Saplings
Highlights
- Experience raw storytelling that highlights the struggles of young people navigating the justice system in Melbourne.
- Engage with a powerful soundtrack of rap and hip-hop created by youth in the justice system, enhancing emotional connection.
- Witness award-winning performances that challenge perceptions and provoke thought about accountability and resilience.
- Enjoy a night filled with laughter and tears, celebrating the survival instincts of vulnerable youth in a compelling setting.
Would you risk breaking bail for a packet of Mi Goreng? Would you snitch on a mate to save your own skin?
Yani wants to go to the Easter Show, Kai wants a sense of home, Shanika wants her Mum back and Lachlan, well, he just wants his bowl of noodles. But when the justice system is all that stands between these young people and what they want, it raises an important question – how do young people grow when the system keeps cutting them down?
After premiering at The Rebel Theatre for the Sydney Festival in 2024 and winning Sydney Theatre Award’s Best Production for Young People, Yuwaalaray playwright Hannah Belanszky and Kalkadoon director Abbie-lee Lewis brings Saplings to the stage once again. This collection of hilarious and heartbreaking stories born from workshops with incarcerated young people will leave you asking: who’s really to blame?
Set to a soundtrack of rap and hip-hop music made by young people in the youth justice system, Saplings gives an honest, raw look into the adult consequences faced by some of our most vulnerable. Expect for a night of laughter, tears and celebration of the survival instincts of young people.
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