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Mel Ree stars in Mother May We at Griffin Theatre Company.

If you’re a first generation Australian woman. If you’re the daughter of a black mother. If you’ve inherited their pain—of escaping the horrors of third world conditions, of carrying physical and emotional trauma, of reckoning with an unfamiliar western frontier that regards you as ‘other’—then you’ll know how difficult it is to ask for permission to heal.

How can you balance your history with your unwritten future? How can you inhabit an individual identity when you’ve inherited the truths of your ancestors? How can you open your arms and feel the sunshine on your skin when secrecy and shame drain the colour from your parents’ eyes?

Poet Mel Ree rhapsodises about intergenerational trauma and marries ancestral and modern truths in a truly epic and cathartic performance. Peppering playful performance art with humbling, hard truths, Mother May We is a motivational manifesto for how to heal.

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★★★★—Time Out Sydney ★★★★—Suzy Goes See ★★★★—The Queer Review ★★★★—Theatre Thoughts Aus "Ree is magnetic on stage. She holds the audience in the palm of her hand."—Chad Armstrong, The Queer Review “Some of the juiciest language you’ll hear on an independent stage.”—Justin Clark, Theatre Thoughts “Ree expertly reels the audience in – as she confronts the abuse and loneliness of her past, you are unable to look away, implored to relive it alongside her.”—Jasmine Joyan, Time Out Sydney Rave reviews are flooding in for 'Mother May We'! Get out of the rain this weekend and relish the words, wisdom and fun of Mel Ree at the SBW Stables Theatre!

Congrats to Leon Burchill (Tongerlongetter Warrior),
Liam Walker (John Batman), Annie Rose Buckley (Mary Gough), Ben Brock (Mr Gough), Jeremy Burtenshaw (John McIntyre) and Shane Emmett (MILITARY OFFICER) for being on  The Australian Wars. 

The story of Australia’s longest and perhaps most defining war has been kept silent - until now. Over three parts, this ground-breaking documentary series gives voice to the story of The Australian Wars - the battles fought on home soil, as the colonial frontier pushed forward, and First Nations peoples resisted. The series directed and presented by filmmaker Rachel Perkins, reveals the truth of Australia’s past. Airs Wednesdays from 21 September at 7:30pm on SBS and NITV, and available to stream free on SBS On Demand.

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The Untold with #LailaThaker on Disney Plus Hotstar.

A couple go on a weekend getaway where the wife is tormented by an untold secret that has resurfaced in a way she never expected.

The new trailer for @ThirteenLives. With #JaneLarkin and #ArtinJohn.
#ThirteenLives is coming to select theaters July 29 and to @PrimeVideo August 5.

Thirteen Lives recounts the incredible true story of the tremendous global effort to rescue a Thai soccer team who become trapped in the Tham Luang cave during an unexpected rainstorm. Faced with insurmountable odds, a team of the world's most skilled and experienced divers -- uniquely able to navigate the maze of flooded, narrow cave tunnels -- join with Thai forces and more than 10,000 volunteers to attempt a harrowing rescue of the twelve boys and their coach. With impossibly high stakes and the entire world watching, the group embarks on their most challenging dive yet, showcasing the limitlessness of the human spirit in the process.