Box the Pony
A semi-autobiographical one-woman show set in an Aboriginal community in Queensland.
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A semi-autobiographical one-woman show set in an Aboriginal community in Queensland.
A two-act stage portrait traces Albert Namatjira's life from his childhood at Hermannsburg through his artistic partnership with Rex Battarbee, national and international fame, racism and exploitation, imprisonment, and death. Family members and descendants help tell the story through direct address, reenactment, music, and live painting, reclaiming the account of their grandfather and his work.
Performer Trevor Jamieson recounts his family's story against the history of British nuclear testing at Maralinga and the displacement of Pitjantjatjara people. The bilingual work combines family testimony, Indigenous storytelling, tragedy, humor, popular songs, video, and audience participation to explore dispossession, cultural loss, and survival.
A semi-autobiographical one-woman show set in an Aboriginal community in Queensland.
A two-act stage portrait traces Albert Namatjira's life from his childhood at Hermannsburg through his artistic partnership with Rex Battarbee, national and international fame, racism and exploitation, imprisonment, and death. Family members and descendants help tell the story through direct address, reenactment, music, and live painting, reclaiming the account of their grandfather and his work.
Performer Trevor Jamieson recounts his family's story against the history of British nuclear testing at Maralinga and the displacement of Pitjantjatjara people. The bilingual work combines family testimony, Indigenous storytelling, tragedy, humor, popular songs, video, and audience participation to explore dispossession, cultural loss, and survival.