Name: The Visitors
Start: 2023-10-18T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Arts Centre Melbourne

Organization

Conductor

Phoebe Briggs

Stage director

Isaac Drandic

Lighting designer

Rachel Burke

Singer

Jess Hitchcock

Joycie

Shauntai Sherree

Winsome

Lillian Fromyhr

Lois

Zoy Frangos

Gordon

Marcus Corowa

Jacob

Elias Wilson

Gary

Eddie Muliaumaseali'i

Albert

Set designer

Richard Roberts

Costume designer

Orchestra

Victorian Opera Chamber Orchestra

Victorian Opera

English

The Visitors

Southbank

Australia

Arts Centre Melbourne

Playhouse

Public

Approved

We join seven Aboriginal Elders in 1788 as they meet ‘The Visitors’.


Imbued with Aboriginal customs, melody and humour from composer Christopher Sainsbury and libretto by original playwright and Muruwari woman, Jane Harrison, it tells the story of the early days of colonialism and its impacts on the First Peoples. Through metaphors of birds falling from the sky and changes to the weather, we watch as the Elders question how to respond to ‘the visitors’. 

Joining us for the first time Queensland Theatre Associate Artist and Noongar man, Isaac Drandic, will work alongside Victorian Opera’s Head of Music, Phoebe Briggs, as conductor, with a cast assembled from across Australia.

The Visitors by Sainsbury, From (2023/2023), Directed by Isaac Drandic,, Conductor Phoebe Briggs, Arts Centre Melbourne, Southbank, Australia

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues