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The Dreamers

By Jack Davis
Director Wesley Enoch

  • Venue Upstairs Theatre
  • Dates 29 Mar – 21 Apr 2002

    When Jack Davis died in 2000, Australians mourned the loss of one of the country’s great story tellers; known not only for the strength of his spirit and the power of his convictions, but also for his brilliant ear for language and instinctive theatrical cunning.

    The Dreamers is a landmark Australian classic of Aboriginal displacement and dislocation. It is a remarkable urban portrait of an Indigenous Australian family living in a large Australian city: a raw depiction of the search for identity and place and peace. Yet despite its bleak truths about alcoholic abuse and petty crime, it is ultimately a rich and beautiful tale of dreaming and transcendence, autonomy and honestly and is infused with Uncle Jack’s renowned wisdom, humour and optimism.

    Following the extraordinary success of Stolen in 2000, Wesley Enoch returned to the company in 2002 to direct The Dreamers, with one of the company’s most loved and respected actors, Kevin Smith, as Uncle Worru.

    Cast

    Michael Watson Bayles
    Wayne Blair
    Luke Carroll
    Rachael Maza
    Kirk Page
    Dennis Simmons
    Kevin Smith
    Olman Walley
    Ursula Yovich

    Team

    By Jack Davis
    Director Wesley Enoch
    Designer Dale Ferguson
    Lighting Designer Mark Howett
    Music Wayne Freer
    Cultural Advisor Lynette Narkle

     

    Production images by Heidrun Lohr

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