Territory Tour – March - May: Darwin, Nhulunbuy, Groote Eylandt, Jabiru, Katherine, Beswick, Lajamanu, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek

Canberra Theatre Festival

This project was a direct result of Corrugated Iron Youth Theatre’s 1989 playwrights competition. Five plays were chosen for production.

Illustration: Tim Newth

Particular focus was placed on a play written by a girl from the community of Lajamanu senior girls class, The Girl Who Was Taken Away from Her Family - by Selma Sampson Nampijinpa. Again Sarah Calver and Tim Newth worked with the other core creative team and were able to continue face to face contact with Lajamanu, strengthening their connections and relationships.

“The Plays covered a range of important issues, past, present, and future were entertaining in their content and performed with great energy and conviction.”
Groote Eylandt Newsletter, 4 May 1990

“ You cannot say you have experienced theatre until you have seen Conrad Page dressed as a carrot … New Ways Old Ways is a strong start to Corrugated Iron’s year. The production is all Territorian and testifies to a wealth of talent: writers, performers, visionaries – we have them aplenty.”

“Selma Sampson Nampijinpa, a 14 year old from Lajamanu, has written a tender, sad story (The Girl Who was Taken Away From Her Family), …a touching melancholy and dignity.”
June Kane, NT News, 30 March 1990

Director

Steve Gration

Choreographer

Sarah Calver

Designer

Tim Newth

Musician

Jenny Vuletic

Conrad Page
Andrea Clement
Maggie Myles
Derek Smith
Trish Latham
Phil Dusseljee
Tim Newth
Sarah Calver