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2000: OUTSIDE
THE CAMP – Fishermans Wharf, Darwin |
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On
a night at the end of the Dry, with electrical storms
crackling over Darwin Harbour, and the lights of the
port dotting the background, Tracks presented an exquisite
evocation of local history. The narrative told of an
Aboriginal boy taken from his family and sent to Channel
Island. A powerfully emotive performance unfolded, evoking
his terror, bewilderment and courage.
The piece grew from stories about a Leprosarium
located on Channel Island just across Darwin Harbour.
Even less was known about the disease in the quarter
of a century to 1955 when the Leprosarium operated,
and it seems that people were exiled there for life
through a combination of ignorance, fear, and a dehumanised
bureaucracy. |
PHOTO: Elka Kerkhofs
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(OUTSIDE THE CAMP
was developed from the Darwin Theatre Company project
Side by Side where Tim Newth and two other Darwin artists
were commissioned to write three new works about the
Darwin Area.) |
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"Theatre at its
best...sending chills up my spine."
Suellen Hinde, NT News |
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