Eat Me

NIDA acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we learn and tell stories, the Bidjigal, Gadigal, Dharawal and Dharug peoples, and we pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present.

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Eat Me

Written by
James Elazzi, Wendy Mocke, Enoch Mailangi, Jordyn Fulcher

Directed by
Courtney Stewart, Tasnim Hossain, Kenneth Moraleda, Jennifer Rani

10 Jun – 17 Jun 2021

NIDA Theatres, Playhouse

90 mins, no interval

About the show

If life is an act of consumption, what happens if we eat too much? In this unique collaboration between NIDA and STC, four short plays set 50 years apart spin us from 1919 to 2069 while all the time chewing on the challenges of now. Eat Me is alive, alert and alarmed. It travels through trickery and trauma before arriving at the end of everything.

The four plays are written by members of STC’s Emerging Writers Group and directed by the four directors of the Contemporary Asian Australian Performance Directors Initiative at STC.

1919 – Dash Dot Dash by Enoch Mailangi New technology leads to miscommunications, hurt feelings and hungry expectations.
1969 – Blowback by Wendy Mocke Caught in raging fires, five friends in a stolen car find out they are not alone.
2019 – The Necklace by James Elazzi Waiting for the burgers to arrive, five friends dig at the vale of inheritance.
2069 – The End of Everything from the Perspective of Lawn Chairs by Jordyn Fulcher

If we drink enough, will we feel the stars going out?