A Behind the Scenes insight into the making of THIS HEAVEN, a new play by indigenous Australian writer Nakkiah Lui & Directed by Laura McCluskey (The Royal Court Theatre & The Young Vic) of “Waiting in the Dark Theatre Company Ltd.” in association with the “Finborough Theatre”.
Filmed by Tom Bradley & Johnny Ong
Sound by Chris Ong & Johnny Ong
Edited by Johnny Ong
THIS HEAVEN
(★★★★ EVERYTHING THEATRE)
“‘We never asked for money.
We asked for justice.
Maybe we shouldn’t have asked.
Maybe we should have just taken it. ”
Telling a universal story and evoking recent events in Ferguson, Baltimore, and the London riots of 2011, This Heaven is the story of an indigenous Australian family at breaking point.
Sissy Gordon’s father, an Aboriginal man and pillar of the community, has died in custody at Mount Druitt Police Station, New South Wales. But the justice that Sissy and her family were certain was coming to them is suddenly snatched away. Sissy is about to qualify as a lawyer, but tonight, the law seems irrelevant to her. Tonight is dirty and heavy, and the moon is swollen and bright. Everyone knows that on nights like this things happen…
Burning with a wild rage, the streets and parks of Mount Druitt are transformed into a fierce public forum where anger explodes onto the street. What does justice look like? And what happens when you push someone so far they take the law into their own hands?
This Heaven received its world premiere in February 2013 at the Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney. It was an instant hit, with a sellout production that was extended twice.
This is an extraordinary opportunity to share the story of one Aboriginal family’s experience of a system that fails them through the stories and music of an ancient and beautiful culture.
For more info: http://www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/productions/2015/this-heaven.php
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