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Soul of Possum
SHOW DETAILS:
Thursday 4 – Sunday 14 December 2025
preview: Thursday 4 December
opening night: Friday 5 December
duration: 70 minutes
times:
Tuesday to Saturday 7:30pm
Sunday 5pm
ticket price: $35 – $45
bookings: 03 9662 9966
warnings: Coarse language, stylised weapons, loud whistle and colonial themes. First Nations audiences may find the subject matter triggering/traumatic
Click HERE to read the program
It’s 1853 on the Murray River. Swan Hill (Victoria), Wamba Wamba country. As the wildlife flees through the bush from an unseen threat, three Wamba Wamba warriors – Wirramanda, Warru and Dindi – must survive a cat-and-mouse chase across country to warn their people of the oncoming colonialists. Led by a volatile captain, the colonialists have their own internal power struggles to contend with.
After sold out seasons at the Castlemaine State Festival and Yirramboi Festival in 2021, Soul Of Possum makes its return to fortyfivedownstairs.
Playwright Brodie Murray (Wamba Wamba) draws on stories handed down from his grandfather and father to tell a historical thriller that explores the contrasting relationships settlers and Blak peoples have with Country, ecology, leadership and spirituality. Directed by Beng Oh and Balla Neba (movement director), with a stellar cast including Wimiya Woodley (Panawathi Girl and Operation Boomerang, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company).
Reviews
“Other theatre makers could learn from this stripped back but powerful production … The play is a huge achievement for Brodie Murray, Declan Furber Gillick, and their collaborators. Brilliantly realised by the cast, Beng Oh, and company” Stage Whispers
Proudly supported by Craig Semple and:
Writer: Brodie Murray
Director: Beng Oh
Dramaturg: Declan Furber Gillick
Cast: Balla Neba, Brodie Murray, Leigh Scully, Gabriel Partington, Kevin Dee, Luke Mason, and Wimiya Woodley
Voiceover: Tahlee Fereday
Producer: Sarah James
Lighting Designer / Stage Manager: Shane Grant
Costume Designer: Adrienne Chisholm
Sound Designer: Ben Keene
Cultural Advisor: Ron Murray
Photo: Cameron Grant
Artwork: Emma Salmon
Ticket Prices:
Preview: $35
Full: $45
Concession: $39
Group 6+: $39
First Nations: $15
Concessions:
Pensioners/Full-time students/MEAA members
Ticket sales are subject to a booking fee of $5.00 per ticket plus any merchant charges for payments by American Express
Ticket fees are charged reluctantly. As an unfunded CBD located venue, our expenses continue to rise. If fortyfivedownstairs is to survive, we are obliged to increase our revenue without inflicting costs on already struggling artists. Without support, we risk losing artists or having to close our doors. We do hope for your understanding!