Theatre Company: Belvoir St Theatre
Writer: David Milroy
Director: Kylie Farmer (Kaarljilba Kaardn)
Cast: Roxanne McDonald
Location: Downstairs, Belvoir St Theatre (Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia)

Synopsis (from the flyer):

Maymay has come back to the pastoral station she worked on as a domestic half a century ago. As she beavers away around the old washing line, she recalls the season of love and revenge which swept through and turned this dusty collection of bungalows into the scene of an achingly beautiful tragedy. Windmill Baby is the story of Black Australians in the service of White Australia. It’s also an ancient tale of unexpected love and sudden ruination.
Most wonderfully of all, Windmill Baby is that rare thing: a real love story.
First performed in Perth in 2005, Windmill Baby has since played all over the world, but never in Sydney. Now, Kylie Farmer (last seen burning the floor in The Sapphires) makes her directorial debut with a new production in our Downstairs Theatre.

My Thoughts:

This was a little slice of theatre magic.
The main - and only - character, talks directly to the audience and transports us all back fifty years to when she was a young woman working on an outback station.
With only a basic set (which was made pretty authentic with the addition of actual sand from the outback at Kimberlee), she takes us on an epic journey with a cast of colourful characters, plenty of drama and the odd ghost.
I found the story, and the lovely actress who told it, thoroughly engaging. I just wish there was more theatre like this!