SBW Stables Theatre, Sydney
Fuelled with rage and grief, Meyne Wyatt’s debut play is a story that asks the nation, “Is this your best version of yourself?”
As City of Gold opens, Breythe Black (played by the play’s writer and star Meyne Wyatt) enters the stage to the sound of traditional Indigenous music, carrying spear and canoe – representing the idealised image of the noble savage Aboriginal man, its own racist trope. Only when a voice calls “cut” is it revealed to be a scene for the annual Australia Day lamb commercial – though this one adds a call to “change the date” to its oversimplified and erroneous account of the meaning of the day.
The indignity of the experience causes Breythe to walk off the set. As he does, he finds out his Dad (Maitland Schnaars) has died and he returns home to Kalgoorlie.
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