Cowboy by Phoebe Grainer

Presented as part of the VCA Master of Theatre (Writing) Festival 2024

On a hot, rattled plain, a stranger walks to a station following a dream. Two Stockmen hide their knowledge about a power. A Cook listens to whispers from the sky and Country talks back.

Credit

Dreamed and Written by: Phoebe Grainer
Director: Glenn Shea
Dramaturg: Raimondo Cortese
Assistant Dramaturg: Blake Hohenhaus

About the writer

Phoebe Grainer is a Kuku Djungan, Muluridji, Wakaman, Tagalaka, Kunjen, Warrgamay and
Yindinji woman from Far North Queensland.

Phoebe is a graduate of NIDA with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Phoebe is a Creative Producer at Sweatshop Literacy Movement and the 2024 Red Room Poetry Fellow.

She is the co-editor and sub-editor for Racism: Stories on Fear, Hate & Bigotry and Blacklight: Ten Years of First Nations Storytelling. Her writing has also appeared in SBS Voices, Red Room Poetry, Sweatshop Women and Povo: Stories on Class.

In 2023, Phoebe was the recipient of the prestigious Dreaming Award.

This year, Phoebe’s play Emu In The Sun will premiere with ILBIJERRI Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company.

Acknowledgements

I acknowledge my ancestors and storytellers before me. Thank you.

Thank you to Country.

Thank you to my wonderful teacher Raimondo Cortese and my talented class.

And thank you to them old Black Cowboys, Stockman and Jilaroo's who worked on stations across Australia.
Your stories will never be forgotten.

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Ticket Prices

Free, registrations required on Humanitix

Run time

This reading will run for approximately 80 minutes.

Venue

This reading takes place in Studio 4, located in the Dodds Street Performing Arts Building which is accessible via paths in the new Dodds Street Linear Park.
Please meet Front of House in the foyer on the ground floor of the Dodds Street Performing Arts Building, Studio 4 is then accessible via the stairs or lift.

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Banner: Image by Zayn Ulfan, 2024.