The local footy team of the small coastal town of Cutting Cove have spent so long at the bottom of the ladder they might as well be welded to it. This year, a new hope arrives for the Currawongs: the Marngrook cousins, Sonny and Jayma. Nicknamed after the Aboriginal game that inspired AFL, their natural talent promises the team's best chance at bringing the flag home for the first time ever. What will come with that flag, however, is the cruel reminder of a far greater loss in this country's colonial history.
Nathan Maynard's 37 serves up a searing critique of Australia's relationship with sport, set within the era of Adam Goodes' war cry and the country's ensuing debate on racism. In the land of the fair go, the rules of the game will always be fairer for some than others. Who decides these rules, when not everyone wants to play clean? Can you possibly ever win, when the system is rigged against you?
'Throws a disturbing spotlight on the ways in which this country profits from Indigenous culture without giving back in return … sharp and formidable' —The Guardian
'So vitally relevant to us as a nation … a truly funny, wildly entertaining piece of ensemble theatre … with a proper sting in its tail' —ArtsHub
'I walked away from the show in awe of Maynard's ability to apply history to the stage' —The Conversation
NATHAN MAYNARD is a Trawlwoolway, pakana man and writer and director from Lutruwita/Tasmania. Nathan’s first play, The Season, featured in the 2015 Yellamundie Festival (Moogahlin Arts). In 2016, Nathan finished a writer’s attachment with Blue Rocket animation, where he helped produce and direct a palawa kani (a Tasmanian Aboriginal language) episode of the award-winning animation series Little J & Big Cuz. Nathan wrote an episode for the second series. In 2017 Nathan co-directed Jonathan Saunders’ animation series Zero Point. Nathan collaborated with acclaimed Maori writer Jamie Mc Caskill on the children’s play Hide the Dog (to be produced by Tasmania Performs). Nathan was co-creator, dramaturg and director of Naz Dickenson’s debut play CRUMBS (2021 Yirramboi Festival, Melbourne). Nathan is currently working on the feature film project Mosquito Jack as a co-writer, alongside established writers Raimondo Cortese and Jonathan Auf Der Heide. Nathan was selected for the 2017 and 2019 PWA Aboriginal playwrights’ retreat at Bundanon. He was also the recipient of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Artist of the Year Award in 2006 and 2013 and the recipient of the 2018 Tasmania Aboriginal of the Year Award. He received the 2018 Errol (Tasmanian Theatre Awards) for best writing and the 2018 Green Room Award for new writing for the Australian stage. Nathan was selected by the Australia Council as the Australian delegate to attend the 2018 Dublin Theatre Festival as part of the Next Stage Program.
| Cast Info | 10M |
| Genres | Drama, Physical Theatre |
| Themes | Full length play, Political/Social themes, First Nations |
| Audiences | Young Adult, Adult |
| Extent | 68 |
| Edition | Revised |
| Size | 137 x 210 mm |
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