Presented by Desert Wirla

Kangaroo Stew

2021 season now on sale!

27 Apr - 8 May

  • AGES

    15+
  • RUNNING TIME

    60 min
  • LANGUAGES

    English and Tjupan Wanka
  • PREVIEW

    Tuesday 27 Apr
  • OPENING NIGHT

    Wednesday 28 Apr
  • MEMBERS' NIGHT

    Wednesday 5 May

Culture, money and power


Meet the artists!

If you would like to attend our Artist Q&A for Kangaroo Stew + The Summer of Our Lives, we are hosting a free event in our bar at 9.10pm on Thursday 13 May. RSVP is essential as numbers are limited, sign up to attend here.

‘You gonna sell your soul for a fist full of diamonds?’

First Nations heritage, a family curse and ghosts at the dinner table. David’s been keeping a safe distance from all these things but now work is calling him home. To make things worse, he’s approving a new mine site, on his own Sacred Ground. This is all a secret from the rest of his family, who think he’s come home for the anniversary of his Dad’s death.

Kangaroo Stew will give you an insight into the life of a modern Aboriginal family. There will be love, punch ups, Creedence Clearwater Revival (Uncle Foggerty!) and of course, the spirits of ancestors past.

Written by Martu/Yamatji/Murri writer Zac James (Ice Land: A Hip H’Opera), this is a story about family and love, grief and Culture, Native Title and the ghosts of our relatives. This is Kangaroo Stew!


Image by Duncan Wright.

Warnings: Violence and coarse language.
  • Director

    Bruce Denny

  • Writer & Actor

    Zac James

  • Cast

    Maitland Schnaars
    Rayma Morrison
    CJ Hampson
    Micah Kickett

  • Producer

    Emmanuelle Dodo-Balu

  • Stage Manager

    Helah Milroy

  • Lighting Designer

    Peter Young

  • Sound Designers

    Steven McCall
    David Richardson