CUTTER AND COOTA
BY BRUCE PASCOE
World Premiere presented by Moogahlin Performing Arts and Sydney Living Museums at Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney
11 - 14 October, 2022
Experience the unlikely bond of Cutter, an ambitious Rat, and Coota, a compassionate Bandicoot, as they find freedom and friendship and shed light on the colonial history of the Hyde Park Barracks.
Written by Bruce Pascoe and presented in association with Moogahlin Performing Arts on the grounds of the UNESCO World Heritage listed Hyde Park Barracks, Cutter and Coota explores themes of sustainability, colonisation, and how we care for Country.
Pictured above: Jesse Grant as Coota. Image by Jamie James.
Image Credit. Joseph Mayer
Image Credit. Joseph Mayer
Image Credit. Joseph Mayer
Image Credit. Joseph Mayer
Image Credit. Joseph Mayer
Image Credit. Joseph Mayer
Image Credit. Joseph Mayer
Image Credit. Joseph Mayer
Image Credit. Joseph Mayer
Image Credit. Joseph Mayer
Image Credit. Joseph Mayer
CREATIVE & production TEAM
Bruce Pascoe - Playwright
Abbie-lee Lewis - Director
Jesse Grant - Coota
Mema Munro - Cutter
Billy McPherson - Cat, Uncle Water Rat, Briton
Karen Norris - Lighting Design
Linda Kennedy - Set Design
Rhyan Clapham - Sound Design
Djirri Desmond - Costume & Props Coordinator
Lily Shearer - Dramaturg
Corrine Shepherd - Project Producer
Amber Silk - Production Manager
Michael Weir - Stage Manager and Additional Sound
Jade Walker - Production Assistant
ETB Engineering - Set Fabricator
DPLR - Technical and Crew
Moogahlin Performing Arts
Natano Fa’anana - Producer
Ali Murphy-Oates - Managing Director
Stephen Wilson Barker - Digital Producer
SUPPORTERS
The presentation of this work is supported by Create NSW, Australia Council for the Arts, the Copyright Agency Limited’s Cultural Fund, and the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, the University of Sydney.
Special thanks to Dalara Williams, Phoebe Grainer, and Guy Simon for their work on the development of the script, and to Uncle Chicka Madden, Uncle Mathew Doyle, Richard Manner, and Bush to Bowl for their support of the Production.