Shining a light on domestic violence, Angus Cerini’s award-winning play The Bleeding Tree is theatre at its most powerful.

In a dirt-dry town in rural Australia, a shot shatters the still night. A mother and her daughters have just welcomed home the man of the house - with a crack in the shins and a bullet in the neck. The only issue now is disposing of the body.

Triggered into thrilling motion by an act of revenge, The Bleeding Tree is rude, rhythmical and irreverently funny. Anglesea Performing Arts is honoured to bring this story to life under the masterful direction of Iris Walshe-Howling, with an original and haunting score performed live by Kirstin Honey.

“I first saw this play in Sydney and fell in love with its powerful, raw beauty and brave reversal of gender violence. It attracted and repelled me simultaneously but the gut wrenching imagery created by Angus Cerini’s incisive poetic use of the Australian vernacular hit me straight in the guts. It challenged all my values as this gruesome, carnal act perpetrated by the three woman unfolded permeating all my senses scene by scene. This piece of theatre is a contrapuntal response to the actual horrific family violence scenarios we are accustomed to confronting each day in our media, which still challenge the survival of women all over the world.”

Iris Walshe-Howling, Director

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CREDITS

Written by Angus Cerini

Directed by Iris Walshe-Howling

Original Music by Kirstin Honey

Cast: Lina Libroaperto, Julie Fryman, Stacey Carmichael

Presented by Anglesea Performing Arts

CONTENT WARNINGS

This presentation contains references to family violence and sexual abuse, and contains some loud/high-pitched noises.

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