Heart is a Wasteland by John Harvey

Heart is a Wasteland by John Harvey

17 Oct - 1 November 2025 

Presented by Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Director Maitland Schnaars

Assistant Director Bobbi Henry

Songwriter Lydia Fairhall

Designer Eilish Campbell

Lighting Designer Lucy Birkinshaw

Composer & Sound Designer Rachael Dease

Projection Designer Mia Holton

Intimacy Choreographer Molly Tipping

Stage Manager Kira Feeney

Cast Claire Fermo and Maitland Schnaars

Storytelling and live music combine in a cross-country love story

Raye is a country-music star in the making playing in one back-water pub after another along Australia’s vast desert highways. Trying to make a living in the hope of returning home to her young son Elvis her lyrics blaze through the landscapes of love and longing. 

A chance meeting and Raye’s life becomes entwined with that of another wanderer Dan a miner disconnected from community. A turbulent love affair unfurls over the four-day drive to Alice Springs.

John Harvey’s humorous and deeply heartfelt story examines the complexities of Aboriginal people living in contemporary Australia. A soul warming battle of egos and recognising everyone’s worthiness of and right to love.

Tickets:  http://bit.ly/45PwCn5

Host or Publisher Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company