Written by Tee O'Neil
At La Mama Theatre until 20 March 2022
Live stream on Fri 18 March 2022
I'll be reviewing the live stream on 18 March. Stand by! k
Fiona Maleod, Jeremy Stanford, pic by Darren Gill
Directed by Karen Berger (Bowerbird Theatre)
Cast: Jude Beaumont (Click Bait), Fiona Macleod (Offspring), Jeremy Stanford (Priscilla,
Queen of the Desert, Jack Irish).
TIMES Wed 6.30pm, Thu - Sat 7.30pm, Sun 4pm
VENUE La Mama HQ, 205 Faraday Street, Carlton
LENGTH Approx. 60 minutes
TICKETS $30 Adult | $20 Concession
BOOKINGS 03 9347 6948 or www.lamama.com.au
From Media Release:
"La Mama Theatre is pleased to present Yellingbo, an ingenious, darkly witty drama from acclaimed
local playwright, Tee O’Neill, exploring the limits of Australians’ generosity in the context of today’s refugee crisis.
"Set in an ordinary Australian living room, where all appears normal…until it isn’t, Yellingbo builds
towards an explosive ending which leaves us asking: When it’s time to put our human values into action, whose lives do we save? Do we only protect our immediate family? What if family turns out not to be family…?
"Yellingbo is inspired by the playwright’s experience working and living with 32 asylum seekers. It is
particularly timely in Melbourne - and Carlton - after recent attention drawn to the refugees held in Swanston St’s Park Hotel, a site of ongoing contention, as pressure mounts on the federal government for the detainees’ resettlement."
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