Tipping

Liv Winsome, working mother of three sons, wife to decent if distracted Duncan, is overwhelmed. And losing her hair. Her doctor has told her she needs to slow down, do less. Focus on what’s important.After Jai, one of her 14-year-old twins, is involved in a sexting scandal, Liv realises things need to change, and fast. Inspired by the pop-psychology books she devours, she writes a nine-page list of everything she does to keep the family afloat, and she delegates. She lets her boys’ conservative school know it has some work to do, too – partly, Liv suspects, because its leadership has a ‘woman problem’ (or, rather, a too-many-men problem).Jai’s girlfriend, Grace, is at the heart of the sexting scandal and her mum, Jess Charters, up in arms as well, goes to the media. The women’s combined efforts force Carmichael Grammar to take action. To everyone’s surprise, and Liv’s delight, things actually start to improve.Light-hearted and optimistic, Tipping is a tale for our times. It’s a story of domestic activism. Mum and dad activism. Because real change is possible. Sometimes all it takes is a tweak. And the will. And a bit of fun.

Initially trained as a lawyer, Anna George has worked in the legal world as well as the film and television industries. She studied Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT, and has written feature film scripts. She is currently working on her second novel, which is set on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. She lives in Melbourne with her husband and two children. Catherine Van Davies graduated from QUT with a BFA (Acting) in 2006 and trained at HB Studio, New York in 2010. She is a versatile actor and voice artist, her screen credits include Amazing Grace (Nine), Hungry Ghosts (SBS), The Letdown (ABC), Fighting Season (Goalpost) and Pet Killer (Black Pills). Catherine’s theatre credits include Playing Beatie Bow (STC), No Pay? No Way!, White Pearl (STC with National Theatre of Parramatta), Going Down (STC with Malthouse), Titus Andronicus, The Misanthrope, Merchant of Venice (Bell Shakespeare), An Enemy Of The People, Back at the Dojo, The Kiss (Belvoir), Turquoise Elephant (Griffin), Angels in America (Apocalypse Theatre Company), The Happy Prince, Dracula and Dangerous Liaisons (Little Ones Theatre). Catherine was the recipient of the 2020 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actor in an Independent Production (Angels in America) and the 2020 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Ensemble (White Pearl). Catherine has worked regularly with Playwriting Australia’s Lotus (with Contemporary Asian Australian Performance) & Outreach programs fostering new Australian voices and is the Co-Artistic Director of Red Line Productions based in the Old Fitzroy Theatre. Anita Hegh is a multi-award-winning performer whose credits include national and international theatre, film and television roles. A graduate of NIDA, Anita has worked extensively within the theatre industry, including The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Sydney Theatre Company), which saw her receive the 2018 Helpmann award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role. Anita’s screen work includes film roles in The Last Ride (2009) opposite Hugo Weaving, Stuffed (2014), and Paradise Road (1997) directed by Bruce Beresford. Her recent television credits include Black Comedy, Home and Away, and Janet King. Anita has also built up a wealth of experience in the Australian voiceover industry, with a polished, relatable voice full of emotion. Aaron Tsindos is a WAAPA graduate, an accomplished actor, writer, singer, comic and voiceover artist specialising in truthful performances for commercial, narration, character in comedic and dramatic work across multiple projects throughout Australia. His TV and Film credits include Total Control and Growing Up Gracefully (ABC), Mary: The Making of a Princess (Fremantle Media), Spin Out (Feature – Sony Pictures), No Appointment Necessary (Feature) and Crossing Paths (Feature). Aaron’s theatre credits include No Pay? No Way!, Muriels Wedding, Rosancrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The White Guard and Cyrano De Bergerac for Sydney Theatre Company; Shakespeare in Love for Melbourne Theatre Company; Spamalot, Meet Me in St Louis, Big Fish and The Goodbye Girl at the Hayes; The Overcoat at Belvoir; Man with Five Children for Darlinghurst Theatre Company; Shakespearealism, The Importance of Being Earnest and Love’s Labours Lost (Sport for Jove); The History Boys (Sydney Opera House), Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins (forty five downstairs) and many more.

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