Three Magpies Perched in a Tree
David Li Sound Gallery
Clayton
David Li Sound Gallery,
The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts, 48 Exhibition Walk
Clayton, VIC 3800 Australia
Clayton, VIC 3800 Australia
Date
11 Sep –
12 Sep
About the Show
Three Magpies Perched in a Tree is a beautiful, heartbreaking play of the Indigenous Gothic genre that provides spiritual reprieve through Creation Stories.
Gothic archetypes twist their way through this affecting and confronting theatre trilogy. From the collision of ancient and modern, juxtaposing Dreaming myths with grim testimony. From the coalface of our Aboriginal justice and child protection systems. – Cameron Woodhead, The Age
Brought to the stage by award-winning Indigenous writer, director, actor Glenn Shea & narrated by Uncle Jack Charles, legendary actor and activist.
An Aboriginal man from the stolen generation is working in his Aboriginal community as a front-line juvenile justice worker. He comes into contact with many Aboriginal adolescent young people who come into contact with the criminal justice system. This story is about how the issues impact not only the young person. But their friends, family, community, the society they live in and ultimately the Aboriginal worker who is trying to support them.
Glenn Shea won the 2023 Green Room Award for Best New Writing for Three Magpies Perched in a Tree. The script received the State Library of Victoria R.E Ross Trust Development Award 2010. And at the 2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award it was Highly Commended.
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Three Magpies Perched in a Tree is a beautiful, heartbreaking play of the Indigenous Gothic genre that provides spiritual reprieve through Creation Stories.
Gothic archetypes twist their way through this affecting and confronting theatre trilogy. From the collision of ancient and modern, juxtaposing Dreaming myths with grim testimony. From the coalface of our Aboriginal justice and child protection systems. – Cameron Woodhead, The Age
Brought to the stage by award-winning Indigenous writer, director, actor Glenn Shea & narrated by Uncle Jack Charles, legendary actor and activist.
An Aboriginal man from the stolen generation is working in his Aboriginal community as a front-line juvenile justice worker. He comes into contact with many Aboriginal adolescent young people who come into contact with the criminal justice system. This story is about how the issues impact not only the young person. But their friends, family, community, the society they live in and ultimately the Aboriginal worker who is trying to support them.
Glenn Shea won the 2023 Green Room Award for Best New Writing for Three Magpies Perched in a Tree. The script received the State Library of Victoria R.E Ross Trust Development Award 2010. And at the 2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award it was Highly Commended.
Date
11 Sep
12 Sep
About the Show
Three Magpies Perched in a Tree is a beautiful, heartbreaking play of the Indigenous Gothic genre that provides spiritual reprieve through Creation Stories.
Gothic archetypes twist their way through this affecting and confronting theatre trilogy. From the collision of ancient and modern, juxtaposing Dreaming myths with grim testimony. From the coalface of our Aboriginal justice and child protection systems. – Cameron Woodhead, The Age
Brought to the stage by award-winning Indigenous writer, director, actor Glenn Shea & narrated by Uncle Jack Charles, legendary actor and activist.
An Aboriginal man from the stolen generation is working in his Aboriginal community as a front-line juvenile justice worker. He comes into contact with many Aboriginal adolescent young people who come into contact with the criminal justice system. This story is about how the issues impact not only the young person. But their friends, family, community, the society they live in and ultimately the Aboriginal worker who is trying to support them.
Glenn Shea won the 2023 Green Room Award for Best New Writing for Three Magpies Perched in a Tree. The script received the State Library of Victoria R.E Ross Trust Development Award 2010. And at the 2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award it was Highly Commended.
Read More
Three Magpies Perched in a Tree is a beautiful, heartbreaking play of the Indigenous Gothic genre that provides spiritual reprieve through Creation Stories.
Gothic archetypes twist their way through this affecting and confronting theatre trilogy. From the collision of ancient and modern, juxtaposing Dreaming myths with grim testimony. From the coalface of our Aboriginal justice and child protection systems. – Cameron Woodhead, The Age
Brought to the stage by award-winning Indigenous writer, director, actor Glenn Shea & narrated by Uncle Jack Charles, legendary actor and activist.
An Aboriginal man from the stolen generation is working in his Aboriginal community as a front-line juvenile justice worker. He comes into contact with many Aboriginal adolescent young people who come into contact with the criminal justice system. This story is about how the issues impact not only the young person. But their friends, family, community, the society they live in and ultimately the Aboriginal worker who is trying to support them.
Glenn Shea won the 2023 Green Room Award for Best New Writing for Three Magpies Perched in a Tree. The script received the State Library of Victoria R.E Ross Trust Development Award 2010. And at the 2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award it was Highly Commended.
Date
11 Sep
12 Sep
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