KURAMANUNYA
(GORE-RAH-MAH-NUNYA)
SEASON
- BRISBANE, QLD, SEPT 2023 @ BRISBANE FESTIVAL, METRO ARTS WORLD PREMIERE
- KITCHENER, TORONTO, TURTLE ISLAND/CANADA SEPT 2023 @ IMPACT FESTIVAL, MT SPACE
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REVIEWS
STAGE DOOR PODCAST - BRIDIE MIDDLETON
My feet walk on land that is red blood soaked. Black burnt, yellow sun drenched country. Stories from thousands of years. Songs eternally kept on the wind and water.
I honor lines that have been cut. Poisoned, shot and led to the cliff’s edge. Those who passed to the spirit world before their kin could arrive from the dreaming to continue a physical lineage.
Remembering the stories that remain unwritten and unspoken, returned to the earth and stars that they arrived from. Acknowledging that First Nations people are descendants of those who fought for land, family and identity. Not everyone continued to walk this physical world, many returned to the spirit world.
Kuramanunya honours them. Kuramanunya. The story is told.
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CHOREOGRAPHER & PERFORMER
THOMAS E.S. KELLY
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CO-DIRECTORS
THOMAS E.S. KELLY
VICKI VAN HOUT
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DRAMATURG
TAREE SANSBURY
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PRODUCTION/STAGE MANAGER
BELINDA GERARD
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SOUND DESIGNER
SAMUEL PANKHURST
JHINDU-PEDRO LAWRIE
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CO-WRITERS
EMILY WELLS
THOMAS E.S. KELLY
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SET DESIGN
TIFFANY BECKWITH-SKINNER
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LIGHTING DESIGN
CHRISTINE FELMINGHAM
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COSTUME DESIGN
SELENE COCHRANE
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PHOTO CREDIT
SIMON WOODS
THIS PROJECT WAS CREATED WITH SUPPORT FROM;
ARTS QUEENSLAND
METRO ARTS
ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL