Margret’s story is like many of our own.

It’s a tale of nervous, adolescent glances and hazy confessions outside dimly lit nightclubs.

Until it’s not.

Margret, You’re A Virgin! follows freshly eighteen-year-old Margret as she falls pregnant in her final year of high school, despite never having heterosexual sex.

On the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Margret has sex for the very first time with her long-term crush and schoolmate Elsie.

Margret falls ill, and after being coerced by her devoutly religious grandmother and cynical mother, she stares in disbelief at a positive pregnancy test.

The test’s results divide everyone in her life, proving that her relationships were not as stable as she hoped.

The show’s writing portrays the juxtaposition of early adulthood freedom and the comfort of adolescent friendship with consideration and wit.

My highlight of the show was the dynamic between Margret, her mother Joanne, and her grandmother Deborah.

Their dialogue perfectly sums up that Girl, so confusing moment so many young people share with their maternal figures.

The cast’s talent is showcased in charged scenes with the three women crammed in an emotionally and spatially uncomfortable dressing room.

“Women don’t want to be their mothers, they want to expel every part of themselves that are their mothers,” confessed Joanne, played by Georjette Mercer.
An organ plays throughout the show’s intermission, displaying a carefully curated atmosphere to improve the show’s thematic topics.

The show closes on a final complicated train of thought as Margret comes to terms with her experience and how it impacted her faith.

The set consists of a fold out sofa which doubles as a bed, table, and street curb through swapping coloured sheets and tablecloths.

The sheets rely on the bones of the fold out sofa for the shape, allowing for a minimalistic stage focussed solely on the cast’s performances.

Abbey Amber’s performance of Elsie is a cast highlight. Her vocal delivery in tense and vulnerable scenes elevate the show.

Margret, played by Lucy Hay, brings a bumbling yet sincere outlook to the titular role. This reflects the restless nature of relationships and friendships at this time in your life.

At eighteen years of age, first times are not easy. Margret’s experiences allow the crowd to consider the heteronormative discourse and stereotypes enforced onto our upbringing.