Special is a dark comedy about life and love in the modern age. It’s about how our interactions with the world are changing before our eyes and robbing us of basic human experiences. It’s about where we are heading as a species and what we have done to ourselves.
But most of all, it’s about you.
From the writer of The Block Universe and The Wind in the Underground, You’re Not Special is Sam O’Sullivan’s wicked new play about relationships, technology and the dangerous line between truth and fiction in the digital age.
CREATIVE TEAM
Written by: Sam O’Sullivan
Director: Samantha Young
Producers: Robbi James & Erica Lovell
Associate Producer: Talia Meyerowitz-Katz
Dramaturg: Dominic Mercer
Cast: Arkia Ashraf, Kate Skinner, Ariadne Sgouros
Stage Manager: Christopher Starnawski
Assistant Stage Manager: Talia Meyerowitz-Katz
Lighting Design: Martin Kinnane
Costume & Set Design: Anna Gardiner
Sound Design: Kaitlyn Crocker
Poster Photography: Parker Floris
Production Images: Kate Williams
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The digital capture and distribution of You’re Not Special was supported with financial assistance from Australian Theatre Live, Critical Stages Touring, the NSW Government through Create NSW, and the Australian Government through the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) fund. We gratefully acknowledge their support.