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Tjaabi–Flood Country is a contemporary intercultural music and theatre performance led by Ngarluma man Patrick ChurnsideTen years in the making in the Pilbara, Tjaabi–Flood Country captures the urgencies of the 21st Century as the globe warms and the climate changes. Patrick captures the many cultural and ecological pressures facing Aboriginal people in places like the Pilbara in the face of ever-increasing pressures for new minerals, rare earth, and more ore. He does so through breathtaking music, profoundly personal narrative, and humour that cuts to the bone.
Tjaabi–Flood Country is scored and performed with composer and musician Aaron Hopper, whose emotive, nuanced, and intelligent work seeks to grow out of traditional Pilbara melody and motif. This creates a grounded space for Patrick’s own story to emerge. Aaron and his family lived and worked in the Pilbara for three years, immersing themselves in cultural exchange which has allowed this musical collaboration to grow.
After some years creating digital work and documentary, this Big hART theatre work is much anticipated. Created in collaboration with award-winning writer and director Scott Rankin, (Namatjira, Ngapartji Ngapartji, Hipbone Sticking Out), and produced by Big hART’s renowned collaborative team, Tjaabi–Flood Country delivers much of the signature power of Big hART’s large scale works. Raw, gripping, intensely moving, yet funny and compassionate, Tjaabi–Flood Country creates a contemporary and sophisticated portrait of Pilbara life in this complex moment in time out of Patrick’s remarkable lived experience.
The event will be in the Main Hall of the City of Melville Civic Centre
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
10 Almondbury Rd, Booragoon WA 6154, Australia, 10 Almondbury Rd, Booragoon WA 6154, Australia,Perth, Western Australia
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