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A Story of Resistance and of Strength Photograph: James Henry In 1881, the men and women of Coranderrk Aboriginal Reserve had a simple and revolutionary goal: to continue the brilliant experiment in self-determination they had pioneered CAST/CHARACTERS on the scrap of country left to them. TREVOR JAMIESON But the law said they needed Narrator, Reverend Hagenauer, permission. So they went head-to- William Barak, Phinnamore head with the Aboriginal Protection Board at a Victorian Parliamentary MATHEW COOPER Inquiry to be allowed to continue. Reverend Strickland, Commissioner 2, This inspiring true story recreates Christian Ogilvie, Thomas Bamfield, compelling history on stage. Thomas Dunolly, Constable Tevlin “It is honest, open, raw, emotional, JESSE BUTLER poignant; true. There is a strong spirit Commissioner 1, Henry Jennings, in Coranderrk. And to sit in a crowded Robert Wandon, Edward Curr, darkened theatre and witness it, is a John Green, Alfred Davis truly humbling experience.” – Glenn EBONY MCGUIRE Saunders, The Spell of Waking Hours Anne Bon, Alice Grant, Eleanor McKie, CORANDERK is a collaboration Caroline Morgan, Eda Brangy between leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, researchers, education experts and community CREATIVE TEAM members. The production aims to encourage a shared understanding CAST Trevor Jamieson, Mathew Cooper, of the past between Aboriginal and Jesse Butler, Ebony McGuire non-Aboriginal people. DIRECTOR Eva Grace Mullaley WRITERS Andrea James & Giordano Nanni SOUND DESIGNER James Henry DIRECTORS NOTE AUDIO VISUAL DESIGNER Keith Deverell LIGHTING DESIGNER Tegan Evans It is an honour that ILBIJERRI COSTUME DESIGNER Brynna Lowen asked me to direct this story of SET DESIGNERS Brynna Lowen & Tegan Evans such an amazing historical event. PRODUCTION MANAGER Sarah Wong The ancestors given voice in this STAGE MANAGER Brock Brocklesby play were astute and resilient First Peoples in a very prejudiced and harsh era. You can’t know the story ILBIJERRI THEATRE COMPANY of Coranderrk without feeling a gamut of emotions. The cast, crew ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Rachael Maza and I revel in the importance of this EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Simeon Moran story being told right now, when CREATIVE PRODUCER Ben Graetz it is so needed. It is an honour to PRODUCERS Lisa Parris & Nina Bonacci be revealing the real history of ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS Jermaine Beezley & Julia Valentini Australia, in an indisputable verbatim EDUCATION & LEARNING MANAGER Kamarra Bell-Wykes play, with an honest and poignant DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING MANAGER Iain Finlayson story of perseverance and pride. MARKETING COORDINATOR Fred Chuang COMPANY MANAGER Lauren Bok Eva Grace Mullaley FINANCE MANAGER Jon Hawkes DIRECTOR CANBERRA THEATRE CENTRE PRESENTS AN ILBIJERRI THEATRE COMPANY & BELVOIR PRODUCTION GIORDANO NANNI series, Juice Rap News (co-created Sydney, Andrea was the Aboriginal WRITER with Hugo Farrant) – a spoof News Arts Development Officer at Blacktown bulletin delivered via rap, music and Arts Centre 2010-2012 and Aboriginal comedy, whose anarchic take on world Producer at Carriageworks from events has earned an audience across 2012-2016 before embarking upon the world by covering topics such as a freelance theatremaking and US imperialism, Australian politics, producing career. Internet culture, Indigenous struggles, climate change, and many more. You In 2012 she directed Bully Beef Stew, can check out Giordano’s work at: a play about Aboriginal manhood, thejuicemedia.com at PACT Theatre, and co-wrote Coranderrk: We Will Show the Country Giordano Nanni is an historian, with Giordano Nanni, which was writer and online video producer. produced by ILBIJERRI Theatre He graduated from the University ANDREA JAMES Company and the Minutes of Evidence of Melbourne with a PhD in History WRITER Project at La Mama Courthouse and subsequently sought to combine Theatre and a reworked version staged academic and creative methodologies at Belvoir in 2013. She was a recipient in order to engage a broader audience of the British Council’s competitive outside academia, across various media – from Internet to theatre and Accelerate Program for Aboriginal Art print. He conceived the idea of re- Leaders in 2013 and was recently staging of the 1881 Coranderrk Inquiry awarded the Arts NSW Aboriginal through verbatim-theatre, and was key Arts Fellowship to write a one-woman to its development through the ARC- play about Aboriginal tennis player, funded Minutes of Evidence project, Andrea is a Yorta Yorta/Kurnai woman Evonne Goolagong. Andrea performed on which Giordano worked as Senior and graduate of the Victorian College in her co-written play Bright World with Research Associate at the University of the Arts. She cut her teeth as the Elise Hearst by Arthur Productions of Melbourne. He has published two Artistic Director of Melbourne Workers’ at Theatreworks in April 2015 and books: The Colonisation of time: Ritual, Theatre from 2001 to 2008 and is directed the premiere of her new play Routine & Resistance in the British best known for her work writing and Winyanboga Yurringa (inspired by “A must see for all” Empire and, with Andrea James, directing Yanagai! Yanagai! – a play Hyllus Maris and Sonia Borg’s Women Coranderrk: We Will Show The Country about her father’s people, the Yorta of the Sun) at Carriageworks that (available from Aboriginal Studies Yorta, and their struggle for land rights toured to the Geelong Performing Arts ARTSHUB Press). Giordano currently writes justice. The play premiered at Playbox Centre in August 2016. Her short play, Photo: Tyson and produces satirical videos via his in 2004 and was remounted in 2006 Blacktown Angels recently premiered production company The Juice Media, before enjoying an international tour at the Sydney Festival as a part of “A story of resistance to Wales and England. Relocating to best known for the cult YouTube Urban Theatre Project’s Home Country. and of strength” Mowarin This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. THE AGE CANBERRA THEATRE CENTRE CULTURAL FACILITIES Director Bruce Carmichael CORPORATION ADMINISTRATION Chair Mr John Hindmarsh Phone 02 6243 5711 Fax 02 6243 5721 Board Members Mr. Raoul Craemer, [email protected] Ms Louise Douglas, canberratheatrecentre.com.au Ms Harriet Elvin (CEO), Ms Virginia Haussegger AM, CANBERRA TICKETING Ms Robyn Hendry and Mr Eugene Kalenjuk. Phone 02 6275 2700 Fax 02 6230 1098 Chief Executive Officer Ms Harriet Elvin Canberra Theatre Centre is a part of canberraticketing.com.au Chief Finance Officer Mr Ian Tidy the Cultural Facilities Corporation PERFORMERS TREVOR JAMIESON PERFORMER Trevor is one of Australia’s most recognisable faces of theatre, film and TV. He played Uncle Max in the ABC TV EBONY MCGUIRE series and starred in both Cleverman PERFORMER the ABC TV mini-series and Sydney Theatre Company national tour of The Ebony McGuire graduated from the Secret River. He also recently starred Western Australian Academy of in the national tour of Queensland Performing Arts (WAAPA) with Theatre Company’s Black Diggers. a Certificate IV in Aboriginal Trevor collaborated with Big hART to MATHEW COOPER Theatre. While at WAAPA PERFORMER create Ngapartji Ngapartji for which she participated in a variety he won ‘Best Leading Man’ at the Mathew is a Wongatha man from of workshopped performances. In the Sydney Theatre Awards and ‘Most regional WA. This is his third final performance Ebony was cast as Outstanding Achievement in Film, TV or time performing in Coranderrk for Tiffany in Casting Doubts by Maryanne Theatre’ at the Deadly Awards. Trevor ILBIJERRI Theatre Company. His Samm, co-directed by Rick Brayford JESSE BUTLER was nominated for ‘Best Leading Man’ and Eva Mullaley. In 2014 Ebony other acting work includes the stage PERFORMER at the Sydney Theatre Awards for his play ‘Stolen’ for the National Theatre of performed at The Blue Room theatre in performance of Albert Namatjira in Parramatta, ‘Lucky’ for MTC/Neon, and an independent production as Alison, Jesse Butler (East Aranda) is a the Belvoir/Big hART co-production has performed in multiple productions in What Do They Call Me? written graduate from the Adelaide College Namatjira. Other theatre credits for Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company. by Eva Johnson, directed by Eva for the Arts (AC Arts). During his time include: Hipbone Sticking Out (Big He has just finished shooting Mullaley. In October 2014 she was at AC Arts he performed in numerous hART), Storm Boy (Sydney Theatre Screentime Australia’s third Season a workshop facilitator in the Culture 2.0 theatre and film projects including Company/Barking Gecko), Nyuntu Ngali of Janet king in the role of Shannon | Respecting Yourself | Respect Your Cloudstreet and Hamlet. Since (Windmill Theatre/Big hART) & Yandy Hinksman, appeared in Blackfella Culture workshop program with Yirra graduating Jesse has written and (Black Swan Theatre). Trevor’s film and Films’ TV series Redfern Now as Yaakin Theatre Company. Continuing performed in several Adelaide Fringe TV credits include: Rabbit Proof Fence, Damo and finished shooting his first her relationship with Yirra Yaakin, shows. Jesse has also directed a Lockie Leonard, Bran Nue Dae, 3 Acts feature The Marshes early last year, in 2015 Ebony performed in Kep number of shows including Fat Pig of Murder, Around the Block, My Place, scheduled for release in mid 2017. His Kaatijin directed by Ian Wilkes and and Sexual Perversity in Chicago. The Circuit, Done Dirt Cheap, Weewar, play Confessions of a Pyromaniac was worked with a team of artists in Recently Jesse toured with ILBIJERRI Kings in Grass Castles & Heartland. staged at the Blue Room Theatre in developing the Shakespeare Sonnets in Theatre Company in NORTH WEST Trevor is also a talented didgeridoo Perth in 2014, is a member of the Noongar workshop program. In 2015 OF NOWHERE, performing for schools, player, guitarist, singer, dancer and Cope St theatre collective, and has she performed as Lizzy in The Fever communities and prisons across storyteller. He has performed didge also worked with the Joan Sutherland and The Fret written by Jub Clerc, Victoria.
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