Alien
The middle of fucking nowhere, NT.
Bright and strange lights fly overhead.
A woman in full rodeo regalia rides a mechanical bull in slow motion.
A new play by Rachael Chisholm, Betty Sweetlove and Ciella Williams.
This decaying desert pub has three claims to fame: the annual rodeo, a crocodile, and a shitload of UFO sightings.
Karima runs the joint with entrepreneurial spirit and outback ruthlessness. It was all going fine until her latest backpacker bartender, Aiofe, up and disappeared on her. Now she’s stuck with a Melbourne do-gooder who seems to want to be abducted. And Keisha, an Indigenous cop from Town, has turned up to look into the disappearance.
Meanwhile, Aiofe watches on from the belly of the crocodile, the silent and ageless rodeo champion and barfly Raylene is carrying some secrets, and maybe Karima knows more than she’s letting on.
A show about belonging in Australia and the layers of history and conflict in the landscape and ourselves.