Whitefella Yella Tree
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A Griffin Theatre Company production
Whitefella Yella Tree
By Dylan Van Den Berg
Directed by Declan Greene & Amy Sole
Union Theatre , Arts and Cultural Building
When
Thursday & Friday 7pm
Saturday 2pm & 7pm
Where
Union Theatre
Arts and Cultural Building
The University of Melbourne
159 Monash Road, Parkville VIC 3052
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After a runaway debut at Sydney's Griffin Theatre in 2022, Whitefella Yella Tree makes its Victorian premiere next year in a strictly limited season.
Once in a blue moon, in the middle of nowhere, two teenage boys meet under a lemon tree. After a rough start, a fragile friendship fruits into a heady romance.
If history would just unfurl a little differently, the boys might have a beautiful future ahead of them. But without knowing it, Ty and Neddy are poised on the brink of a world that is about to change forever.
In Whitefella Yella Tree multi-award-winning playwright Dylan Van Den Berg has penned a heart-warming and heartbreaking story about love, Country, and Blak queerness throughout history. Starring Joseph Althouse (The Visitors), and brought to life by directors Declan Greene and Amy Sole, Whitefella Yella Tree is 'subtle, clever and straight to the heart' (ArtsHub).
Reviews
★★★★1/2 'It is the best of theatre writing where you feel you "have learned" but did not experience "being taught".' - ArtsHub
★★★★ 'The actors create something impossibly tender that still bites with gloriously lived-in detail. As they fall in love with each other, we fall in love with them.' — The Sydney Morning Herald
Duration
Approximately 90 minutes (no interval)
Performance Information
Whitefella Yella Tree contains haze, loud noise, blinding lights, sex scenes and weapons. It contains descriptions and representations of colonial violence.
Photography
Photography: Derek Henderson
Creative Direction: Susu Studio
Animation: Adam Tiding
Accessibility
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Accessible Toilets Available
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Infared Hearing Loop
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Wheelchair Accessible
Supported by
Whitefella Yella Tree was developed as part of Griffin Studio, an initiative of Griffin Theatre Company, with support from the Malcolm Robertson Foundation and Griffin Studio donors, and through Melbourne Theatre Company’s Cybec Electric Play Reading Series. The premiere production was supported by Griffin Theatre Company’s Production Partner program.
Cast & Creatives
Co-Directors
Declan Greene & Amy Sole
Designer
Mason Browne
Lighting Co-Designers
Kelsey Lee and Katie Sfetkidis
Composer & Sound Designer
Steve Toulmin
Dramaturg
Andrea James
Joseph Althouse
Cast
After a runaway debut at Sydney's Griffin Theatre in 2022, Whitefella Yella Tree makes its Victorian premiere next year in a strictly limited season.
Once in a blue moon, in the middle of nowhere, two teenage boys meet under a lemon tree. After a rough start, a fragile friendship fruits into a heady romance.
If history would just unfurl a little differently, the boys might have a beautiful future ahead of them. But without knowing it, Ty and Neddy are poised on the brink of a world that is about to change forever.
In Whitefella Yella Tree multi-award-winning playwright Dylan Van Den Berg has penned a heart-warming and heartbreaking story about love, Country, and Blak queerness throughout history. Starring Joseph Althouse (The Visitors), and brought to life by directors Declan Greene and Amy Sole, Whitefella Yella Tree is 'subtle, clever and straight to the heart' (ArtsHub).
Reviews
★★★★1/2 'It is the best of theatre writing where you feel you "have learned" but did not experience "being taught".' - ArtsHub
★★★★ 'The actors create something impossibly tender that still bites with gloriously lived-in detail. As they fall in love with each other, we fall in love with them.' — The Sydney Morning Herald
Cast & Creatives
Co-Directors
Declan Greene & Amy Sole
Designer
Mason Browne
Lighting Co-Designers
Kelsey Lee and Katie Sfetkidis
Composer & Sound Designer
Steve Toulmin
Dramaturg
Andrea James
Joseph Althouse
Cast