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”?
Welcome to Resist The Switch, a funny, and unflinching new theatre work that peels back the layers of identity, migration, and belonging. 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.
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.
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?
Written and directed by Grace Edward, peformed by Ubuntu Theatre Project
Ubuntu Theatre Project, led by JUTE Theatre Company in partnership with Centacare FNQ and Cairns African Association, is an extension of the 2022 pilot program ‘Breaking Ground’. It focuses on teaching transferable skills through an arts-based model rooted in Ubuntu philosophy for young people aged 15-26 from African, refugee, and migrant backgrounds.
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