Ellen’s beauty is famous for miles around. Her overprotective father has created a safe place to protect her from the world: a forest of Eucalypts. But is the forest a sanctuary or is Ellen imprisoned?

Unable to bear the thought of losing Ellen, her father announces a competition. He sets an impossible task: only a man who can name all the trees on his land may marry his daughter.

As suitors cross the world to try their luck, Ellen encounters a stranger amongst her father’s trees: a storyteller with enchanting tales of faraway lands.

Sir Jonathan Mills and Meredith Oakes’ new opera, based on Murray Bail’s beloved novel, has played to rave reviews in across Australia.

Renowned Australian playwright and director Michael Gow directs this deeply moving production, with designs by Simone Romaniuk. Desiree Frahn, Simon Meadows and Samuel Dundas reprise their roles along with Michael Petruccelli.