★★★★ ONE NOTABLE INDIE COMPANY THAT CALLS THE WESTERN SUBURBS HOME
Fall by Michele Lee
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Bluestone Church Arts Space
Footscray VIC, Australia
Presented by Wit Incorporated
Directed by Beng Oh
A World Premiere
Northern Laos, 1975. Monsoon season. Saigon has just fallen.
As the Communist takeover reshapes a nation, Paul, an Australian teacher hurriedly prepares to leave Laos. A young Hmong woman, Mai, his former student, appears at his doorstep. She is fleeing persecution along with the rest of her people, and is here to say goodbye.
‘The War is over, Meo will die’
Over a single night, Paul and Mai tug at the threads of their past and confront a profoundly uncertain future. With the clock ticking, what has been left unsaid?
Written by award-winning playwright Michele Lee and directed by critically acclaimed Beng Oh, Fall is a gripping historical drama exploring love, loss, identity, and the lasting human cost of war. Intimate, suspenseful, and deeply moving, this powerful three-hander asks what we owe one another when the world around us is falling apart.
Duration: Approximately 75 mins
Age: Suitability 15+
Content warning: This production contains themes of war, racism, ethnic persecution, sexual violence, physical violence, murder, grief, refugee displacement, alcohol use, and discussions of trauma. Recommended for mature audiences.
More info: https://www.witinc.com.au/shows/fall
Bluestone Church Arts Space l 9-12 December
Wed - Sat Eve Performances: 7:30pm
Sat Matinee Performance: 3:30pm
Preview: Wenesday 9th Dec
Opening Night: Thursday 10th Dec + Q&A with Creative Team
Relaxed Performance: Saturday 12th Dec 3:30pm
Tickets: $42 Full l $36 Concession l $28 Preview l $33 Group of 4+ l $60 Solidarity
Production Team
Writer: Michele Lee
Director: Beng Oh
Cast: Rebecca Vincent, Gabriel Partington, Henry Vo
Production Manager / Marketing Coordinator: Lansy Feng
Stage Manager / Assistant Production Manager: Yang Xiao
Set/Costume Designer: Silvia Shao
Sound Designer: Josh Mitchell
Lighting Designer: Shane Grant
Tech Operator: Riley Pentony
Photography and Graphic design: Ben Andrew
We’d like to thank our funding partners Maribyrnong City Council and Bowery Theatre, and our sponsors, Jen Pfeiffer Wine and Hop Nations for the generous donations.
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Michele Lee
Michele Lee is a multiple award-winning Hmong-Australian writer for stage, screen, audio and live art, with work presented in Australia and overseas. She is under commission from Griffin Theatre and Melbourne Theatre Company and was a recipient of the prestigious Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship (2022-23) Across her creative work, she aims to centre the stories of those historically on the margins—women, people of colour, working-class people, and people from her community, the Hmong. Michele has been nominated or won some of Australia’s most recognised awards such as the Australian Writers’ Guild Award and Griffin Award. We are thrilled to be working with Michele.
Beng Oh
Beng is a critically regarded director and theatre maker who has staged a wide range of productions. He’s passionate about diversity, new work and queer theatre. He trained at the Victorian College of the Arts and is a member of the Lincoln Center Theatre Directors Lab in New York. He is co-artistic director, with playwright Jane Miller, of 15 Minutes from Anywhere Inc. Recent productions include Handel’s Serse and the Australian premiere of Missy Mazzoli’sSong from the Uproar: the Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt (both for Lyric Opera of Melbourne), Soul of Possum by Brodie Murray (Fortyfivedownstairs), Mr Big: aka Tatay, A Transwoman and That Tiring Tune! by Dax Carnay-Hanrahan (Tayotayo Collective), Soldier Boy by Anthony Hill (Theatre Works) and Fuel by Robert Reid (Motley Bauhaus). More information at bengoh.com
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