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At What Cost?

By Nathan Maynard
Directed by Isaac Drandic
With Luke Carroll

TRUTH, COUNTRY AND THE BLOOD IN BETWEEN Tasmania, now. Boyd’s got enough on his plate between his responsibilities to land and people. But something’s happening. Every year more and more folk are claiming to be palawa too. Folk no one’s heard of until now, who haven’t been ‘ro...

TRUTH, COUNTRY AND THE BLOOD IN BETWEEN

Tasmania, now. Boyd’s got enough on his plate between his responsibilities to land and people.

But something’s happening. Every year more and more folk are claiming to be palawa too. Folk no one’s heard of until now, who haven’t been ‘round before. Are they legit? Or are they ‘tick-a-box’? Who decides? And how?

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

This ground-breaking production comes to us from Belvoir St Theatre, directed by Queensland Theatre’s Artistic Associate, Isaac Drandic. It’s an ambitious conversation about identity and history, shared with humour and generosity by pakana playwright Nathan Maynard.


  • Dates
    25 MAY – 10 JUN
  • Location
    BILLE BROWN THEATRE
  • Times
    Evenings: Mon & Tues 6.30pm, Wed – Sat 7.30pm
    Matinees: Wed 1.00pm, Wed 7 June 11.00am, Sat 2.00pm

    25 MAY – 10 JUN
    BILLE BROWN THEATRE
  • Buy Tickets
  • Ticket Pricing
    Adult
    $25
    Concession
    $20
  • Night with the Artists

    Monday 5 Jun 6.30pm

  • Duration
    1 hour and 45 minutes without an interval
  • Accessibility
    Auslan Interpreted Tuesday 6 Jun 6.30pm
    Audio Described Saturday 10 Jun 2.00pm
  • Warning
    At What Cost? discusses strong themes such as genocide and Aboriginal trauma, and mentions the names of Indigenous people who have died. The production also contains adult themes, suicide and the use of strong language, dead black outs and natural fibres on st...

    At What Cost? discusses strong themes such as genocide and Aboriginal trauma, and mentions the names of Indigenous people who have died. The production also contains adult themes, suicide and the use of strong language, dead black outs and natural fibres on stage.

    Click here for the At What Cost? Content Guide
    — for a detailed description of what to expect. Please note, this document contains plot spoilers.

    If you or someone you know needs information or support, these organisations are there to help:


    13YARN 13 92 76
    Beyond Blue 1300 224 636
    Lifeline 13 11 14
    Headspace headspace.org.au

  • Dates
    25 MAY – 10 JUN
  • Location
    BILLE BROWN THEATRE
  • Times
    Evenings: Mon & Tues 6.30pm, Wed – Sat 7.30pm
    Matinees: Wed 1.00pm, Wed 7 June 11.00am, Sat 2.00pm

    25 MAY – 10 JUN
    BILLE BROWN THEATRE
  • Buy Tickets
  • Ticket Pricing
    Adult
    $25
    Concession
    $20
  • Night with the Artists

    Monday 5 Jun 6.30pm

  • Duration
    1 hour and 45 minutes without an interval
  • Accessibility
    Auslan Interpreted Tuesday 6 Jun 6.30pm
    Audio Described Saturday 10 Jun 2.00pm
  • Warning
    At What Cost? discusses strong themes such as genocide and Aboriginal trauma, and mentions the names of Indigenous people who have died. The production also contains adult themes, suicide and the use of strong language, dead black outs and natural fibres on st...

    At What Cost? discusses strong themes such as genocide and Aboriginal trauma, and mentions the names of Indigenous people who have died. The production also contains adult themes, suicide and the use of strong language, dead black outs and natural fibres on stage.

    Click here for the At What Cost? Content Guide
    — for a detailed description of what to expect. Please note, this document contains plot spoilers.

    If you or someone you know needs information or support, these organisations are there to help:


    13YARN 13 92 76
    Beyond Blue 1300 224 636
    Lifeline 13 11 14
    Headspace headspace.org.au

Creatives

Writer/Associate Director Nathan Maynard
Director Isaac Drandic
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
Intimacy Director Chloë Dallimore
Fight and Movement Director Nigel Poulton
Dramaturgical Consultant Peter Matheson
Dramaturg Dom Mercer

Stage Manager Steph Storr
Assistant Stage Manager Mia Kanzaki

Cast

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

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