FLICK - Madelaine Nunn

La Mama Explorations 2024
Adelaide Fringe Festival 2025
Latitude Festival UK 2025
Australian Theatre Festival NYC 2025
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025

Director: Emily O’Brien-Brown
Cast: Madelaine Nunn
Sound Design: Christian Biko

FLICK is a darkly comic exploration of life, death, and the risky, messy choices we make along the way. Flick, a palliative care nurse, blurs the boundaries between care and desire when she becomes entangled with Mark, a patient with cancer who challenges her sense of responsibility and control.

Directing this one-woman show, I focused on shaping the rhythm, timing, and topography so the audience could gradually be brought into her world, allowing our not-so-reliable narrator to earn their trust. The performance required precision and generosity, creating a shared space where absurdity and discomfort coexist, where humour lands before the emotional weight is fully felt, and where the stakes Flick has yet to confront slowly come into view.

Awards & Reviews:

Winner: House of OZ Purse Prize

Nominated: Brighton Fringe Award for Excellence, Edinburgh 2025

Nominated: Best Solo Show, What the Fringe.

“One of the best single actor shows you’ll see.” - Theatre Travels

★★★★★ “This one-woman show is exactly what we want to see.” - What’s the Show

★★★★ "Flick is a rare Fringe mix of comedy and tragedy, balanced delicately between the two.” - The Scotsman

★★★★★ “Raw, captivating solo performance... blending humour and heartbreak with remarkable skill.” - Fifty+SA

★★★★★ Stage Whispers

★★★★ The List UK