Young Scrapper is a mouthy labourer born into the construction union. When he’s teamed up with veteran welder Vittorio to build Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge, his attitude begins to shift. But as disquiet mounts about working conditions and questionable safety measures, their lives are put on the line.
On 15 October 1970, the West Gate Bridge collapsed, killing thirty-five men in what remains Australia’s deadliest industrial accident. Dennis McIntosh‘s haunting and compassionate play revisits this defining moment in Australian history, honouring the workers whose lives were lost and the families forever changed.
