The Black Mother

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Event The Black Mother
Venue Albert Park Lake Amphitheatre, Albert Park, VIC
Umbrella Event Victoria's 150th Anniversary celebrations
First Date 23 November 1985
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description A ten-minute performance segment devised by company members for the closing ceremony of Victoria’s 150th Celebrations, held at Albert Park Lake, South Melbourne. To the strains of Elgar's Land of Hope and Glory a large sphere rose from the water and was blocked by lines of barbed wire fencing flanked by a kangaroo and emu. To segments of Greg Sneddon's soundscape for The Haunted with its recorded song fragments from the central Australian desert, an abstract black figure appeared. In a struggle with the wire, the figure was broken apart and the circle destroyed. From the chaos a white baby ap
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Puppetry
Visual Theatre
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Jude Bourguignon Performer
Carmelina di Guglielmo Performer
Philip Lethlean Performer
Avril McQueen Performer
Helen Rickards Performer
Michele Spooner Performer
Lizz Talbot Performer
Peter J Wilson Performer
Resources
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web www.handspantheatre.com.au
Event Identifier 126729