Kara

Female | 30s | under 3 minutes
Starts on page 32

EXTRACT: So now living largely in abstinence, til I'm in absentia, I am once again experiencing the intoxicating influence of skin-strokes, sun-circle-dances, bluecrystallites, bubble-breaths and water-wavelets./ In this bottled ocean I decant red wine stroking out the crawl and release champagne as I breath-stroke from beyond my breast./ I am a sea green turtle swathing through copper fringed sea grass towards the reef, at once imbibing my source's breath and distilling its essence.

Rach

Female | 30s | under 3 minutes
Starts on page 28

EXTRACT: She was in her backyard pool wearing yellow floaties, swimming on her tummy, her Dad nearby. As he got out the pool shock waves rocked tiny Kara and in her panic she gargled water. There was a polystyrene kickboard close by and she struggled over to grab it but the more she kicked and strived the further it washed away. In striving she pushed her very life support out of reach.

Rach

Female | 30s | under 3 minutes
Starts on page 15

EXTRACT: It was unacceptable, to me./ We agreed: no declaration, hand holding, lip locking. She knows not to. In/ public./ We moved in together within a year, shortlisting a dog to rescue, got her a ute:/ She knows my intent. In private./ But this? This was beyond the bargain. / There it was staring at me, raw, in the flesh, stripped bare, unadorned;/ Adoration./ She Adoring Me./ To look, wasn't right, me clothed, make-upped, accessorised.

PROGRAM: SONGS ABOUT GIRLS & THEIR FINGERTIPS

PDF download of the Program for 'Songs About Girls & Their Fingertips' by Michèle Saint-Yves, 2012.

SONGS ABOUT GIRLS & THEIR FINGER TIPS

THE BAREFOOT REVIEW, 2012

"'Songs About Girls & Their Finger Tips' is a clear window into the pleasures, pitfalls, and fragility of developing a relationship. It is gripping theatre and intensely personal... an important Australian one act play."

REVIEW: SONGS ABOUT GIRLS & THEIR FINGERTIPS

BARRY LENNY, GLAM ADELAIDE, 17 NOVEMBER 2012

"Written and Directed by Michele Saint-Yves, the play is a series of short scenes presented in Brechtian style, with music between each scene. Saint-Yves steers the action and emotional journey of the two women with a sure and steady hand."