In a family home on the outskirts of Darwin, four Larrakia mothers find themselves stuck together on the precipice of a drastically changing world. The eldest, Nan, has dementia and finds it difficult to make sense of the world. The youngest, Bub, is separated from their wife and struggling to find stability and parent alone. Aunty and Mum are sisters yet polar opposites with a lot of history between them. Written and directed by Jada Alberts, Black Light takes audiences on a deeply personal journey as it explores the complexities of intergenerational wisdom, trauma and survival in a colonial world. Sisters Rachael and Lisa Maza play Aunty and Mum.

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In a family home on the outskirts of Darwin, four Larrakia mothers find themselves stuck together, on the precipice of a drastically changing world.

Black Light is a play about finding our way back to ourselves, to Country and to the people we love, when everything else tries to tear us apart.

Things are uneasy in town. No one’s sure what’s going on, or how long it’s going to last. Fuel is scarce, so is water, military jets fly overhead and all other flights are grounded. The only choice they have is to wait it out. Together.

The eldest in the family is Nan – she has dementia and finds it difficult to make sense of the world. The youngest is Bub. Recently separated from their wife, Bub is struggling to find stability and parent alone. Aunty and Mum are sisters and yet polar opposites. They nitpick at each other, barely able to conceal their disdain. There’s so much history between them all, so much water under the bridge, and none of it clean.