Coranderrk at Belvoir St Theatre
Dates: 12/7/2013 - 1/5/2014
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25 Belvoir St, Surry Hills NSW
Surry Hills, New South Wales NSW 2010
Phone: +61 (2) 9699 3444
Tickets: $29.00 - $65.00
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Coranderrk is about what might have been.
In the neglected storehouse of Australian history, this is one of the definitive stories. At a Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry in 1881, the men and women of the Coranderrk Aboriginal Reserve went head-to-head with the Aboriginal Protection Board. Their goal was both simple and revolutionary: to be allowed to continue the brilliant experiment in self-determination they had pioneered for themselves on the scrap of country left to them.
Coranderrk recreates the Inquiry. This is both great theatre and great history. It revives the voices of all those, black and white, who fought for a better compact between the country’s oldest and newest inhabitants – three dozen of them from 132 years ago, speaking for themselves, directly to us, as though the question at hand remains unanswered today.
This special co-production between Belvoir and ILBIJERRI pays tribute to the resilience and adaptability of a people who rose to the challenge despite the odds, appropriating the power of the written word to make their own voices ring loud and clear.
In the neglected storehouse of Australian history, this is one of the definitive stories. At a Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry in 1881, the men and women of the Coranderrk Aboriginal Reserve went head-to-head with the Aboriginal Protection Board. Their goal was both simple and revolutionary: to be allowed to continue the brilliant experiment in self-determination they had pioneered for themselves on the scrap of country left to them.
Coranderrk recreates the Inquiry. This is both great theatre and great history. It revives the voices of all those, black and white, who fought for a better compact between the country’s oldest and newest inhabitants – three dozen of them from 132 years ago, speaking for themselves, directly to us, as though the question at hand remains unanswered today.
This special co-production between Belvoir and ILBIJERRI pays tribute to the resilience and adaptability of a people who rose to the challenge despite the odds, appropriating the power of the written word to make their own voices ring loud and clear.
Cast and Creative Team for Coranderrk at Belvoir St Theatre
Cast
Jack Charles
Tom Long
Kelton Pell
Team
By Andrea James & Giordano Nanni
Concept Giordano Nanni
Director Isaac Drandic
Assistant Director Ralph Myers
Jack Charles
Tom Long
Kelton Pell
Team
By Andrea James & Giordano Nanni
Concept Giordano Nanni
Director Isaac Drandic
Assistant Director Ralph Myers
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About the Theatre
Belvoir St Theatre
25 Belvoir St, Surry Hills NSW
Surry Hills, New South Wales NSW 2010
Phone: +61 (2) 9699 3444
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