Savage & Simon Says ask what we truly owe each other, and where that responsibility ends.

Savage by Madeline Whitby and Simon Says by Elizabeth Whitby were selected from over 250 submissions to the Bill Cashmore Award: One Act Play Prize, to be performed by the 2026 SPRINGBOARD trainees.

When outsiders threaten the peace of two young groups of friends, loyalties fracture and hidden motives surface.

In Simon Says, two housemates’ lives get tipped upside down after desperate intruders threaten the tenuous ‘peace’ they’ve built. Will these outsiders push their friendship over the limit?

In Savage, a hiking group takes refuge in a remote cabinet to escape the elements. When an injured stranger arrives, they must reach a consensus on who deserves salvation – and who doesn’t.

This double bill performance explores how fear and self-preservation can fester, and rot us from the inside out.