Trail's End
Brothers Sam and Jamie have had a tough year. After their mother passes, Sam comes to blows with his stepdad. Feeling untethered, Jamie decides to move overseas. Before he leaves, the boys go on one final camping trip together. As they journey through the bush they reflect on their experience as a mixed family—Jamie sailing through life while Sam struggles to reconnect with his Aboriginal culture. Jamie urges Sam to reconcile with his dad, but Sam knows he’s about to do something unforgivable as he carries one last secret in his backpack.
Proudly led by a team of Aboriginal creatives, this one-act play explores issues of family and identity, and shares an all-too common experience of cultural dissonance in modern Australia.
Presented by: Jannali Jones
Award-winning Gunai/Kurnai writer based in South Australia, Jannali recently took part in the 2023 Yirra Yaakin Playwright Festival where her play 'Downstream' was developed with Isaac Drandic, Nazaree Dickerson and performed as a staged reading at the Subiaco Arts Centre. She completed a Master of Arts in Creative Writing at UTS. Her debut novel 'My Father’s Shadow', a YA thriller, was published by Magabala Books and won the black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowship. Her work has been published in Australia and overseas, including both fiction and non-fiction, spanning across genres and forms. Recently she was awarded the University of Adelaide's First Nations Fellowship in writing, a 2022 Varuna Residential Fellowship and was shortlisted for the 2023 Deep Creek Fellowship.
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