Antipodes Theatre Company and Theatre Works present the Premiere of

STORKED

by MYF HOCKING

15 - 24 May 2025

Theatre Works

When a They and a Them love each other very much…

To have a kid, to not. There is no compromise. You can’t ignore your uterus - it’s constantly reminding you of your capacity for birth. Yuck.

Even if you wanted a kid, capitalism is ******* you in the ***.

You just got Storked.

An electric exploration of the choice to choose, living in a body that constantly betrays you, and finding the people in your life who matter most, STORKED interrogates the expectation upon AFAB people to have children and the growing awareness that it might not be such a hot idea in our world today. Through a series of vignettes, a handful of actors explore society’s obsession with monogamy, pregnancy, parenting and chosen family in increasing levels of absurdity, hilarity and poignancy. We guarantee this wild and visceral show will be unlike anything you’ve seen before.

Featuring MILO HARTILL (CYRANO), MYF HOCKING (Trophy Boys), KIKKI TEMPLE (Burgerz), TEO VERGARA (Jagged Little Pill) and ELLIOT WOOD (Pass The Parcel!).

This project was previously developed as part of Antipodes Theatre Company's 2024 Winter Lab, the 2025 Summer Lab and will receive further development in 2025 leading up to production.

Runtime: 90 minutes, no interval

Recommended for audiences: 12+, parental discretion is advised.

Warnings: Coarse language, graphic descriptions of bodily fluids, discussions of miscarriages, abortion, homophobia, transphobia, racism, mental illness, pregnancy/childbirth, sexism, misogyny, suicide/self-harm ideation, eating disorders, sexual assault, medical settings and medical gaslighting.

BOOK TICKETS HERE

Writer & Cast: MYF HOCKING (they/them)

Cast: MILO HARTILL (they/she), KIKKI TEMPLE (she/her), TEO VERGARA (they/them) and ELLIOT WOOD (they/he)

Director: MAUDE DAVEY (she/her)

Dramaturg: BRIDGET BALODIS (they/them)

Intimacy Coordinator: BAYLEY TURNER (she/her)

Development Coordinator: FLICK (they/them)

Producer & Production Manager: BRANDON PAPE (he/him)

Producer & Marketing Manager: CAMERON STEENS (they/them)

Biographies are available below.

Photo & Videographer: ANGEL LEGGAS (he/him) 3 FATES MEDIA

Promotion Image: STEVEN MITCHELL WRIGHT (he/him)

Antipodes Branding: ROB CHIVERS

Meet the Cast

Milo Hartill

They/She
CAST
Milo graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre) in 2021. They are an actor, model, performer, host, content creator and BLM, queer and radical body acceptance advocate/activist! She is a proud African-Australian, fat, queer woman. Milo was a part of CYRANO (MTC), FANGIRLS (Sydney Opera House) and Flat Earthers (Hayes & Griffin Theatre). She has also just finished her third season of her award winning solo cabaret Black, Fat and F**gy doing the most recent season at the Guild Theatre at UMAC, for Midsumma Festival.
Myf Hocking

They/Them
CAST & WRITER
Myfanwy is an artist living and working in Narrm. As an actor, writer, poet, theatremaker, and teacher, they are most interested in queer, feminist works that interrogate and challenge society as it exists under patriarchy and capitalism. Myfanwy has worked as a performer with the MTC, Theatre Works, and NORPA Lismore. Their plays have been shown in Melbourne and Edinburgh. Myf is also a professional voice actor, having narrated numerous audiobooks. Seeking to queer traditional dramatic formats, Myf is fascinated by how we can alter the current theatrical climate in Narrm. Myf is a double graduate of the VCA, attaining their BFA in Acting (2019) and their Masters in Writing for Theatre (2021).
Kikki Temple

She/Her
CAST
Kikki is a Māori playwright, actress, and takatāpui artist based in Naarm (Melbourne). A native of Aotearoa, Kikki has become a prominent voice in the independent theatre scene. Her world premiere of STUCK received critical acclaim, leading to plans for a national tour. Known for her advocacy and powerful storytelling, Kikki is recognized as one of the most important emerging voices in both theatre and the Naarm queer community. Her work continues to challenge, inspire, and amplify the voices of the LGBTQ+ community.
Teo Vergara

They/Them
CAST
Teo is a Naarm based performer whose theatre credits include Songs For a New World (Soundworks), Jagged Little Pill (GWB). They have appeared in Turn Up The Volume (ABC) and Crazy Fun Park (ABC). They have also recently appeared in The Sloth Lane (Sola Media, Like a Photon) where they were able to celebrate their latin culture in an Australian context. Teo is very interested in curating and being a part of new works centring queer and sapphic narratives, and has been a part of numerous workshops to hone their dramaturgical skills. They thrive off questioning and exploring new stories, where they have had the opportunity with previous workshops and Winter Labs with Antipodes, among others.
Elliot Wood

They/He
CAST
Elliot is an Aotearoa born, Melbourne based performer, comedian and theatre maker. Elliot graduated from the VCA with a Bachelors of Fine Arts (Music Theatre) credits include: Ensemble in Swan Lake (The The Australian Ballet, dir. David Hallberg); Writer and Performer in Hello, Who Is It? (dir. Stephanie Teitelbaum, MICF); Assistant Director of Mongrel 2023 (dir. Maude Davey); Collaborator in the 2023 and 2024 Winter Labs (Antipodes Theatre); Director and Performer in Yeehahaha: the 70th Annual Law Revue (dir. Elliot Wood & Pascale Constance); co-creator on Pass The Parcel! (dir. Meg Taranto & Elliot Wood, MICF); and Shiv/Elon Musk in Lizard People (Melbourne Fringe).

Meet the STORKED Team

Myf Hocking

They/Them
WRITER & PERFORMER
Myfanwy is an artist living and working in Narrm. As an actor, writer, poet, theatremaker, and teacher, they are most interested in queer, feminist works that interrogate and challenge society as it exists under patriarchy and capitalism. Myfanwy has worked as a performer with the MTC, Theatre Works, and NORPA Lismore. Their plays have been shown in Melbourne and Edinburgh. Myf is also a professional voice actor, having narrated numerous audiobooks. Seeking to queer traditional dramatic formats, Myf is fascinated by how we can alter the current theatrical climate in Narrm. Myf is a double graduate of the VCA, attaining their BFA in Acting (2019) and their Masters in Writing for Theatre (2021).
Bridget Balodis

They/Them
DRAMATURG
Bridget trained as a director at the VCA and works primarily with new Australian writing. From 2020 to 2023 they were Director in Residence at the Malthouse in Melbourne. For Malthouse, Bridget has directed Nosferatu by Keziah Warner, K-Box by Ra Chapman and Stay Woke by Aran Thangaratnam. For the Malthouse Bridget was also Assistant Director on the large-scale immersive work, Because The Night. Other directing credits include Fast Food (Red Stitch),  HYDRA (Darebin Arts), She is Vigilante (Theatre Works), MORAL PANIC (Darebin Arts), Desert, 6.29pm (Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre/Wuhzen Theatre Festival), GROUND CONTROL (Next Wave/Brisbane Festival), Jurassica (Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre/Critical Stages), and Kids Killing Kids (Next Wave). 
Maude Davey

She/Her
DIRECTOR
An actor, writer and director, working in and out of Naarm (Melbourne). Most recently she directed Frankie van Kan in A Body at Work at La Mama, a show about stripping and sex work; appeared in Patricia Cornelius’s My Sister Jill for the Melbourne Theatre Company; presented her own work My First Bike with Jane Bayly at La Mama; appeared in Blessed Union by Maeve Marsden for Belvoir Street Theatre Company. She teaches regularly at VCA and is a PhD candidate at La Trobe University.
Bayley Turner

She/Her
INTIMACY COORDINATOR
Bayley is a consultant on consent-based practice, inclusion, and intimacy coordination. Bayley has worked on productions Truth (Malthouse Theatre), Hedwig & the Angry Inch (Andrew Henry), Sweat (STC), The Almighty Sometimes (Melbourne Theatre Company), The Lewis Trilogy (Griffin Theatre Company), Djuna, Things I Know to be True, The Inheritance, In the Club and The Hall (Bullet Heart Club). Screen credits as Intimacy Coordinator include Neighbours (Fremantle Media) and Ladies in Black (Bunya Productions). Bayley trained with Intimacy On Set and IDC Professionals.
Flick

They/Them
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
Flick is a writer, dramaturg and creative producer. Flick has worked on projects and programs with La Mama, Australian Plays Transform, Darebin Arts, ATYP, Arts Access Victoria, La Mama, Rawcus, YDAS, Antipodes Theatre, Opera Express and more. As a writer they’re best known for the staged lesbian sci-fi series SLUNTIK™, and their work has been published with Osborne and Fawkner Publishing, Humana Obscura, CREATurE Magazine, and YDAS. They are a panellist for the Green Room Awards Association and a proud member of the MEAA. Flick is based in Naarm, and can be found on Instagram @flickflickcity or online flickflickcity.net.
Brandon Pape

He/Him
PRODUCER & PRODUCTION MANAGER
Brandon is the Founding Artistic Director for Antipodes Theatre Company, where he directed Ghost Quartet (two 2020 Green Room Award Nominations, return seasons in 2021 (Meat Market Stables) and 2025 (Hayes Theatre) and co-directed with Trudy Dunn their immersive reimagining of Guys and Dolls (thirteen 2024 Green Room Award nominations). Other Antipodes credits include Sam I Am, And She Would Stand Like This, Passing Strange (five 2023 Green Room Award Nominations), Orlando, and the Winter Lab - an annual development program for new work and bold ideas.
Cameron Steens

They/Them
PRODUCER & MARKETING MANAGER
A queer, neurodivergent, Naarm-based, multidisciplinary theatre maker, WAAPA graduate and all-round creative. As Antipodes’ New Work Manager, they've produced numerous developments and networking programs (including Winter Labs 2020 - present, Summer Lab & Festival of the Unseen) in addition to the premiere of Orlando, Antipodes' first production originating from the Winter Lab. Other credits include: Ghost Quartet (Assoc. Producer & Marketing, Antipodes & Hayes), This is Living (Assoc Director, Gavin Roach), Protein (Assist. Director & Sound Design, Autonomous Inventions), MIMMA (dir. Adam Mitchell), JTC’s RENT (dir. Mark Taylor) & BSSTC’s Assassins (dir. Roger Hodgman). www.cameronsteens.com