Whispers in the Heart

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Event Whispers in the Heart
Venue New South Wales, NSW
First Date 29 August 1988
Last Date 30 November 1988
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description "Whispers In The Heart" implicates the human sciences popular in the 19th century (Social Darwinism, Anthropometry, Craniometry and other disciplines that informed early anthropology) as a form of scientific racism that continues to inform white notions of indigenous peoples well after the sciences themselves are discredited as at best seen as pseudo sciences.

The set for the show is a kind of museum cyclorama popular in the days of the British empire where the public could view distant lands and exotic subjects.
Schools tour.
Description Source Production Company
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Contemporary
Experimental
Physical Theatre
Installation
Subjects Colonial
Colonisation
Ethnology
History
Indigenous Australia
Multicultural
Racism
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Manuel Arnillas Actor
Allan Cohen Actor
Kristoffer Greaves Actor
Jai McHenry Actor
Meme Thorne Actor
Raymond Blanco Choreographer
Meme Thorne Choreographer
Peter Wells Composer
Anne Rattey Costume Designer
Kristoffer Greaves Designer
Don Mamouney Designer
Peter Wells Designer
Manuel Arnillas Devisor
Raymond Blanco Devisor
Allan Cohen Devisor
Kristoffer Greaves Devisor
Don Mamouney Devisor
Jai McHenry Devisor
Meme Thorne Devisor
Don Mamouney Director
Barry Gamba Researcher
Resources
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record July 1989
Sidetrack Archive Box 15
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 94111