Buckle up your seat belts for a very wacky, very Darwin ride. Fuelled by stories of 4WD travel in the Territory this show was performed by a cast of hundreds in the Darwin Botanic Gardens. It featured a core group of dancers made up of Darwin’s best local dancers and guests from Melbourne and PNG, with local movers, musicians and four 4WDs.

PHOTO: John Donegan

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"A cast of old ladies, footballers and four wheel drives - a performance event that is, to say the least, unusual."
Debra Jopson, The Sydney Morning Herald

"Remarkable sense of community."
Ron Banks, The West Australian

"Exuberance Triumphs."
Louise Nunn, The Adelaide Advertiser

"Highlight of the Festival."
Joyce Morgan, The Age

"Extraordinary Community Spectacle…"
Suzanne Spunner, Real Time

Conceived and Directed by

Tim Newth

Original Composition and Musical Arrangements

Scott Trenwith

Musical Direction, Drum Drum

Airi Ingram

Musical Direction, Arafura Ensemble

Claire Kilgariff

Produced by Tracks Dance

David McMicken
Tim Newth
Sarah Calver
Bereni Franklin
Suzanne Fermanis (Publicist, Administrator)
Liann Stephenson (Administration Assistant)

Guest Choreographers

Markham Galut (PNG)
Michael Collins
Michael Leslie
Nicky Fletcher
Beth Shelton

Additional Choreography

Richard Gumbula, Traditional Dancer, Elcho Island
Desmond Madala, Traditional Dancer, Elcho Island
Nicky Fearn

Lighting Design

Matthew James

Stage Manager

Vanessa Hutchins

Sound Technician

Colin Simpson

Festival of Darwin Staff

Fabrizio Calafuri, Nic English, Andrew McMillan. Gary Outten

4WD Core Dancers
Sarah Calver, David McMicken, Michael Collins, Suzanne Fermanis, Nicky Fletcher, Bereni Franklin, Markham Galut, Michael Leslie, Stanley Stanislaus

Arafura Ensemble
Tony Cavenagh, Zoe Crawford, Anna Faehse, Bill Grose, Stephanie Higgs, Paia Ingram, Tau Ingram. Ranu James, Fay Johnstone, Claire Kilgariff, Merrilee Mills, Bronwyn Myers, Mark Smith, Scott Trenwith

Drum Drum
Phillip Eaton, Anna Fahse, Bill Grose, Airi Ingram, Mark Smith

Yolngu Manikay
Richard Gumbula, Desmond Madala

Black Cockatoo
Ros Harper, Merran Hughes, Janet Irvine, Christina Shepherd, Nonie Whales

White Cockatoo
Eric Austin, Rowan Austin, Aiva Kadiba, Meshak Laeke

Acronym
Michelle Hooper, Hemlock Mejarne, Daniel Oster, Melinda Warren

Darwin Dance Mob (Tracks community dance group)
Kate Evans, Paul Harvey, Elka Kerkhofs, Belinda Kinsella, Natasha Miller, Rebecca Neil, Cindy O’Neil, Liz Pearce, Sara Scrutton, Stephanie Sims, Moira Stronach, Lisa-Marie Walters

Casuarina Senior College
Sharon Burns, Kelly Cridland, Angie Diaz, Jill Eveleigh, Angela Griffith, Colleen Harvey, Derek Hewson, Karen Hurley, Natalie Irvine, Matthew Kurle, Rainbow Mannion, Elizabeth Moore, Jade Saxelby, Sue-Ellen Sheperdson, Lisa-Marie Walters

Grey Panthers
Kath Baldwin, Kay Brown, Adie Bruce, Del Cooke, Audrey Gorring, Glad Morris, Greta Quong, Hanna Stamm, Audrey Svara

Ballroom Dancers
Stephen Burrett, Amy Fairhall

Lisa Campbell’s School of Ballet
Phobe Costigan, Gabrielle Diplock, Kate Fisher, Sarah Anne Fong, Natalie Irvine, Shaan Myall, Anneke Outred, Emma Pantazis, Hayley Pulsford, Angela Robertson, Amy Suchbery

Additional Men
Paul Harvey, Terry Hine, Patrick Mitchell

Women’s Circus
Lesley Blasch, Erin Farley, Nicky Fearn, Maureen Mossop, Chantal Munro, Wiyana Munro, Angie Sublime, Briany Willcocks

St Mary’s Football Team
Dennis Carrol, Joseph Hill, Rick Nolan, Stewart Sceeney, Tim Schatz, Jamie Thomas

Child
Zoe Crawford

Siale Dancers
Eric Austin, Rowan Austin, Paia Ingram, Tau Ingram, Ranu James, Aiva Kadiba, Meshak Laeke

Nightcliff Primary School
Alex Aagaard, Elle Chandler, Martin Childs, Tim McMeel, Mitchell Patteson, Kelly Walton, Liam Wardle, Koel Wrigle

Cockatoo Puppets designed by Dripstone High School
Emmett Hale, Kelly Hedger, Renee Lambert, Natasha Lawrence, Joel Mu, Marianna Papazoglou, Camellia Salam, Amanda South

Prop Construction Assisted by
Paul Hill, Elka Kerkhofs, Merran Hughes, Nonie Whales