idk: Angst & Hormones

Sometimes, talking about it is the best medicine.

A girl pins her eating disorder on her distant Swiss ancestors, a guy comes to terms with his goth phase being a total sham, a girl struggles to recreate the fantasy romances of her favourite WattPad fanfiction—whether your teenage years felt like a prison sentence or a profound period of growth, there is something here for everyone.

idk: Angst & Hormones is a brand-new NZ verbatim piece investigating some of the central challenges plaguing young people today: sex, sexuality, mental wellness, and body image. Presented as a series of monologues shared between the show's three actors, 'idk' delves into youth issues with all the awkward, bumbling, cringe-inducing content you would expect! Hours of interviews with young people of all walks of life come together in idk—an exploration of our silliest, rawest, most vulnerable experiences from teenage-hood. The show is punchy, hilarious, and honest; promising moments of laugh-out-loud hilarity amongst more intimate depictions of teenage and young adult struggles.

Presented with support from Creative New Zealand, Stuff & Things Theatre is excited to bring this original work to the stage for the very first time. Developed in response to a sheltered Catholic upbringing that left many gaps in knowledge (and, perhaps, too much to the imagination), writer Anna Secker hopes this piece speaks to the issues we all feel the need to repress as teenagers.

R16 - use of strong language and sexual references. Discussions of self-harm, suicide, and disordered eating.