"Let this table be a home for me. Let it be a home for all the lost and the hungry. May all my children and my children's children eat at this table."

In the 1870s a girl is born under a tree - her birth tree - chosen to give her strength and wisdom. When the tree is cut down she follows it into the white man's world, working as a cook for the big house on the island. Her tree has become a kitchen table, one she will pass down through successive generations as a legacy - a way of carving out her family stories. Now, generations later, a young man and his mother fight for ownership of the table.

Directed by Marion Potts (Bell Shakespeare's Associate Director) and featuring Leah Purcell in a "startlingly powerful performance", The Story of the Miracles at Cookie's Table by Wesley Enoch is full of humour and is deeply affecting. Gently peeling away the layers of storytelling, it reveals the communal bonds that lie beneath them. Cookie's Table is a moving testament to culture lived, lost and found, the strength of family, adapting and gathering together.

Winner of the 2005 STC/SMH Patrick White Playwrights' Award, with Roxanne McDonald, Russell Smith, Ben Dennison and Blake Herczeg. Designed by Bruce McKinven with Lighting Design by Luiz Pampolha and Composition/Sound Design by Brett Collery.

HotHouse Theatre/Griffin Theatre
HotHouse Theatre is at the vanguard of regional theatre practice in Australia and since 1979 has introduced over 70 new works to the national theatre canon. Its commitment to providing quality contemporary theatre to regional audiences has seen the company become an integral part, not only of the cultural landscape of the Albury Wodonga region, but the national theatre industry.

HotHouse offers an annual subscription season of 5 to 10 new works at the Hume Building Society Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga; regularly tours regionally and nationally; operates a Drama School, youth theatre festival and training program; commissions leading Australian playwrights to create work; and runs the national artist residency program, A Month in the Country.

Griffin Theatre is the only theatre company in Sydney entirely dedicated to the professional development and production of new Australian plays. It is a not-for-profit company that has been operating successfully since 1978. Griffin is one of the great engine rooms of the Australian theatre. It works in innovation and as a gateway for new ideas and talented new artists. It represents an investment in a healthy arts industry.

Griffin offers an annual subscription season of 4 to 6 new plays at the SBW Stables Theatre; regularly tours Griffin productions throughout Australia; operates an Education program that encompasses Griffin Ambassadors, Master Acting Classes, Writing Classes and Corporate Training; operates a Resident Writers program; and runs Griffin Stablemates - a program that provides independent producers and directors with the opportunity to reach audiences in a nurturing and subsidised environment.

Contact:
Bernadette Haldane
General Manager
HotHouse Theatre
PO BOX 479
Wodonga VIC 3689
Tel +61 2 6021 7433
Fax +61 2 6023 2201
Mob 0402 469 250
bernie@hothousetheatre.com.au
www.hothousetheatre.com.au
www.griffintheatre.com.au