Chip on Her Shoulder at Explosives Factory Tickets
St Kilda, Victoria

Chip on Her Shoulder at Explosives Factory Tickets

Single, snacking, and struggling: a play about chips, comfort, and coping
Chip on Her Shoulder: What to expect - 1
Chip on Her Shoulder Tickets

About Chip on Her Shoulder

Kate wishes she was all that — and a bag of chips. Spoiler: she’s not. She’s a mess, and she knows it. But she’s trying, sort of. She might even be a little bit salty — at life, at love, at herself.

An Aussie living in New York, chasing a Broadway dream that’s about as likely as her plants surviving. Until the “big break” shows up, she’s working double shifts as a nurse, surviving dating disasters, navigating endless auditions that never go quite right, and hiding from the crushing loneliness at the bottom of a chip bag. Because if you’re going to fall apart, it might as well be with some crunch.

While everyone else is busy journalling their feelings, attending reformer Pilates, Kate’s just trying not to lose it completely — one salty snack at a time.

This brutally honest, cheeky, and often uncomfortable one-woman show drags you through the weird rituals of coping: crying in hospital toilets, spiraling mid-therapy, surviving a string of disastrous dates that feel like emotional minefields, wrestling with grief, and wondering if you should download that dating app one last time — just in case.

If you’ve ever eaten your trauma like it’s a bag of chips you can’t stop digging into, if you’ve cried into crinkle cuts and found carbs way more comforting than people — welcome home.

Come for the laughs. Stay because you’re not sure whether to cry or just open another bag.

Run time

1hr. No interval.

Categories

Start date

7th October, 2025

End date

11th October, 2025

Venue

Explosives Factory | Theatre Works

67 Inkerman Street, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 3182

Accessibility

Explosives Factory is accessed via a flight of stairs and is not wheelchair accessible.

Directions

GETTING TO THE VENUE

BY TRAM: Tram: 3/3a and 67

BY BUS: Buses: 600, 246, 922 and 923

More information about Chip on Her Shoulder

Performer, Producer, Creative Development: Vanessa Buckley

Playwright & Director: Jen McAuliffe

Stage Manager: Maylynn Bloom

Lighting Design: Viv Hargreaves

Coordinator: Emily Farrell

Voice Actors: Victoria Nieves and Curry Whitmire

Tickets

Unfortunately, tickets for this event are no longer available.

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