Black Swan State Theatre Company of Western Australia acknowledges the Whadjuk people of the Nyoongar Nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live.

First Nations People have been telling stories on this country for many thousands of years, and we acknowledge their incredible contribution to the cultural and environmental landscape we reside in.

HOLIDAY CLOSURE PERIOD

Our offices will be closed from 5pm on Tuesday 24 December 2024, reopening at 10am on Thursday 2 January 2025.
Wishing you a very happy holidays from the Black Swan Team!

Home

Hir

Past Show - Season

10 May - 27 May

Studio Underground

Mac's subversive comedy about a middle-class family in transition is fresh, feisty and emotionally gripping.

Hir

“The jaw-dropping brilliance of Taylor Mac’s script, an exercise in take-no-prisoners imagination and hilarious writing.” Huffington Post

Hir (a gender-neutral pronoun of “his” and “her,” pronounced “here”) is an audacious dive into the dysfunctional-family playpen of American theatre. A highly intelligent, heartfelt and humorous portrayal of a family in crisis.

Isaac returns home after serving a three-year stint in Afghanistan, only to discover his family household in revolt. His father, Arnold, has suﬀered a stroke rendering him nearly speechless. His mother, Paige, has become a gender studies aficionado. And his younger sister, Max, is now his younger brother. Isaac suddenly finds himself at the centre of a very diﬀerent kind of war zone.

Taylor Mac’s subversive comedy about a middle-class family in transition is fresh, feisty and emotionally gripping – it’s like ‘The American Dream’ is stuck in the American reality. Darkly comic - like “Roseanne on acid”!

Dates

10 May - 27 May

Venue

Studio Underground

Duration

1 hour 35 minutes (no interval)

Content Warning

Contains Adult Themes and strong language