Resist the Switch - Friday 20 June (Opening Night)

Opening Night Tickets include complimentary finger food. 

Program:

6.00pm Doors to Bulmba-ja open & event begins
6.45pm: Doors to theatre open
6.55pm: Doors to theatre close
7.00pm: Show start

A new play, performed by Ubuntu Theatre Project. At Bulmba-ja Arts Centre June 20th and 21st. 

For some, identity is flexible. For others, it’s everything.

When Kabili steps into an Australian high school for the first time, he’s greeted not with curiosity, but a bet—how long before he “loses his Africanness”? 

Welcome to Resist The Switch, a funny and unflinching new theatre work that peels back the layers of identity, migration, and belonging. As a group of African-Australian teens prepare for school camp, tensions bubble beneath the surface. Between code-switching and culture clashes, TikTok and traditional fire stories, they wrestle with the unspoken rules of survival in a country that’s still learning how to see them.

Told through dynamic ensemble performance, ancestral folktales, and razor-sharp dialogue, Resist The Switch is more than a coming-of-age story—it’s a cultural awakening.

What happens when fitting in means forgetting who you are? This is theatre that dares to ask: what parts of yourself are you willing to give up to be accepted? And what might happen if you choose to resist?

Suitable for all ages (12 and up, though younger theatre loving people who can sit in the theatre for over an hour may also enjoy it)