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Special Performances
- Preview: 23 October, 7:30pm,
24 October, 7:30pm - Opening Night: 25 October, 7:30pm
- Artist Talks: 31 October, 7:30pm
- Auslan Interpreted: 31 October, 7:30pm
- Pay What You Can: 6 November, 11:00am
Runtime
90 minutes (no interval)
Warnings
Recommended for audiences aged 15+. Contains loud noise, blinding lights, simulated sex scenes, weapons, and descriptions / representations of colonial violence.
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La Boite Theatre Presents A Griffin Theatre Company Production
A show of young love and survival
Once in a blue moon, in the middle of nowhere, two teenage boys meet under a lemon tree. When they look at each other, it’s tense, exciting, and strange.
Ty and Neddy fall madly in love, as teenagers are wont to do. After a rough start, a fragile friendship fruits into a heady romance.
If history would just unfurl a little differently, the boys might have a beautiful future ahead of them. But without knowing it, Ty and Neddy are poised on the brink of a world that is about to change forever.
It’s the early 19th century. Ty is River Mob. Neddy is Mountain Mob. And the earth they stand together on is about to be declared ‘Australia’.
Featuring Pertame and Tiwi actor Joseph Althouse (The Visitors) and Danny Howard (Jacky), who has Barrd, Yamatji, Noongar, Bunuba and Ngadju ties, Whitefella Yella Tree is the La Boite debut of award-winning Palawa playwright Dylan Van Den Berg, winner of the Griffin Award, the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award, the David Williamson Prize and two NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.
Co-directed with subtlety and sophistication by Griffin Theatre Company’s Artistic Director Declan Greene and Wiradjuri and Worimi theatremaker Amy Sole, Whitefella Yella Tree is a heart-warming and heartbreaking story about love, Country, and Blak queerness.
Whitefella Yella Tree was developed as part of Griffin Studio, an initiative of Griffin Theatre Company, with support from the Malcolm Robertson Foundation and Griffin Studio donors, and through Melbourne Theatre Company's Cybec Electric Play Reading Series. The premiere production was supported by Griffin's Production Partner program.
Cast
Joseph Althouse
Danny Howard
Creatives
Playwright Dylan Van Den Berg, Co-directed by Declan Greene and Amy Sole, Design Mason Browne, Lighting Design Kelsey Lee and Katie Sfetkidis, Composer and Sound Design Steve Toulmin and Dramaturg Andrea James
#Reviews
A Great Australian Love Story
The Sydney Morning Herald
AS THEIR LAND IS TORN APART AND THEIR HEARTS ARE BROKEN, SO WILL YOURS
Limelight
Smart and Disarmingly Tender
The Guardian
Subtle, clever and straight to the heart
Arts Hub
Bear witness to this gorgeous storytelling
The Scoop
A timeless story of growth, identity, and connection to land and each other
State of the Art Media
An incredibly strong work with beautiful writing and acting
MusicalTheatre.au
A fascinating and enduring piece of theatre
Stage Whispers
A Griffin Theatre Company Production
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