Nakkiah Lui
Black is the
New White
★★★★
— LIMELIGHT
★★★★
Generously funny …
a bustling, astute and
questioning social comedy
on identity politics.
— SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
★★★★
— DAILY TELEGRAPH
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A Sydney Theatre
Company production
It’s Christmas and Charlotte Gibson is in
love. What better time for the fast-rising
Aboriginal lawyer to introduce her large
family to her fiancé’s own kin? There’s the
small problem of their respective fathers, but
as it turns out, this holiday season everyone’s
getting a disaster of their own.
A layer cake of racial politics, sexual tension,
parental expectation and class privilege,
Black is the New White is also laugh-out-loud
funny from entrée to dessert. On the back
of two sellout Sydney seasons, Melbourne
audiences have been hungering for a taste
of Nakkiah Lui’s wild romantic comedy.
Lui could write a parking ticket and you’d
still laugh, and the award-winning playwright
and TV personality has quickly confirmed her
position as the pre-eminent new voice on the
Australian stage.
Presented in
association with
Southbank Theatre
The Sumner
2 October—6 November
Mon & Tue 6.30pm
Wed—Sat 8pm
Wed also 1pm
Sat also 2pm
2 hrs 30 mins including interval
AUDIO-DESCRIPTION
Blind
Audio Described Sat 19 October
2pm & Tue 22 October 6.30pm
Open Captioning
Sat 26 October 2pm
Tactile Tour Sat 19 October 1pm
festival.melbourne
Melbourne Theatre Company
03 8688 0800
Commissioned by STC with the support
of the Malcolm Robertson Foundation.
Original production supported by the STC
Donor Syndicate and Presenting Partner Allens.