Following its world premiere in Sydney, the provocative hit of Belvoir’s 2022 season comes home to Lutruwita/Tasmania and it couldn’t be more timely.

For years now, Boyd’s been walking a tightrope – balancing making a living with his responsibilities to Land and People. But something’s happening. Every year, more and more folk are claiming to be Palawa – folk no one’s heard of until now. Where has this missing mob been all these years? Are they legit? Or are they ‘tick-a-box’? Who decides? And how?

If Boyd’s going to take everyone forward together, they’ll have to go back, old mob and new, into the island’s knotty past. And they might not like what they find there.

Celebrated Pakana playwright Nathan Maynard’s story of Country and competing histories expertly disarms its audience before drawing them into the highly contentious and complex debate around identity. It opens eyes, provokes, and bravely asks us all to think about a very contemporary Australian issue.

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Creatives

Writer and Associate Director Nathan Maynard 
Director Isaac Drandic 

Luke Carroll as Boyd 
Sandy Greenwood as Nala
Alex Malone as Gracie
Ari Mala Long as Daniel 

Set Designer Jacob Nash
Costume Designer and Set Realiser Keerthi Subramanyam 
Lighting Designer Chloe Ogilvie 
Associate Lighting Designer Kelsey Lee 
Composer Brendon Boney 
Sound Designer David Bergman