The 7 Stages of Grieving

Government of Western Australia Subiaco Arts Centre

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The 7 Stages of Grieving

3 - 12 July 2025 Subiaco Arts Centre, Main Auditorium Buy tickets

Presented by Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

The 7 Stages of Grieving continues to ask vital and stirring questions of the way we tell stories and how we remember the past.

Told by a single compelling narrator, this play weaves together cultural knowledge, memories, and personal experiences to share a powerful story of Aboriginal Australia.

A collection of vignettes that examines the timelessness of the Dreaming, the horrors of invasion, the trials of reconciliation and police brutality, as well as the importance of kinship, speaking truth to power and the joy of telling your story your way. This production is an engaging, moving and ultimately empowering recognition of the loss of identity and Country and the will to fight back.

On its premiere in 1995, this play was a radical act of Aboriginal theatre-making. Thirty years later Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company will present a brand-new production of The 7 Stages of Grieving for WA audiences for the first time.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised this performance contains the names and voices of people who have passed away.

Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Please note:

Latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break during the performance.
Mobile telephones and electronic devices are to be turned off during the performance.
Cameras, video cameras and tape recorders will not be permitted without the consent of the promoter.

Preview

$30.00 Adult
$20.00 Concession (Full-time Students, Pensioners, Seniors Card holders, Juniors 16 years and under, Health Care Card holders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders)
$20.00 Under 18's
$20.00 Groups 8+
For group bookings phone (08) 6212 9291 or email groups@artsculturetrust .wa.gov.au

Tuesday, Wednesday and Matinees

$40.00 Adult
$35.00 Concession (Full-time Students, Pensioners, Seniors Card holders, Juniors 16 years and under, Health Care Card holders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders)
$25.00 Under 18's
$35.00 Groups 8+
For group bookings phone (08) 6212 9291 or email groups@artsculturetrust .wa.gov.au

Thursday, Friday, Saturday

$50.00 Adult
$45.00 Concession (Full-time Students, Pensioners, Seniors Card holders, Juniors 16 years and under, Health Care Card holders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders)
$30.00 Under 18's
$45.00 Groups 8+
For group bookings phone (08) 6212 9291 or email groups@artsculturetrust .wa.gov.au

Babes in arms permitted for infants up to 2 years old.

School Groups

$20.00 School Groups 8+ (One complimentary ticket per 15 paid)
For group bookings phone (08) 6212 9291 or email groups@artsculturetrust .wa.gov.au

Schools Performance Dates

1:00pm Friday 27 June 2025 - Schools Preview
10:00am & 1:00pm Monday 30 June 2025
10:00am & 1:00pm Tuesday 1 July 2025
10:00am & 1:00pm Wednesday 2nd July 2025
10:00am Thursday 3rd July 2025

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