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Queensland Theatre Back to Bilo

3 - 13 Sep 2025
Bille Brown Theatre
1 hour 30 minutes
(no interval, subject to change without notice)
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$70 - $85

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Queensland Theatre – Back to Bilo

Queensland Theatre Back to Bilo

3 - 13 Sep 2025
Bille Brown Theatre

A true-life testimony to people power and persistence

Priya and Nades left war-torn Sri Lanka and found each other in regional Queensland. They married, had two daughters, worked hard and settled into a simple but happy country life.

The community welcomed them with open arms – but four years later came a knock at the door and they were ripped away in a dawn raid. Their story could have ended there, but a brave band of Biloela women weren’t giving up on them so easily.

Fighting alongside the young refugee family, they launched a grassroots, people-powered campaign that galvanised hundreds of thousands of ordinary Australians to demand the family be brought back to Bilo.

This is the remarkable true account of one family’s ordeal in the nightmare limbo of immigration detention, a story of how love is stronger than fear and of how persistence and togetherness can win against crushing odds.

Back to Bilo is a profoundly moving new play from celebrated local company Belloo Creative (Boy, Lost) and is made with – and from – the heart of regional Queensland.

Important Information

Age Recommendation

Recommended for those aged 14 years and older.

Accessibility at Bille Brown Theatre

Queensland Theatre is committed to making their performances accessible to all theatre lovers.

Visit queenslandtheatre.com.au/accessibility or contact their Ticketing Team at 1800 355 528 (Mon-Fri, 9:30am-5pm) or sales@queenslandtheatre.com.au for more information.

A Belloo Creative Production, presented by Queensland Theatre and Brisbane Festival, MFI and CAIAF

Special Events

Night with the Artists

  • Tue 9 Sep 2025, 6:30 PM

If you want to know about the audition process for an actor, how a character was developed, or why that piece of music was chosen, consider booking the Night with the Artists performances on selected evenings. Following the show, the cast and creatives discuss the process with you.

Accessibility

To book the below accessibility enhanced performances please contact Queensland Theatre Ticketing Team on 1800 355 528 or email sales@queenslandtheatre.com.au.

Auslan Interpreted

  • Fri 12 Sep 2025, 7:30 PM

Selected performances are professionally signed by Auslan interpreters.

Audio Described

  • Fri 12 Sep 2025, 7:30 PM
  • Sat 13 Sep 2025, 2:00 PM

Trained Audio Describers provide a commentary with concise descriptions of actions, expressions and gestures to compliment the theatre experience for patrons who are blind or have low vision. Description is relayed via a discreet headset using radio frequency.

Tactile Tour

  • Fri 12 Sep 2025, 7:30 PM
  • Sat 13 Sep 2025, 2:00 PM

Tactile tours offer blind and low-vision patrons the chance to touch and examine props and costumes and hear the cast and crew describe the visual aspects of the production.

A must-see production about the triumph of the human spirit and the power of community.
Cathy Hunt, Women of the World Festival

Creatives

  • Written by Katherine Lyall-Watson
  • Directed by Caroline Dunphy
  • Original Concept by Matt Scholten
  • Tamil Cultural Advisor Sudhesh Somu
  • Designer Govin Ruben
  • Costume Designer Keerthi Subramanyam
  • Composer and Sound Designer Guy Webster
  • Video Designer Mic Gruchy

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