Cade Lucas
The reality of Pasifika immigrant life in Melbourne’s west will be portrayed when Lele is performed at the Wyndham Cultural Centre on June 22 and 23.
Directed by Samoan-Australian creatives Michael Logo, Chanella Macri and Rexson Pelman and featuring an all Pasifika cast, Lele is a fictional story set around a Samoan-Australian family torn apart by a brutal killing that sets off a tragic series of events.
An adaptation of Sophocles’ Greek tragedy, Antigone, Lele is a story of a family grappling with pride, violence, and grief and co-director Chanella Macri said it would resonate with pasifika communities in Wyndham and Melbourne’s west.
“Lele is a conversation with the Polynesian diasporas and the immigrant diasporas here in Australia about the identity crisis that occurs for a lot of us – and the depth of experiences that are part of that,” Ms Macri said.
Starring Ioane Ale Brown, the play is a production by not-for-profit theatre company Western Edge, which aims to give young people in the western suburbs the opportunity to tell their own stories their own way.
For more information and to book, visit: www.wyncc.com.au/whats_on/lele_by_western_edge.
