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'All Breythe ever wanted was to be an actor, but this isn’t how he imagined his first big television gig – as a young Aboriginal man, being the face of a disastrous misfire of an advertisement that will get him roasted by his mob.
'When a messenger bird suddenly brings Breythe tragic tidings from his family, it spurs him on a journey of grief and duty. Returning home to Kalgoorlie, he is thrust headlong into family conflict and the reality of what it means to be an Indigenous youth in today’s Australia.'
Source: Queensland Theatre Company.
Notes
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Supported by Playwriting Australia as part of its Muru Salon and National Script Workshop programs.
Production Details
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Produced by Queensland Theatre Company and Griffin Theatre Company (co-production), 29 June to 20 July 2019, Bille Brown Theatre (Queensland) and 26 July to 31 August, Griffin Theatre.
Director: Isaac Drandic.
Lighting Designer: Jason Gelnwright.
Cast includes Meyne Wyatt.
Produced by Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA and Sydney Theatre Company:
Perth Festival, Heath Ledger Theatre, 4-26 March 2022.
Wharf Theatre 1, Sydney, 7 May - 10 June 2022.
Director: Shari Sebbens.
Lighting Designer: Chloe Ogilvie.
Cast: Matthew Cooper, Ian Michael, and Meyne Wyatt.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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[Review] City of Gold
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 21-27 May 2022;
— Review of City of Gold 2019 single work drama'At its heart, Meyne Wyatt’s City of Gold is about a family denied the right to grieve. By Ruby Hamad.'
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Meyne Wyatt's City of Gold Set to Wow Perth Audiences
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 23 February no. 770 2022; (p. 30)
— Review of City of Gold 2019 single work drama -
A Career Built from Childhood Dreams
2020
single work
column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 3 June no. 727 2020; (p. 21) 'WHEN Meyne Wyatt was a child he knew he wanted to be an actor so he could make movies and tell stories. Wyatt, who was born in Kalgoorlie'. predicted his own future, and is pushing boundaries on the screen and off. ' (Introduction)
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Meyne Wyatt's City of Gold Set to Wow Perth Audiences
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 23 February no. 770 2022; (p. 30)
— Review of City of Gold 2019 single work drama -
[Review] City of Gold
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 21-27 May 2022;
— Review of City of Gold 2019 single work drama'At its heart, Meyne Wyatt’s City of Gold is about a family denied the right to grieve. By Ruby Hamad.'
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A Career Built from Childhood Dreams
2020
single work
column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 3 June no. 727 2020; (p. 21) 'WHEN Meyne Wyatt was a child he knew he wanted to be an actor so he could make movies and tell stories. Wyatt, who was born in Kalgoorlie'. predicted his own future, and is pushing boundaries on the screen and off. ' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2020 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Drama
- 2020 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting
- 2019 nominated Sydney Theatre Awards — Best New Australian Work
- Kalgoorlie, Goldfields area, Southeast Western Australia, Western Australia,