Heart is a Wasteland

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Event Heart is a Wasteland
Venue Subiaco Arts Centre, Subiaco, WA
First Date 18 October 2025
Last Date 1 November 2025
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Meet Raye, a struggling country music star in the making. She’s been playing pubs along Australia’s vast desert highways, flogging demo CDs in the hope of returning home to her son, when she meets Dan, another broken wanderer. A love affair unfurls over their four-day drive from Darwin to Alice Springs in this intimate portrait of two achingly beautiful characters that cuts to the country’s heart. Heart is a Wasteland combines First Peoples’ storytelling with live music, in a whisky-fuelled battle of egos.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Indigenous
Music
Storytelling
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Rachael Dease Composer
Eilish Campbell Designer
Maitland Schnaars Director
Lucy Birkinshaw Lighting Designer
John Harvey Playwright
Lydia Fairhall Songwriter
Rachael Dease Sound Designer
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company 2025 brochure
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 213418