Co-Presented with Red Tree Theatre Co
Winner of The 2021 Elderslee Foundation Commission

Dolphin Shoals Tourist Park is a small caravan park on the Central Coast, overlooking the ocean and hugged by dense forests. For two weeks at the end of each year, dozens of families from across NSW inhabit this little world together. For the parents, it means swimming, summer sun, and sipping wine. For the children and teenagers, it means living in a world where your days and nights play out like a film and you’re only expected to follow one rule: be home by midnight. Two weeks of telling stories, exploring new spaces, reinventing yourself, and forming intense connections with people you may never see again. Set on New Year’s Eve, “Back by Midnight” follows five interweaving stories of young Australians learning to say goodbye. As their parents settle in to celebrate their final night of vacation and the dawning of a new year, the teenagers and pre-teens of the caravan park take off into the night to make the most of their final few hours together.