Theatre | Dance | History
Wudjang: Not the Past
PAST EVENT
Theatre | Dance | History
Wudjang: Not the Past
PAST EVENT

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18 JANUARY - 12 FEBRUARY
$80 - $120 + BF

accessibility

Wheelchair Access
Bangarra Dance Theatre...has spent its existence opening doors to this country’s ancient past.

The Australian

Bangarra Dance Theatre...has spent its existence opening doors to this country’s ancient past.

The Australian

Partners

Bangarra Dance Company Sydney Theatre Company Seaborn, Broughton & Walford Foundation
Bangarra Dance Theatre & Sydney Theatre Company

A metal mouth digging
A change unforgiving
A dam is constructed
The land is disrupted

In the deep darkness just before dawn, workmen find ancestral bones while excavating for a dam. This ancestor is Wudjang, who longs to be buried the proper way.

An epic-scale contemporary corroboree by Bangarra Dance Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company, Wudjang: Not the Past reveals the power of ancestral stories to reach us through generations. 17 dancers, four musicians and five actors all take the stage in an ambitious performance full of humour and tragedy.

Wudjang reclaims stories from non-Indigenous historians, teaching how to acknowledge, listen and learn from the past. Directed by Stephen Page and cowritten with Alana Valentine, the work uses the Mibinyah language from Page’s Yugambeh country home in Queensland. In every poem chanted, strutted, muttered and sung, dance is alive. This vivid piece of First Nations performance promises to be a benchmark Australian production.


Duration: 1hrs 20mins (no interval). Subject to change.


Program

Download the Digital Program here.


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Ticketing & Pricing

Premium Full Price - $110 - $129

A Reserve Full Price -
 $100- $109
A Reserve Senior - $95
A Reserve Concession - $80

B Reserve Full Price
- $90- $99
B Reserve Senior - $85
B Reserve Concession - $72

C Reserve Full Price - $80
C Reserve Senior - $75
C Reserve Concession - $64

+ booking fee

Booking terms and conditions

Multipack Event


Location

Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay


Performance Times

Mon 17 January at 6:30pm (Cancelled due to disruption in the development process)


Tue 18 January at 7:30pm (New time)
Wed 19 January at 7:30pm
Thur 20 January at 7:30pm
Fri 21 January at 7:30pm
Sat 22 January at 1:30pm
Sat 22 January at 7:30pm
Mon 24 January at 6:30pm
Tues 25 January at 6:30pm
Wed 26 January at 7:30pm
Thur 27 January at 7:30pm
Fri 28 January at 7:30pm
Sat 29 January at 1:30pm
Sat 29 January at 7:30pm
Mon 31 January at 6:30pm
Tues 1 February at 6:30pm
Wed 2 February at 7:30pm
Thur 3 February at 7:30pm
Fri 4 February at 7:30pm
Sat 5 February at 1:30pm
Sat 5 February at 7:30pm
Mon 7 February at 6:30pm
Tues 8 February at 6:30pm
Wed 9 February at 7:30pm
Thur 10 February at 7:30pm
Fri 11 February at 7:30pm
Sat 12 February at 1:30pm
Sat 12 February at 7:30pm

Accessibility

The Roslyn Packer Theatre is an accessible venue. You can find more information here


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