Description
OVERVIEW | RESIST THE SWITCH
Resist the Switch at its heart is a conversation. A conversation between generations. Between continents. Between the versions of self we perform to survive and the selves we are terrified of losing. It is a work born from memory, observation, contradiction, humour, grief, and love. Deep, complicated love.
SYNOPSIS
For some, identity is flexible. For others, it’s everything.
When Kabili steps into an Australian high school for the first time, he’s greeted not with curiosity, but a bet — how long before he “loses his Africanness”? As a group of African-Australian teens prepare for school camp, tensions bubble beneath the surface. Between code-switching and culture clashes, TikTok and traditional fire stories, they wrestle with the unspoken rules of survival in a country that’s still learning how to see them.
What happens when fitting in means forgetting who you are? This is theatre that dares to ask: what parts of yourself are you willing to give up to be accepted? And what might happen if you choose to resist? Resist The Switch is a funny and unflinching work that peels back the layers of identity, migration, and belonging. Told through dynamic ensemble performance, ancestral folktales, and razor-sharp dialogue, Resist The Switch is more than a coming-of-age story — it’s a cultural awakening.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Resist the Switch was first produced by JUTE Theatre Company in association with Ubuntu Theatre Project in Cairns in 2025.
ISBN: 978-1-76161-434-7