Cassie

Female | Unspecified | under 3 minutes
Starts on page 3

EXTRACT: Basically, in a nutshell, my Dad’s dying. Of cancer. I know I sound really matter of fact, but the thing is he’s been ‘dying’ for three and a half years, since he was first diagnosed, and you get used to saying it without feeling anything. You have to, otherwise you’d always be bursting into tears or losing it in the middle of school, or on the bus or something. And anyway I never really believed it. Even though his isn’t one of those types you can cure early or anything – I’ve just never believed he was going to die.

Cassie

Female | Teen | Unspecified
Starts on page 13

EXTRACT: When I woke up I was wearing someone else’s t-shirt – I’ve got no idea where my top went – and there was a plate with half a toasted sandwich on it next to my bed. Obviously I was sober enough to cook when I got home, but too drunk to remember doing it. I mean what else did I do that I don’t remember? I’m too scared to ask anyone, in case it’s bad. I nearly didn’t come to school today. I’ve just got this shitty, knotty feeling in my stomach, like I’ve done something really bad, you know?

REVIEW

INDAILY, SEBASTIAN COOPER, 2017

"Hardy’s script is wonderfully written: the dialogue of the characters is convincing, and they each have flaws and make bad decisions that add to the realism." Sebastian Cooper

TRAILER

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///Gone Viral/// Trailer by Emily McAllen and edited by Glen Scrymgour.

INTERVIEW

INDAILY, SUZIE KEEN, 2017

"When Adelaide playwright Sally Hardy began writing the play that became Gone Viral, she intended for it to be a comedy exploring teenage friendships. But then her dad was diagnosed with cancer."

ARTICLE

THE ADVERTISER, BRAD CROUCH, 2017

"The play commissioned by OLSH College won the Trinity College of London’s International Playwriting Competition for teenage audiences."

ARTICLE

THE ADVERTISER, TIM LLOYD, 2014

"Sally Hardy's Gone Viral, which was originally written for students at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College, has taken out the 2014 Trinity College of London International Playwriting Competition." TIM LLOYD Arts Writer, The Advertiser