At What Cost?

Following its world premiere in Sydney, the provocative hit of Belvoir’s 2022 season comes home to lutruwita/Tasmania and it couldn’t be more timely.

For years now, Boyd’s been walking a tightrope – balancing making a living with his responsibilities to Land and People. But something’s happening. Every year, more and more folk are claiming to be palawa – folk no one’s heard of until now. Where has this missing mob been all these years? Are they legit? Or are they ‘tick-a-box’? Who decides? And how? If Boyd’s going to take everyone forward together, they’ll have to go back, old mob and new, into the island’s knotty past. And they might not like what they find there.

Celebrated pakana playwright Nathan Maynard’s story of Country and competing histories expertly disarms its audience before drawing them into the highly contentious and complex debate around identity. It opens eyes, provokes, and bravely asks us all to think about a very contemporary Australian issue.

Writer and Associate Director: Nathan Maynard Director: Isaac Drandic

Luke Carroll as Boyd. Sandy Greenwood as Nala. Alex Malone as Gracie. Ari Mala Long as Daniel

Set Designer: Jacob Nash. Costume Designer and Set Realiser: Keerthi Subramanyam. Lighting Designer: Chloe Ogilvie. Associate Lighting Designer: Kelsey Lee. Composer: Brendon Boney. Sound Designer: David Bergman.