When it’s that time of the month and Mum is possessed by monstrous hormones, Dad must deploy every strategic manoeuvre to save his family from destruction.

WRITER/DIRECTOR: Meg Bignell
PRODUCER: Dominique Hurley
DURATION: 6 mins 57 secs
YEAR: 2013

Hormones - The Musical, Raw Nerve 2013 - Wide Angle Tasmania from Wide Angle Tasmania on Vimeo.

Dad arrives home to find his wife in a state of hormonal flux, the house a mess and the day in tatters. Once it dawns on him what time of the month it is, he sets to putting his monthly emergency plan in motion - identifying ways to humour the scary monster that Mum has become. Meantime, Mum moves from despair and hopelessness to complete rage. It is only when Dad and the kids manage to swing her mood toward guilt and remorse that they can reach the real Mum, coerce her back to her normal loving self and return to the usual, more manageable levels of chaos.

SCREENINGS

Launched C3 Convention Centre (Jan 2013)
ABC2 iView (July 2014)
BOFA Fringe (Nov 2014)
Tropfest Tassie Showcase (Dec 2014)
TASshorts on Screen (Apr/May 2015) - State Cinema Hobart, Wynyard Wharf Hotel Theatre and Deloraine Little Theatre
 

KEY CAST

Meg Bignell as Mum
Adrian Smith as Dad
Tom Hawkey as Jack
Lauren Williams as Pru
Bryce Williams as Tom
Samual Hawkey as Henry
Maddy Jeffery-Moore as Lilly

KEY CREW

Executive Producer - Abi Binning
Cinematographer - Tom Waugh
Production Manager/2ndAD - Emma Wilson
1St AD -  Matthew Rooke
1st AC - Zachary Hardacre
2 AC - Juan Melard
Sound - Greg Gurr
Script Supervisor - Janathon Cantwell
Phil Long - Gaffer
Key Grip - Brendan Shanley
Best Boy - Chris Fox
Art Dept - Gus Smith
Costume Designer - Joanne Collins
Hair/Make up - Liz Goulding
Stills photographer - Rogan Brown
Musical Arrangement and Orchestration - Monique Brumby
Composer - Meg Bignell
Choreography - Cassie Xintavelonis
Editor - Craige Langworthy
Sound Editor/Colour Grade - Mike Gissing Digital City Studios
Artwork - Scotty Lacey
Script Editor - Tim Ferguson