“An uplifting experience that said more about black and white solidarity than a million parliamentary speeches.” West Australian
Black Arm Band presents GRUNGADA
10 minutes Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse All Ages
Celebrating the past and revolutionising the future of Indigenous Australia through music.
Grungada is Black Arm Band’s new full-length theatrical work, currently under development. Meaning “an intimate invited conversation”, Grungada is a narrative told through the songs, stories and visual art of Mark Atkins.
Using imagery from the paintings of Yamadji Man (the man between two worlds – Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia), Uncle Mark’s work is explored through animation and on-stage live art creation, with an all-star Black Arm Band cast delivering a spectacular musical of his songs. Through music and art, Grungada celebrates the spaces between two worlds and focuses on a message of hope and the realistic determination that can lead to permanent, positive social change.
Image: Mark Atkins Painting
Meet the artist
Black Arm Band
Black Arm Band (BAB) is Australia’s leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music and theatre production company, delivering a broad program of educational and performance work to Australia’s remote communities, cities and regional centres and the international stage.
BAB has cemented its position as a highly relevant, key cultural organisation and a unified force of Australia’s leading composers, performers, directors, film-makers and arts practitioners. The company shares the stories and heart of Indigenous culture with audiences in the spirit of resilience, understanding, hope and reconciliation, using music as a vehicle for social change.
Contact:
- Emma Donovan
- Black Arm Band
- emma@blackarmband.com.au
- +61 403 746 095
- http://www.blackarmband.com.au