Lessons in Flight

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Event Lessons in Flight
Venue Woodford Folk Festival, Woodford, QLD
Umbrella Event The Dreaming Festival 2008
First Date 6 June 2008
Last Date 9 June 2008
Dates Estimated Yes
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Explores the relationship between two sisters more than 30 years after the premature death of their mother. The girls, spirited Rita and compliant Menan, are collected after two years of consideration by their white grandmother. The action shifts between childhood memory and the hospital confinement of a thirtysomething Menan in 1997.
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Indigenous
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Created
Subjects Indigenous Australia
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Maryanne Sam Playwright
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Event Identifier 96600