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Outloud presents “About Us”
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What is it?
A series of 10 live, online performances and conversations by artists from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds currently living and/or working in Sydney’s western suburbs.
What is the “why”?
“The project was co-curated with the cultural communities from western Sydney through a call out where people could nominate a text that they felt started a conversation about their culture that was worth having. There’s over 120 cultures living in Canterbury Bankstown and we wanted to talk about how Covid has affected how we meet, how we look after each other, and how we can support each other from here. The idea is that following a reading of those stories, we’ll have a facilitated conversation about the text, and talking about ourselves and each other, both here and in our home countries, we’ll feel closer and more connected, even if we’re still doing a lot of our gathering online.” – Finn O’Branagáin (she/her), Outloud Artistic Director and CEO
When is it?
7-9pm Friday nights during April.
How much is it?
Free to attend, audiences must register.
What is the line-up?
THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA BUDDHA, AND THE ENCOUNTER WITH THE MONKEY KING – GREAT SAGE, EQUAL OF HEAVEN
Written and directed by Joe Lui
7-9pm 15th of April
TROJAN WOMEN
Directed by James Hartley
7-9pm 28th of April
More shows to be announced
About the shows
THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA BUDDHA, AND THE ENCOUNTER WITH THE MONKEY KING – GREAT SAGE, EQUAL OF HEAVEN
Written and directed by Joe Lui
7-9pm 15th of April
Launching with the prodigious adaptation of the Monkey fable, Enlightenment is the story of The Monkey King and The Buddha… reimagined as two young women in Australia. The most important human being ever born, and the most powerful creature ever to exist. Somewhere in our city, they’re about to hook up. Recommended for ages 16+. Written and directed by Joe Lui.
TROJAN WOMEN
Directed by James Hartley
7-9pm 28th of April
Until that damned wooden horse, the walls of Troy held strong for 10 years of war. In this reimagining of the infamous Greek myth, The Trojan Women finds new resonance in a Persian setting. For this performance, the creative team and cast will be reading an edited selection of the text followed by a moderated discussion. Recommended for 15 years and over. Content trigger warning: violence against women, suicidality, infanticide, war. Written by Dena Razaghi with translation by Gholamreza Shahbazi. Performed in Farsi
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10 online readings of incredible stories from the many cultures of Western Sydney
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10 online readings of incredible stories, plays and books co-curated and created by the many cultural communities in Western Sydney
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Outloud warmly invites you to a series of intimate performances and conversations, ABOUT US. Running on select Friday evenings throughout April, ABOUT US is 10 online readings of incredible stories, plays and books co-curated and created by the many cultural communities in Western Sydney.
Join us and the artists for a rehearsed reading and facilitated conversation afterwards, to share your own stories, thoughts and ideas around what these texts say about who we are, what we care about, how COVID has affected these communities here and abroad, and how we can support each other from here on.
Keywords
Bankstown, Bankstown artists, Bankstown creatives, Bankstown youth, CALD, CALD artist, CALD youth, COVID, free event, free events, Joe Lui, live performance, online performance, Outloud, youth, Western Sydney