Our Very Best

Location: Melbourne Emerging Writers Festival
Date: June 2019
Co-written by Karla Livingstone-Pardy and Madeleine Kerr

Details:
You’re six and you know you’ll remember this. You’re seventy-five and it’s finally happening. You’re twenty-one and the dogs are in the grand final and you’re crying.

There are some moments that change you, this is one of ours. Our Very Best is a new work by Madeleine Kerr and Karla Livingstone-Pardy. The play brings together a diverse group of characters, to explore class, gentrification, community, and most importantly footy. It’s about pride, community, home and footy magic. Inspired by interviews, conversations and observations, Our Very Best tells the story of the Western Bulldogs’ 2016 Grand Final win through the eyes of those who felt it most.

Our Very Best has had two public development readings. The first at Maribyrnong City Council’s Phoenix Youth Hub in 2018, and the second as part of the Emerging Writer’s Festival in 2019. It is currently in development with Lab Kelpie with dramaturgical support from Sharon Davis.

Awards: Winner of Maribyrnong City Council’s Inaugural Artist’s in Residency Program.

Media: EWF Gazette Feature on Our Very Best: Article