y separately published work icon The Climbing Tree single work   musical theatre  
Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 The Climbing Tree
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'“Across the great dividing ranges lies another great divide. Between us and them. Dreamed and the dreaming. Haves and have-nots. Gold and dust. Coppers and gangs. Always an us, and always a them. Big sparkling city chewing them up, spitting them out, pushing them over the mountains to us.”

'It’s Rayleen’s birthday, but she’s not getting excited.  She and three other teenagers are caught in an interrogation room. Their lives overlap but their challenges are very different. In this town, the past is with you everywhere you go, looking over your shoulder, whispering songs of survival. It’s hard to live for the moment when you can’t see a future.  Particularly when the past keeps closing doors.

'Developed over three years in partnership with the Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, this powerful new play looks at the experiences of generations of teenagers in this regional NSW town. Part drama, part music, part ghost story, it’s a personal tale that reflects experiences from towns across Australia. Rachael Coopes and Guy Webster, part of the creative force behind the multi-award winning Sugarland, bring to life another unique Australian story.'

Source: ATYP.

Production Details

  • Produced in partnership with the Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre.

    Presented at Bathurst Memorial Arts Centre from 31 October 2018 and Riverside Theatres Parramatta from 22 to 24 November 2018.

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Awards

2019 nominated AWGIE Awards Stage Award Community and Youth Theatre
Last amended 24 Jul 2019 15:39:50
Subjects:
  • Bathurst, Bathurst area, Bathurst - Orange area, Central West NSW, New South Wales,
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