The Bleeding Tree

'Girls, I think your father's dead. I knocked his knees out. I conked his head. I shot that house clown in the neck.'

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.

ANGUS CERINI is a writer, performer and theatre maker whose work has toured locally and internationally. His plays include Wretch (winner of the Patrick White Playwrights' Award) and Save for Crying (recipient of an RE ROSS Trust Award and two Green Room Awards for Best New Writing and Best Independent Production). His production of Resplendence for Melbourne Theatre Company's NEON Festival was awarded the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Drama. The Bleeding Tree, upon winning the Griffin Prize, premiered with Griffin Theatre Company and was followed by a return season with Sydney Theatre Company. The Bleeding Tree also won the NSW Premier's Literary Award for drama and the AWGIE Award for Best Play (alongside the David Williamson Prize for excellence in playwriting).