About the work
The path may be difficult, but there has to be a willingness to find a way through, together.
A high school history class sets out on a three-day trek across the Great Dividing Range, learning about the expedition by Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson. As the group travel through the Blue Mountains, their guide Lionel draws their attention to what is often left out of the history books. They learn about some of the earliest interactions between Indigenous people and the colonial explorers, revealing some of this nation's difficult truths.
As the trip continues, Liam, a scholarship student from the Torres Strait, starts to feel uncomfortable, constantly having to declare or defend his experience as a First Nations person to his classmates. Tensions mount when Liam’s friend Max refuses to see how European settlement created anything but a positive pathway to progress for a newly forming nation. Tempers flare around the campfire and Liam becomes lost – in time and place - as he’s suddenly staring down the barrel of a shotgun held by an equally startled and confused Gregory Blaxland.
Crossing the Divide is an exciting new collaboration that fuses disciplines, cultures, and timelines, to deliver a dynamic and timely piece of Australian Theatre.
About the company
Technical Considerations
Marketing & Engagement
Details
Artforms
Live Music (Contemporary)
Drama
Audiences
Young Adults
General
First Nations
Age Groups
Late Secondary16 - 17 years
Adult18+ years
Available to tour
From 2025
Touring Information
Cost
Gallery
We pay our respects to Elders past and present.
QTouring acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands, winds and water ways.
