Four university students are living their best lives, courses are going well and they have bright futures ahead. One of their house parties is in full swing until one of the male guests breaks the bathroom window. The girls need to get the money back from him before the landlord finds out. However, there’s more to the window than we initially realise.
FLOAT explores what it means to have friends and to be a friend when life throws situations at you that are beyond your control. Each of the four friends Caitlin, Grace, Erin and Mia deal with the aftermath of the abhorrent sexual assault differently. There’s no right or wrong way humans are more complex and fear can lead them to make rash decisions which they later regret.
The script is written with compassion and attention to detail. From the initial reactions from the three friends, the perpetrator bragging and the lies concocted to set up a victim-blaming story to the importance of the victim knowing they are believed. That moment where you can just sit in silence knowing that the other person in the room understands you.
Everyone needs a friend like Caitlin. Strong, compassionate, and driven by her principles. She never falters in her belief of her friend’s ordeal and is incensed by the situation created by him and his “red flag” group of friends.
The play explores the range of emotions that a victim can experience and that there’s no right or wrong way to feel or deal with it. There are good days and bad days and triggering situations can take you by surprise. A smell or ring tone can catapult you back there in an instant.
FLOAT is an important play that needs to be shown in universities and colleges to raise awareness about the aftereffects and help available for anyone who experiences sexual assault and that it’s ok not to be ok and that you take everything at your own pace.
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Four Stars.
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