The Visitors
BY jane harrison
2024 National Tour
Photo Credit: Rob Hookey. Featuring 2023 cast.
A Moogahlin Performing Arts and Sydney Theatre Company Production
The Visitors
by Jane Harrison
Directed by Wesley Enoch
Visitors leave. Right?
Show Info
TICKET Price Venue Dependent
DATES JULY - SEPTEMBER
DURATION 75 minutes (no interval)
CONTENT WARNING
Infrequent coarse language, themes of racial violence, descriptions of violence, intergenerational trauma, and theatrical haze.
On a sweltering day in January 1788, seven clan leaders gather on a sandstone escarpment overlooking the harbour. The attendees, six of them Elders and one new initiate, catch-up, laugh together, share a meal and compare notes. But beyond the friendly banter, protocols, and hospitality, a momentous decision is waiting to be made.
A mysterious fleet of giant nawi is amassing in the harbour and as they creep closer, these seven representatives must choose unanimously: whether to send these strangers on their way or welcome them?
After its Sydney Theatre Award-winning premiere production at the 2020 Sydney Festival, Muruwari playwright Jane Harrison’s The Visitors embarks on a national tour, this time directed by one of Australia’s most celebrated directors, Quandamooka man Wesley Enoch.
Co-produced by Moogahlin Performing Arts and Sydney Theatre Company, The Visitors is at once a riveting, deeply researched insight into one of the most impactful and painful days in Australia’s history, and a hugely entertaining study of how communities respond to change and the unknown.
TOUring
NSW QLD WA NT TA VIC
DATES TBC
Moogahlin Performing Arts
Lily Shearer - Artistic Director
Natano Fa’anana - Producer
Liza-Mare Syron - Senior Artistic Associate
Aroha Pehi - Admin and Projects Assistant
Stephen Wilson Barker - Digital Producer
CREATIVE TEAM
CREDITS
Playwright Jane Harrison
Director Wesley Enoch
Associate Director Liza-Mare Syron
Cultural Liaison Aunty Yvonne Simms
Set & Costume Design Elizabeth Gadsby
Associate Designer Shana O’Brien
Lighting Design Karen Norris
Composer & Sound Design Brendon Boney
Associate Sound Designer Amy Flannery
Senior Dharug & Dharawal Language Teacher Corina Norman
Dharug & Dharawal Language Teacher Jordan Ryan-Hennessey
Voice Coach Charmian Gradwel
Fight Director Nigel Poulton
Production Manager To be confirmed
Stage Manager To be confirmed
Sydney Theatre company
Ben White - Senior Producer
Alice Hatton - Associate Producer
SUPPORTERS
The presentation of this work is supported by Create NSW, Australia Council for the Arts, and Australian Government’s Indigenous Languages and Arts program.