The Visitors

IMPORTANT NOTICE – THE VISITORS

Unfortunately TONIGHTS performance (Tuesday 23rd at 8pm) of The Visitors has been cancelled due to sickness, however TOMORROW’S performance (Wednesday 24th at 11am) is still going ahead!

Please bear with us whilst we contact all ticket holders for tonight’s show to either refund or exchange your tickets.

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On a sweltering day in January 1788, seven clan leaders gather on a sandstone escarpment overlooking the harbour. The attendees, six of them Elders and one new initiate, catch-up, laugh together, share a meal and compare notes. But beyond the friendly banter, protocols, and hospitality, a momentous decision is waiting to be made.

A mysterious fleet of giant nawi is amassing in the harbour and as they creep closer, these seven representatives must choose unanimously: whether to send these strangers on their way or welcome them?

After its Sydney Theatre Award-winning premiere production at the 2020 Sydney Festival, Muruwari playwright Jane Harrison’s The Visitors embarks on a national tour, this time directed by one of Australia’s most celebrated directors, Quandamooka man Wesley Enoch.

Co-produced by Moogahlin Performing Arts and Sydney Theatre Company, The Visitors is at once a riveting, deeply researched insight into one of the most impactful and painful days in Australia’s history, and a hugely entertaining study of how communities respond to change and the unknown.

WARNINGS: Infrequent coarse language, themes of racial violence, descriptions of violence, intergenerational trauma, and theatrical haze.