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Friday, 27 October 2017
Blacktown City Council, Blacktown Arts and Moogahlin Performing Arts present the world premiere of Broken Glass – a powerful installation and performance work – as part of Sydney Festival 2018.
Broken Glass illuminates the rituals of death and mourning in New South Wales and Victorian First Peoples’ communities and is told from a women’s perspective.
The work will be staged for an intimate audience on Darug country at St Bartholomew’s Church and Cemetery, an historic site in Blacktown.
“Broken Glass is the kind of ground-breaking artistic work we do in Blacktown,” said Councillor Stephen Bali, Mayor of Blacktown City.
“It is a testament to our dynamic, award-winning arts program that Sydney Festival is moving beyond Parramatta for the second year in a row to present a new work that reflects our city, its history and its communities.”
Key artists Lily Shearer, Liza-Mare Syron, Andrea James, Aroha Groves and Katie Leslie will occupy the church and cemetery to create an intimate, enlightening and moving experience.
Broken Glass will be staged at St Bartholomew’s Church and Cemetery in Prospect from 11 – 21 January 2017.
St Bartholomew’s Church and Cemetery opened in 1841 and was the first church built in the Prospect area. Maria Lock, an important figure in Darug history, and explorer William Lawson are buried at St Bartholomew's Cemetery.
Key information
Date | 11 - 21 January 2018
Time | Thursday – Sunday at 7.30 pm and Saturday – Sunday at 2 pm
Duration | 90 minutes
Location | St Bartholomew's Church & Cemetery, Prospect
Bookings | www.sydneyfestival.org.auPerformance | $30+ booking fee
Installation | Free
Phone | 02 9839 6558
Time | Thursday – Sunday at 7.30 pm and Saturday – Sunday at 2 pm
Duration | 90 minutes
Location | St Bartholomew's Church & Cemetery, Prospect
Bookings | www.sydneyfestival.org.auPerformance | $30+ booking fee
Installation | Free
Phone | 02 9839 6558
Important transport information
There is no parking available on site at St Bartholomew’s Church and Cemetery. A free shuttle bus will transport patrons from Blacktown Arts Centre to St Bartholomew’s Church. Visit www.blacktownarts.com.au for the timetable.
About Blacktown arts
Blacktown Arts is a recognised leader in the development of contemporary arts in Australia. We support artistic innovation and offer exciting, new experiences for audiences through an award-winning curated program of exhibitions, performances, workshops, residencies and events. We are committed to making dynamic, culturally diverse work that reflects Blacktown, its history and its communities. We place Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and communities at the heart of our program to develop new work drawing on issues of local and global significance. This is how we make art.
About Moogahlin performing arts
Moogahlin Performing Arts is New South Wales’ leading First Peoples performing arts company. We develop, produce, and present new work, are strongly connected to community, and are committed to nurturing a new generation of First Peoples theatre practitioners locally, regionally, and nationally by building platforms for emerging and established theatre makers. Moogahlin was formed in Redfern NSW in November 2007 in honour of the late Kevin Smith’s request, and in memory of the founding members of the Black Theatre. Moogahlin (Muu-gaarl-in) is a Yuin/Bundjalung word meaning to play, to fool about.
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