A picture of Tink & Abra Flaherty hugging on stage
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Theatre

Gen X Gen Z

Tink Flaherty & Abra Flaherty
Sun 10 May 2026, 16:00
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Tom of Finland. Breastfeeding. Men. Raving at the Hacienda decades apart. Just the usual parent and child catch up. A show about parenting where Tink (parent) and Abra (child) ask ‘without you, who am I?’

It’s about growing up when your politics at home is miles ahead of the outside world. Imagine being parented by a Mancunian renegade who stays out all night but gets cross when you do. 

How does it feel being brown with a white mum? How do you know you’ve done a good job as a parent when you left home at 15? Abra thought her mum was normal until she started school and saw that no one else’s mum looked like hers.

 

This show is a part of caravan assembly, a three-day event that presents contemporary performance made in England to an audience of international programmers and collaborators. The performances are open to the public as part of Brighton Festival and sit alongside a series of industry conversations and discussions for those participating in the assembly. caravan assembly is delivered by Farnham Maltings in partnership with Brighton Festival.

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Tickets on General Sale: 10am, Thu 26 Feb

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An Unlimited UK Open Award 2024 commission made possible thanks to funding from Arts Council England. Co-commissioned by Cambridge Junction with the support of the Stobbs New Idea Fund. Produced and developed by Artsadmin.

Original Team:

Created, written and performed by Tink Flaherty and Abra Flaherty
Creative collaborator: El Perry
Co-devisers: Sarah Frankcom, Rosana Cade, Daniel Hay-Gordon
Script consultants: Libro Levi Bridgeman, Catherine Hoffmann, Krishna Istha, Charlie Josephine
Sound design: El Perry and Jan Brzezinski
Production manager: Meg Hodgson
Design: Tim Spooner
Audio description consultant: Shivaangee Agrawal
Artist care: Jen Smethurst
Produced by Artsadmin

For Artsadmin

Producer: Pippa Frith
Assistant Producer: Benji Wright
Marketing & Communications: Rowan Mills 

*There is a £3.50 per order charge for all phone and online bookings (not applicable to Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival members)

**Stage timings are subject to change