Just a Boy, Standing in Front of a Girl

Just a Boy, Standing in Front of a Girl is a darkly funny, tragicomic take on Medea and the legendary relationship between J and M, from teenage romance to domestic nightmare. A savage and subversive re-imagining of events surrounding a classic text, Just a Boy is a contemporary parable of the patriarchy that shows what happens when you’re smart, strong and female.

In approaching Medea, writer Jane Miller and director Beng Oh were fascinated by the treatment of the main character in previous adaptations by mostly male writers. Miller and Oh found the patriarchal framework in which the classical story is based particularly resonant today and were keen to explore how contemporary society remains complicit in and continues to be shaped by its paternal foundations. In reimagining Medea as a young girl’s journey Just a Boy is a picaresque comedy that illuminates the tragedy at its heart.