Past Programs
Theatre - 2008
2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2003 | 2002
Walking With Spirits Festival
27/09/2008
People travel from around the world to an ancient place called Malkgulumbu that is surrounded by white sand, ancient paperbark trees, running freshwater, a waterfall and orange coloured cliffs to celebrate culture, alongside the local Aboriginal people from the community of Wugularr. Better known as Beswick it is located on the Central Arnhem Road south of Katherine in the Northern Territory.
Well known Aboriginal Actor Tom E Lewis is the creator and the mind behind the coming together of the modern and ancient music and stories that are told in the surrounding of this sacred site, which is opened only once every year to the public for the festival.
Also, a new theatre production about a girl called Yibiyung. Her moving story of being stolen, sent to work as a domestic and then re-united with her family is told by her grandaughter, playwright Dallas Winmar.
Frontier stories
16/02/2008
Frontier stories from Queensland's Gulf country to the Kimberley - Alexis Wright reads from her Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Carpentaria and Ningali Lawford-Wolf talks about the new play which recreates the life of Jandamarra, a legendary hero of the Bunuba people of the Fitzroy River valley.
Rivers, lakes and plains
09/02/2008
This week, we travel to the Narran Lakes in north-western New South Wales, one of Australia's most threatened freshwater wetlands.
Nick McClean has been working with the traditional owners of the area since 2005, and today we join him for a journey to the Lakes, and a journey through the lives of the Murris who call it home.
And the irrepressible Lou Bennett talks about 'Show Us Ya Tiddas', a theatrical version of her life story.
