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Noongar storyteller Dallas Winmar, who captivated audiences with Aliwa in 2001, is returning to Belvoir St Theatre on 17 September for the premiere of her new work, Yibiyung. And in her first professional lead role, final year NIDA student Miranda Tapsell is playing the title role.
Yibiyung is the extraordinary coming-of-age story of Dallas’ grandmother, who was one of thousands of girls swept up in the forced removals of the 1920s. Dallas’ rolling yarn follows the journey and survival of a young girl determined to return to her rightful place with her family despite powerful forces working to displace her. Yibiyung is a young, effervescent girl who some how disarms and enchants everyone she meets. Her story is a song of hope.
According to Director Wesley Enoch (Parramatta Girls, Capricornia, The Story of the Miracle at Cookie’s Table) Yibiyung comes at a time when the nation is starting to address the decades of anger and despair associated with the Stolen Generation, and seeking to find a place where we can come together and share the stories.
“The social policies of the 1920s had a huge impact on Indigenous families, the consequences of which we are still seeing even today. However Yibiyung is about finding a way out of the pain and moving on. It’s about spirit and strength,” he said.
Wesley has gathered a significant cast to tell Yibiyung’s story including Jada Alberts (Frost/Nixon, What I Heard About Iraq, Cat), Jimi Bani (Romeo and Juliet, Remote Area Nurse), Sibylla Budd (The Secret Life of Us, Ray’s Tempest, Sea Patrol), Annie Byron (The Small Things, Parramatta Girls, Embers), Russell Dykstra (Toy Symphony, Romulus, My Father, Stuff Happens), Roxanne McDonald (The Story of the Miracle at Cookie’s Table, Parramatta Girls, Radiance), Melodie Reynolds (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, King for this Place, Booya Koora Koora), along with Bangarra composer and performer, David Page (Page 8, Heartland, Boomerang). Third-year NIDA student Miranda Tapsell is playing Yibiyung.
“We all gotta have dreams, we all gotta be free”
"My Name is Lily Wynne.
I was referred to as Half-caste.
I was referred to as a Number 454.
But my name, my identity, my heritage can never be taken.
My spirit lives on.
My name is Yibiyung.
Company B presents
Yibiyung
by Dallas Winmar
Dramaturg: Louise Gough
Director: Wesley Enoch
Set Designer: Jacob Nash
Lighting Designer: Niklas Pajanti
Composer and Sound Designer: Steve Francis
Costume Designer: Bruce McKinven
Assistant Director: Kyle Morrison
Language and Cultural Consultant: Roma Winmar
Stage Manager: Rebecca Anderson
Assistant Stage Manager: Joshua Sherrin
With: Jada Alberts, Jimi Bani, Sibylla Budd, Annie Byron, Russell
Dykstra, Roxanne McDonald, David Page, Melodie Reynolds and Miranda
Tapsell
Venue: Belvoir St Theatre | 25 Belvoir St, Surry Hills
Dates: 18 September – 26 October
Times: Tuesday 6.30pm, Wednesday to Friday 8pm, Saturday 2pm & 8pm, Sunday 5pm.
Tickets: Full $54. Seniors (excluding Fri/Sat evenings) and Groups 10+ $45. Concession $33.
Student Rush $25 for Tuesday 6.30pm and Saturday 2pm, available from 10am on the day (subject to availability)
Bookings: 9699 3444 or www.belvoir.com.au
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Saturday, 22 November 2008
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