Peggy Sue and Wiran's Dream - A Double Bill

Date

Thu 1 – Sat 3 May

Venue

The Lawler
Southbank Theatre
140 Southbank Boulevard, Southbank VIC 3006

Two new works in development, presented together in a single performance by Melbourne Theatre Company’s Deadly Creatives.
Theatre

Deadly Creatives. Image by Jacinta Keefe

Two new works in development, PRESENTED TOGETHER IN A SINGLE PERFORMANCE BY MELBOURNE THEATRE COMPANY'S DEADLY CREATIVES.

Peggy Sue
Peggy Sue (written by Amelia Jean O'Leary and Emma Salmon, in collaboration with Ella Clarke-King) follows the story line of Joan, a 23-year old Blak woman who moves to a share house in North Melbourne. This house acts as a portal for self-growth and discovery as well as a distilled representation of the settler colony. Though she is able to explore her sexuality and relationships, these freedoms are short-lived, and she must go through the fire to make her final decision.


Wiran’s Dream (written by Brodie Murray).

An Indigenous story of brotherhood and sacrifice. Two cousins. Jack and Nathan. The cousins soon find out they have been selected to go down to an All-Boys private school in the city. They meet Mordy; the School’s first ever Aboriginal School Captain. Nathan, now a footy scholar, feels like he has finally found his place. However, for Jack, family secrets, homesickness and the cost of living between 2 worlds. Will it all be too much? He must decide where his loyalty lies. Boarding school or the bush.

Performance Details

Venue

The Lawler

Southbank Theatre

140 Southbank Boulevard, Southbank VIC 3006


Dates & Times

Thu 1 May 7pm Fri 2 May 7pm Sat 3 May 2pm, 7pm Approx 1 hour and 20 minutes, with interval


Tickets

Blaktix $5 Full price $20 TICKETING AND ACCESSIBILITY ENQUIRIES Venue Phone: (03) 8688 0800 Venue Email: mtcticketing@mtc.com.au

Photography

Image by Jacinta Keefe

Image by Jacinta Keefe

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Deadly Creatives Trailer

Deadly Creatives Ensemble

Amelia Jean O'Leary (Gamilaroi)


Deadly Creatives Ensemble

Brodie Murray (Wamba Wamba)


Deadly Creative Ensemble

Ella Clarke-King (Kirrae Whurrong Eastern Marr Nation)


Deadly Creative Ensemble

Emma Salmon (Nyikina)


Deadly Creatives Ensemble

Jasper Quinn (Wiradjuri)


Deadly Creative Ensemble

Jyden Brailey (Tharawal/Yorta Yorta)


Deadly Creatives Ensemble

Matisse Knight (Wiradjuri)


Director (Peggy Sue)

Phoebe Grainer


Dramaturg (Wiran's Dream)

Isobel Morphy-Walsh (Nirim Baluk)


Lighting Designer

Tom Roach


Deadly Creatives Deadly Creatives is a free creative learning program for young First Nations people interested in the arts. The program's alumni, teaching artists and new participants all work together to explore ways of telling stories for the stage. Participants in the program also see shows and meet with industry professionals to spark their own creative ideas and connections to the wider industry. Peggy Sue and Wiran’s Dream are written and performed by the Deadly Creatives alumni. “We are the Deadly Creatives, a group of young theatre makers. We are the future of blak theatre. We collaborate, share, learn, and yarn with one another. We support each other and tell stories together.”

The audience will be seated throughout the performance.

  • Assistive Listening

  • Wheelchair Accessible

    Wheelchair Accessible

Program partners: Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development at Victorian College of the Arts and YIRRAMBOI.

Funding partner: The Robert Salzer Foundation.

PEGGY SUE: Coarse language, discussions and depictions of adult themes including sexual acts, drinking, smoking, colonial ignorance/violence, sexism/objectification of women.   WIRAN'S DREAM: Racism and references to colonial structures: First Nations audiences may find the subject matter triggering/traumatic.

Partners