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BY DALLAS WINMAR DRAMATUGY LOUISE GOUGH DIRECTOR WESLEY ENOCH SET DESIGNER JACOB NASH COSTUME DESIGNER BRUCE MCKINVEN LIGHTING DESIGNER NIKLAS PAJANTI COMPOSER & SOUND DESIGNER STEVE FRANCIS ASSISTANT SOUND DESIGNER MICHAEL TOISUTA LANGUAGE & CULTURAL CONSULTANT ROMA WINMAR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR KYLE MORRISON CAST JADA ALBERTS JIMI BANI SIBYLLA BUDD ANNIE BYRON RUSSEL DYKSTRA ROXANNE MCDONALD DAVID PAGE MELODIE REYNOLDS MIRANDA TAPSELL “TO HAVE MIXED BLOOD WE FITTED NEITHER HERE NOR THERE. LIFE WAS DECIDED FOR YOU.” Western Australia in the 1920s: eight-year-old Yibiyung is taken from her home and sent to a mission where her “education” soon extends far beyond the English lessons she is subjected to. The secrets passed on from her mother and uncle prove as vital to life as anything she learns in the classroom, but when she is bought as a domestic servant by a wealthy white family she must garner all of her life’s resources to survive. Still a child now facing adult struggles beyond her years, Yibiyung’s tale turns on language - the language which connects her with her family, the cold words of bureaucratic crimes, and the songs and poems that carry her beyond her afflictions. At the same time she finds hope in small gestures of compassion and friendship, given and received. Dallas Winmar’s arresting tale for a large cast of Indigenous and non-Indigenous performers speaks for a generation stolen and silenced. It is a story inspired by her grandmother - torn from her family along with countless girls like her. Yibiyung’s story is simultaneously a gripping reminder of a still-living history of horror and a joyous celebration of the spirit of life overcoming adversity. A wholly original piece of storytelling, it marks the emergence of a striking new voice and a vision for a future of theatre as a shared space for memory, dream and wonder. Wesley Enoch is deft and compassionate staging reaches deep into Yibiyung’s story to present a vivid and moving theatrical event. Malthouse Theatre is proud to present the premiere season of Yibiyung, produced in association with Company B. “THE WORK OF LEADING AUSTRALIAN THEATRE DIRECTOR WESLEY ENOCH IS FOCUSED ON THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL CULTURE OF WHICH HE IS A PART. HIS PRODUCTIONS RANGE FROM THE SUNSHINE CLUB AND THE SAPPHIRES, ROUSING ENTERTAINMENTS WITH A SOCIALLY CRITICAL EDGE, TO THE SAD AND ANGRY INTENSITIES OF BLACK MEDEA AND THE 7 STAGES OF GRIEVING, WHICH, ALONG WITH HIS PRODUCTION OF JANE HARRISON’S STOLEN, HAVE PLAYED TO ACCLAIM AROUND THE WORLD” REAL TIME   SPECIAL THANKS TO THE POOLA FOUNDATION – TOM KANTOR FUND FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THIS PRODUCTION PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH MALTHOUSE THEATRE IMAGE: MOORE RIVER NATIVE SETTLEMENT, COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, BERNDT MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY. Other Season Two ‘08 shows Find out more Meet the artists: Time to Talk Ticket and session information SESSION TIMES TICKET PRICES Malthouse Education Teachers can make discounted bookings for their students to all Malthouse theatre season shows. See the School Bookings page. For more information contact Meg Upton, Education Program Manager, or Mark Doggett, Education Program Assistant on 03 9685 5165 or education@malthousetheatre.com.au Getting to the Malthouse FIND US Other information Yibiyung will be performed in the Beckett Theatre. Beckett Theatre performances are reserved seating. |
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