Coranderrk (+ Q&A with Uncle Jack Charles)

@ Riverside Parramatta

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$22 - $52 + bf

Coranderrk is about what might have been.

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 pact between the country’s oldest and newest inhabitants.

This special production 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 heard.

Both performances of Coranderrk at Parramatta's Riverside Theatre will feature a Q&A with Uncle Jack Charles, who originated the role of Aboriginal leader William Barak in the 2013 production of Coranderrk at Belvoir St Theatre, played in this production by the formidable Trevor Jamieson.

Note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander audiences are advised that this production contains images of deceased persons

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