Reviewed by: Stage Whispers
Review by Mark Wickett | 03 March 2024

Brothers Sam and Jamie are out in the bush, on a walking trip to a waterfall, where they’ll honour their late mother. Jamie has brought his GPS, his guitar – he can’t go a week without practising – and a bag of M&Ms. Sam is much more prepared but carries a secret in his backpack.

Trail’s End is written by award-winning Gunai/Kurnai woman Jannali Jones, and places Sam’s Aboriginal culture into a contemporary world, where privilege still pervades. Yet it is also an attempt to reconcile different ways of doing things and exploring how each could benefit the other.

The entire production is created by Aboriginal creatives, and it’s made something accessible to everyone. What’s shocking is that this is the only Aboriginal theatrical performance in this year’s Adelaide Fringe!