Which Way Home National Tour
DATES: May to August 2018 in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, ACT, NSW & Queensland
ASSORTED LOCATIONS
WEBSITE: http://ilbijerri.com.au/ and http://ilbijerri.com.au/event/which-way-home/
TOUR DETAILS:
Victoria
25 – 26 May 2018, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Footscray VIC
30 May 2018, Riverlinks Westside, Shepparton VIC
31 May 2018, Altona Theatre, Altona VIC
1 June 2018, The Bowery Theatre, St Albans VIC
5 June 2018, Latrobe Performing Arts Centre, Traralgon VIC
6 June 2018, Esso BHP Billiton Entertainment Centre, Sale VIC
7 June 2018, Forge Theatre & Arts Hub, Bairnsdale VIC
13 June 2018, Capital Theatre, Bendigo VIC
14 June 2018, Frankston Arts Centre, Frankston VIC
15 June 2018, Bunjil Place Theatre, Narre Warren VIC
16 June 2018, The Potato Shed, Drysdale VIC
19 – 20 June 2018, Gasworks Arts Park, Albert Park VIC
21 June 2018, Clocktower Centre, Moonee Ponds VIC
23 June 2018, The Lighthouse, Warrnambool VIC
7 July 2018, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura VIC
South Australia
29 June 2018, Centenary Hall, Goolwa SA
30 June 2018, Chaffey Theatre, Renmark SA
3 July 2018, Nautilus Theatre, Port Lincoln SA
5 July 2018, Marion Cultural Centre, Marion SA
6 July 2018, The Arts Centre, Port Noarlunga, Onkaparinga SA
Western Australia
11 July 2018, Cummins Theatre, Merredin WA
13 July 2018, Bunbury Entertainment Centre WA
14 July 2018, Albany Entertainment Centre WA
Australian Capital Territory
18 July 2018, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Canberra ACT
New South Wales
19 July 2018, Orange Civic Playhouse, Orange NSW
21 July 2018, Newcastle Civic Playhouse, Newcastle NSW
24 July – 4 August 2018, Seymour Centre, Sydney NSW
Queensland
8 – 11 August 2018, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane QLD
14 August 2018, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns QLD
16 August 2018, Moncrieff Entertainment Centre, Bundaberg QLD
18 August 2018, Maleny Community Centre, Maleny QLD
Writer Katie Beckett
Director Rachael Maza
Performers Katie Beckett & Kamahi Djordon King
Sound Designer Mark Coles Smith
Set & Costume Designer Emily Barrie
Lighting Designer Nik Pajanti
Dramaturge Jane Bodie
It’s a long way from the wide streets and big old houses of Tash’s childhood Two Black faces in a very white suburb. Dad still thinks he’s the king of cool, but he’s an old fella now. It’s time for Tash to take him home. Following a sell-out premiere Melbourne season in 2016, a four week sell out Sydney Festival run and a swag of Green Room Award nominations, ILBIJERRI Theatre Company’s heart warming dramedy Which Way Home embarks on a national tour from late May through to mid August.
Which Way Home is the story of an aboriginal girl, her much loved ageing dad and their road trip to his birthplace. It’s his return home to country, where the sky is higher and the world goes on forever. Tash and her dad journey from Yuggerah country Ipswich to Muriwarri Country Goodooga learning new things about each other along the way. They experience moments of hilarity and annoyance as the trivial become exaggerated within the four doors of a car.
Which Way Home draws on writer Katie Beckett’s personal memories of growing up with her single Aboriginal father. Her mother died when she just 5 years old, leaving her dad to raise 3 children. He also lost his sister, grandmother and mum all within the space of a month. “The reason I wrote Which Way Home was because I love my dad. That’s it. It’s truly that simple. I’m daddy’s baby pie. (He still calls me that by the way and I’m 32 years old).
It wasn’t an easy time but he did it. He is a loving, wonderful, strong man. I have had a lot of wonderfully strong and emotionally in tune, generous men around me growing up and I was wondering why don’t I see the aboriginal men that I grew up with represented on stage, on TV, on film?" said Katie Beckett, who was the recipient of The Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Playwright's Award (2015) for her work, Severed Cord. Directed by Rachael Maza, actor and writer Katie Beckett plays Tash and her Dad is played by new cast member Kamahi Djordon King whose stage credits include The Shadow King - Malthouse Theatre’s Aboriginal adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear, which featured at major Australian festivals and headlined at London’s Barbican Centre as part of Shakespeare’s 400th birthday celebrations.
Katie Beckett's television acting credits include Redfern Now and The Marshes whilst her stage credits include This Fella, My Memory (Moogahlin Performing Arts); Impossible Plays, Pull My Strings and I Will Play for You, WrongSkin (Next Wave Festival); Winyaboga and To Soothe a Dying Pillow (Andrea James) and her film credits include Oakie’s Adventure, One More Time and Blackground. She is also a founding member of the Cope St Collective.
About ILBIJERRI Theatre Company
ILBIJERRI is Australia’s leading and longest running Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Theatre Company, creating challenging and inspiring theatre creatively controlled by Indigenous artists. Our stories are provocative and affecting and give voice to our unique and diverse cultures. Each year the company travels to national, regional and remote locations across Australia and the world.
WHICH WAY HOME is toured by Regional Arts Victoria with support from Creative Victoria and Australia Council for the Arts.
RUNNING TIME: 60 mins
INTERVAL: No interval
WARNINGS: Occasional coarse language and sexual references
Thanks to our friends at Prue Bassett Publicity Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Magazine is covering June 21 performance at Moonee Ponds (media:Olga Kirk) Please stay tuned for further announcements .