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'Look at those trees. They’re Brigalow trees. We use the leaves for smoking. In winter when the dew settles in, it makes the trees sparkle white, like diamonds in the desert.'
'Tash and her Dad are going on a road trip. Home to country, where the sky is higher and the world goes on forever.'
'It’s a long way from the wide streets and big old houses of Tash’s childhood. Two Black faces in a very white suburb. Dad still thinks he’s the king of cool, but he’s an old fella now. It’s time for Tash to take him home.'
'Which Way Home' draws on writer Katie Beckett’s personal memories of growing up with her single Aboriginal father. (Source: Ilbijerri Theatre Company website)
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Presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy and Ilbijerri Theatre Company at Northcote Town Hall, Victoria 24 August 2016
Dramaturge: Jane Bodie
Set & Costume Designer: Emily Barrie
Sound Designer: Mark Coles Smith
Lighting Designer: Nik Pajanti
Production Manager: Carly Heard
Stage Manager: Kellie Jayne Chambers
Photography: Steven Rhall
Performer: Tony Briggs
An ILBIJERRI Theatre Company production in association with Belvoir & Sydney Festival. Performed at Belvoir Downstairs Theatre, Surry Hills, New South Wales : 11-29 January 2017.
Cast: Katie Beckett and Tony Briggs.
Director: Rachael Maza.
Dramaturg: Jane Bodie.
Sound Designer: Mark Coles Smith.
Lighting Designer: Niklas Pajanti.
Set & Costume Designer: Emily Barrie.
Toured nationally by Ilbijerri Theatre Company, 15 May to 18 August 2018.
Director: Rachael Maza.
Cast: Katie Beckett & Kamahi Djordon King.
Sound Designer: Mark Coles Smith.
Set & Costume Designer: Emily Barrie.
Lighting Designer: Nik Pajanti.
Dramaturg: Jane Bodie.
Production Managers: Nick Glen & Jake Jobling.
Stage Manager: Brock Brocklesby.
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Which Way Home Tells Our Stories
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 13 June no. 678 2018; (p. 32)'When Katie Beckett's mother died in an accident when she was just five, it became the inspiration for the new dramedy Which Way Home.'
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Which Way Home Review: Katie Beckett's Play on Indigenous Dad and Daughter Perfectly Pitched between Humour and Pathos
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 30 August 2016;
— Review of Which Way Home 2016 single work drama 'Katie Beckett's Which Way Home was in development long before Bill Leak's infamous cartoon appeared, but like the #indigenousdads hashtag it serves as a gentle rebuke to the idea that black dads can be relied on to be deadbeats. ...' -
Ilbijerri Celebrates #indigenousdads in Katie Beckett's Father-daughter Comedy
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 10 August 2016;
— Review of Which Way Home 2016 single work drama 'Katie Beckett was rehearsing the play she wrote about her dad, Les, when the furore erupted over a "racist" Bill Leak cartoon in The Australian that depicted a drunk Indigenous man. ...' -
'Dramedy' to Hit the Stage in Melbourne
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 10 August no. 632 2016; (p. 41)
— Review of Which Way Home 2016 single work drama Ilbijerri theatre Company and Darebin Arts Speakeasy are this month presenting Which Way Home, a 'dramedy' about an Aboriginal girl, her much-lived ageing dad and their road trip to his birthplace. ...'
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'Dramedy' to Hit the Stage in Melbourne
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 10 August no. 632 2016; (p. 41)
— Review of Which Way Home 2016 single work drama Ilbijerri theatre Company and Darebin Arts Speakeasy are this month presenting Which Way Home, a 'dramedy' about an Aboriginal girl, her much-lived ageing dad and their road trip to his birthplace. ...' -
Ilbijerri Celebrates #indigenousdads in Katie Beckett's Father-daughter Comedy
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 10 August 2016;
— Review of Which Way Home 2016 single work drama 'Katie Beckett was rehearsing the play she wrote about her dad, Les, when the furore erupted over a "racist" Bill Leak cartoon in The Australian that depicted a drunk Indigenous man. ...' -
Which Way Home Review: Katie Beckett's Play on Indigenous Dad and Daughter Perfectly Pitched between Humour and Pathos
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 30 August 2016;
— Review of Which Way Home 2016 single work drama 'Katie Beckett's Which Way Home was in development long before Bill Leak's infamous cartoon appeared, but like the #indigenousdads hashtag it serves as a gentle rebuke to the idea that black dads can be relied on to be deadbeats. ...' -
Which Way Home Tells Our Stories
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 13 June no. 678 2018; (p. 32)'When Katie Beckett's mother died in an accident when she was just five, it became the inspiration for the new dramedy Which Way Home.'