Gravity Guts

By Sophia Simmons
Directed by Erica Lovell

A story about growing up, the universe, and everything.

Gravity Guts tells the story of teenager Sophia as she attempts to follow her dream of being an astronaut. She loves sci-fi because her dad thinks it’s cool, she’s obsessed with space travel and her hero is Sigourney Weaver from Alien. She just needs to pass the medical, get through the entrance exam, and ace the physical fitness test.

She knows heaps about space and she can do a rubix cube in under 3 minutes so it should all be easy, right? If she can just block out the sound of her dad drinking in the next room, she might be able to pull it off.

Throughout this joyful and delicately woven one-woman show, Sophia explores the big ideas that have alluded human kind since the beginning of the universe; like what exactly is a quasar? What happens inside a black hole? And how do you find your voice in a vacuum?

A playful blend of autobiography, creative nonfiction and comedy, it’s the story of a girl who just wants to break free from her father’s orbit, but first needs to build up the guts.

WINNER - 2018 PIONEER PLAYWRIGHT AWARD
WINNER - NIDA BEST EMERGING ARTIST AWARD
NOMINATED - 3 SYDNEY FRINGE AWARDS INCLUDING BEST IN THEATRE
NOMINATED - 3 BROADWAYWORLD AWARDS INCLUDING BEST DIRECTOR

First produced as a staged reading at the Pioneer Play Festival, Pioneer Theatre 2018, directed by Goldele Rayment and featuring Emily McKnight. 

Rogue Projects produced Gravity Guts as Company of Rogues over two seasons in 2019:

SYDNEY FRINGE FESTIVAL
Emerging Artist Sharehouse - September 2019

FRINGE CREATIVE TEAM:
Playwright – Sophia Simmons
Director – Erica Lovell
Assistant Director – Emily McKnight
Producer – Robbi James
Associate Producer – Talia Meyerowitz-Katz
Performers – Emily McKnight, Annaliese Apps, Naomi Belet, Angie Brooke, Juliette Coates, Natalie Foti, Mikaela Franco, Lisa Hanssens, Monica Kumar, Jessica Loeb, Cassady Maddox, Monika Pieprzyk, Lisa Robinson

ROGUES DOUBLE BILL
FringeHQ Theatre Hub Sydney - October 2019

FRINGEHQ CREATIVE TEAM:
Playwright – Sophia Simmons
Director – Erica Lovell
Assistant Director – Emily McKnight
Producer – Robbi James
Associate Producer – Talia Meyerowitz-Katz
Stage Manager - Christopher Starnawski
Performers – Emily McKnight, Naomi Belet, Angie Brooke, Kathryn Edmonds, Jessica Loeb, Monika Pieprzyk, Monica Sayers