'Mob can’t survive like that, you can’t survive like that. We gotta talk to each other, as hard as it is, ’cause I guarantee you, that phone will ring and you’ll have to say goodbye again.
'This beautiful little play is about life.
'It begins with a death: on a hot morning under a house in Darwin, Ruben wakes to find his cousin Joe hanging from the rafters. What follows is the story of a family, buffeted by constant tragedy, holding itself together – as their people have done generation after generation. This play asks us: how do we deal with death? And how many other people does it take for each of us to live? Little by little, Ruben’s family brings him back from the edge.' (Production summary)
Dedication:
for Teina, Temeka,
Rokiah, Taituha
Jarrod, James and Slade
Performed at Belvoir's Upstairs Theatre 24 May - 22 June 2014.
Director: Leah Purcell.
Cast: Cramer Cain, Lisa Flanagan, Rarriwuy Hick, Hunter Page-Lochard, and Bjorn Stewart.
Set & Costume Designer: Dale Ferguson.
Lighting Designer: Luiz Pampolha.
Composer & Sound Designer: Brendan O’Brien.
Stage Manager: Luke McGettigan.
Assistant Stage Manager: Keiren Smith.
Performed as part of Malthouse Theatre's 2018 season, 8-23 June 2018.
Director: Jada Alberts.
Cast: including Nelson Baker, Lisa Flanagan, Shari Sebbens, and Dion Williams.
Set & Costume Designer: Dale Ferguson.
Lighting Designer: Chris Petridis.
Sound Design & Music: Kelly Ryall.
Performed as part of the State Theatre Company of South Australia's 2018 season, 27 June - 14 July 2018 (Odeon Theatre), with the same cast and crew as above.
Presented by Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company at Subiaco Arts Centre, 5-20 July 2024.
'The ties that bind after a tragic loss are examined in exquisite detail in this WA production of Jada Alberts’ finely crafted play.'
'Acclaimed actor and playwright Jada Alberts has had enough of the scourge of suicide impacting Indigenous Australians, and she's using her words to address the issue.' (Introduction)
'When one of the cousins in her family committed suicide, as the oldest of her generation, Larrakia woman Jada Alberts felt a sense of responsibility.'
'The ties that bind after a tragic loss are examined in exquisite detail in this WA production of Jada Alberts’ finely crafted play.'
'When one of the cousins in her family committed suicide, as the oldest of her generation, Larrakia woman Jada Alberts felt a sense of responsibility.'
'Acclaimed actor and playwright Jada Alberts has had enough of the scourge of suicide impacting Indigenous Australians, and she's using her words to address the issue.' (Introduction)
