Bran Nue Dae

Set out on the road trip of a lifetime with a spunky teenager running away from school, two hippies, a wily Uncle and a German priest. By the time you shake the red dust from your feet, you’ll know what it means to come home. Jimmy Chi’s semi-autobiographical coming-of-age musical comedy Bran Nue Dae is an exuberant ride through 1960s Western Australia packed with humour and hope.

A feel-good mash-up of rock-and-roll, gospel, country and blues music made the first-ever Aboriginal musical a sparkling success in 1990. It returns to Perth Festival 30 years on with a stage that recreates the historic Sun Pictures open-air cinema in Broome and costumes that are delightfully nostalgic.

Presented by West Australian Opera, Bran Nue Day will be showing at the Regal Theatre for Perth Festival from Feburary 6 to 15.

Public art project

To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of this historic production, the City of Subiaco and West Australian Opera have collaborated on a new public art at the corner of Rokeby and Roberts roads. For informtaion about the mural, visit our public art webpages.