Melville's Wireless Hill stands as a symbol for our enduring human drive to communicate and connect. Long before modern technology, the Whadjuk Noongar people recognized the hill's vantage point, calling it Yagan Geninny—the long-necked turtle looking.
More recently, in 1912, the German Company Telefunken established the technology for the first wireless transmission from Wireless Hill to London.
German theatre artist Ralf and Japanese musician Sanshi each have personal stories that connect them with Wireless Hill and its history. As performing artists, they want to share this experience with an audience by presenting "The Caller," a performance commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe on May 8th, 2025.
Supported by the City of Melville and the West Australian - German Business Association, "The Caller" is a meditation on how communication has shaped, and continues to shape, our lives and histories.
Thursday, 8 May at 6:30pm - Welcome to Country, followed by "The Caller"
Friday, 9 May at 6:30pm - "The Caller" followed by a reading from "Cracks in the Wall"
A story based on true events in 1961, in the aftermath of Germany's division after WWII. Two German eight-year-old girls are taken from their homes overnight—one brought from East to West Germany and the other from West to East Germany. Fifty years later, they met by chance in Perth and reminded each other of a moment in time that changed the world—and their young lives.
