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The 7 Stages of Grieving (Evening Performance)
By Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman. A Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company production
Fri
21
Fri 21 Aug 7:30 PM
MR HEART - Main Theatre
Wheelchair
Accessible Toilet
Assistance Animals
Companion Card 2
Allocated Seating
60 Mins
August
The 7 Stages of Grieving by Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman continues to ask vital and stirring questions of the way we tell stories and how we remember the past. Told by a single compelling narrator - ‘Everywoman’, the play weaves together cultural knowledge, memories, and personal experiences to share a powerful story of Aboriginal Australia. On its premiere in 1995, this play was a radical act of Aboriginal theatre-making. Thirty years later Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company presented a brand-new production of this classic of Australian theatre in its WA premiere – also the first time it had been presented by an Aboriginal Theatre Company.
A woman stands alone on stage. Over one gripping hour, she traces seven phases of Aboriginal history – Dreaming, Invasion, Genocide, Protection, Assimilation, Self-Determination, and Reconciliation. Mailman and Enoch’s script is a potent expression of resilience and survival, as well as humour, joy and strength. This production is an engaging, moving and ultimately empowering recognition of the loss of identity and Country and the will to fight back.
WARNINGS
Contains coarse language and adult themes. This performance depicts cultural genocide, racial abuse and trauma, and police brutality.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised this performance contains the names and voices of people who have passed away.
A woman stands alone on stage. Over one gripping hour, she traces seven phases of Aboriginal history – Dreaming, Invasion, Genocide, Protection, Assimilation, Self-Determination, and Reconciliation. Mailman and Enoch’s script is a potent expression of resilience and survival, as well as humour, joy and strength. This production is an engaging, moving and ultimately empowering recognition of the loss of identity and Country and the will to fight back.
WARNINGS
Contains coarse language and adult themes. This performance depicts cultural genocide, racial abuse and trauma, and police brutality.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised this performance contains the names and voices of people who have passed away.
FABClub (Friends and Buddies) Tickets
Designed for people attending an event solo who would enjoy sharing the experience with other arts lovers.
Book a FABClub seat and one of our friendly volunteers will welcome you on arrival and sit with you for the performance.
No dating. No pressure. No​​​​ awkwardness. Just friendly company, wonderful performances, great seats, and the comfort of knowing you’ll be welcomed from the moment you arrive. One seat available per booking – call us on 9780 5294 to access this offer.