THE BLEEDING TREE

About the show

In a dirt-dry town in rural Australia, a shot shatters the still night. A mother and her daughters have just welcomed home the man of the house – with a crack in the shins and a bullet in the neck. The only issue now is disposing of the body. Triggered into thrilling motion by an act of revenge, The Bleeding Tree is rude, rhythmical and irreverently funny. Imagine a murder ballad blown up for the stage, set against a deceptively deadly Aussie backdrop, with three fierce females fighting back. With his brutal, and brutally funny, wordplay, Angus Cerini won the 2014 Griffin Award for The Bleeding Tree. Our own Lee Lewis is looking forward to getting her directorial hands exceedingly dirty. Winner Best New Australian Work, Sydney Theatre Awards Winner Griffin Award, 2014 Winner Best Play, Helpmann Awards, 2016 Winner NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, 2016 Winner Excellence in Writing for Australian Theatre, Australian Writer’s Guild Awards, 2016