The Visitors

Available for over a year

After its award winning premier in 2020, a new production of The Visitors by Indigenous playwright Jane Harrison sees us on the eve of colonisation. The first fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour on the 26 January 1788 bringing with them convicts, disease and violence. The play asks, what if we saw this moment from the Aboriginal perspective? What if they could decide whether or not to let the fleet land? As seven tribal elders watch the fleet arrive they must decide whether to stop them, or welcome them. The production is part of Sydney Opera House’s 50th anniversary program and is co-produced by STC and Moogahlin Performing Arts. Regina Botros follows the director Wesley Enoch, the writer Jane Harrison and the cast through the challenges of the play as it reflects, quite poignantly, the current political climate in Australia. Producer: Regina Botros Executive producer: Stephen Hughes (Photo: Cast of The Visitors. Credit: Daniel Boud)