CORE

Break down the club walls

The nightclub institution of ‘Australia’ sits on stolen land: its colours are irreverently bright, the music is loud, relentless, all-consuming. We’re having a great time, right?… right? Beneath, above and around the club walls… Country continues to live and thrive. And just as tree roots can break through concrete structures, so too will the roots of Culture. 

CORE is a theatrical collage that explores what it means to be an Indigenous person in modern Australia and navigate life and identity through two worlds: Country and colony. A multi-modal work, CORE weaves together an array of images and moments that are poetic, truthful and raw: an evocation for Country, and a re-imagining of the systems that exist upon it. Break down the walls. Hold on to spirit. Connect. Reclaim. Embrace. 

This production is proudly supported by BLOCK and The Fulcrum Agency

• Lead Artist

  Shontae Wright

• Deviser / Performer

  Anna Knight

• Facilitator / AV Designer / Marketing

  Laura Goodlet

• Movement Director / Deviser

  Kurtis Brown

• Dramaturg

  Rueben Mongoo

• Lighting Designer

  Matt Erren

• Stage Manager / Sound Designer

  Isla Simeoni

• Production Designer

  Ruby Trevor-Mills