Synopsis
Namatjira & Ngapartji/Ngapartji
Published by Currency Press
Large Mixed Cast
These stories of family, friendship, land, myth, life and death are contextualised within the social and political framework of their times
They resonate universally, yet at the same time capture unique moments in Australian history and experience
Namatjira - The moving story of Albert Namatjira(19021959)
Namatjira was Australia's most famous Indigenous, watercolour artist and the first to achieve commercial success, but his story is hardly known
Albert Namatjira's story resonates today as strongly as it did 50 years ago, providing a lens through which we can see the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians both in the past and the present
Ngapartji Ngapartji - Taking its name from the Pitjantjatjara concept of exchange and reciprocity -co-created with Trevor Jamieson - this play is a deeply affecting experience of Indigenous history
Exploring themes of dispossession and displacement from country, home and family, the play tells the story of a Pitjantjatjara family forcibly moved off their lands to make way for the testing of British Atomic bombs at Maralinga