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State Ed

Presented by State Theatre Company & Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

By Elena Carapetis and Alexis West

Sista Girl

Season Finished
Space Theatre & Regional Tour

Dates & Times

Space Theatre, Adelaide - May & June

    • ON

Hopgood Theatre, Noarlunga

Chaffey Theatre, Renmark

Keith Institute, Keith

Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre, Mt Gambier

Northern Festival Centre, Port Pirie

Port Augusta Institute Theatre

Middleback Arts Centre, Whyalla

Nautilus Arts Centre, Port Lincoln

Ceduna Memorial Hall

Tailem Bend Town Hall

ON
Opening Night

Sponsors

Sista Girl was developed at Playwriting Australia’s National Script Workshop 2016.

Two young women meet face to face for the first time across the bed of a dying man. Strangers to each other but bonded by blood and grief. Sisters. They break the cold silence of the hospital room to start a difficult conversation. About the past and secrets. About the women who were their mothers. And about why this man, their father, abandoned one family to make another. When the past is dying and can’t say sorry, how do you move on?

Sista Girl is an exploration of the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, via the story of two women who share a white father. Co-written by Elena Carapetis (Gorgon) and Alexis West (Echoes …. of Knowing Home), the play will speak directly to audiences about questions of identity, grief and the complex nature of family.

WORLD PREMIERE

This production will also tour to outer metropolitan Adelaide and south Australian regional centres. Click on the ‘Education’ tab above for full dates and details.

Run time: 70 minutes (no interval)

Teachers can download the Sista Girl study guide here.

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  • Director

    Kyle Morrison

  • Designer

    Miranda Hampton

  • Lighting Designer

    Rick Worringham

  • Composer/Sound Designer

    Andrew Howard

  • Cast includes

    Sharni McDermott*
    Nadia Rossi

  • *Due to family tragedy, cast member Natasha Wanganeen has had to step away from Sista Girl. We welcome Sharni McDermott who has now stepped into the role of "Nakisha".

Dates & Times

Space Theatre, Adelaide - May & June

    • ON

Hopgood Theatre, Noarlunga

Chaffey Theatre, Renmark

Keith Institute, Keith

Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre, Mt Gambier

Northern Festival Centre, Port Pirie

Port Augusta Institute Theatre

Middleback Arts Centre, Whyalla

Nautilus Arts Centre, Port Lincoln

Ceduna Memorial Hall

Tailem Bend Town Hall

ON
Opening Night

Sponsors

Sista Girl was developed at Playwriting Australia’s National Script Workshop 2016.