Golden Blood 黄金血液 – Sydney Theatre Company, Walsh Bay | 13 September – 13 October, 2024

Event Date: September 13, 2024 - 06:30 PM
Event End Date: October 13, 2024 - 06:30 PM
Cost: $55-$125
Website: www.sydneytheatre.com.au
Location Map:

Location: Wharf 1 Theatre, 15 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay, NSW 2000
Dates: Mondays, Tuesdays, 6:30pm to 8pm
Wednesdays to Saturdays, 7:30pm to 9pm
Sundays, 5pm to 6:30pm
Friday 13 September to Sunday 13 October

See website for specific dates and times

Cost: Adult: $55-$125

Two orphans find their own way into adulthood in this moving, high-octane, and often hilarious coming-of-age drama, set amongst the steamy, tropical backstreets of Singapore’s criminal underworld.

Following a celebrated premiere season at Griffin Theatre Company, this transfer production of Golden Blood is the Sydney Theatre Company playwriting debut of Merlynn Tong, and a family story that is somehow both sweeping and intimate – partly inspired by events in Tong’s own life.

In a once-grand apartment, two estranged siblings – 14-year-old Girl (played by Tong) and 21-year-old Boy (Charles Wu) – are thrown back together after the unexpected death of their mother. The naïve but headstrong Girl elects Boy as her legal guardian. The only problem is that Boy is a fledgling gangster. The audience watches rapt as this unconventional family grows up, gets entangled in a darkly glamorous world of crime and luxury, and comes to confront the ghosts of their past.

Expertly directed by Tessa Leong, Golden Blood crackles brightly with mile-a-minute dialogue, sharply drawn characters, and a glittering portrait of a little-known world. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience Tong’s thrilling voice as she emerges as a major force in the Australian playwriting landscape with this gripping tale about finding home in the big city.

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