American Song is another quality offering added to the list of quality independent productions from Flying Penguin 4

Presented by: Flying Penguin Productions in Associationwith the Goodwood Theatre and Studios

Reviewed: 25 October 2025

Parenting is hard. Seemingly, even more of a nightmare in America. As director David Mealor notes, “What are the forces that shape and form our children?… What sort of world is my child growing up in…” For Australian audiences, our perspective of America and its challenges both currently and in the recent past can sometimes feel like a piece of fiction in itself. Joanna Murray-Smith’s one-man play explores this and more in American Song along similar themes to Lionel Shriver’s novel We Need to Talk About Kevin.

The audience surrounds a setti

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