Go on a spellbinding journey into the past with this double-feature theatre performance
Family secrets. Jazz. War. Indigenous history. Experience all this and more in a powerful evening of storytelling featuring two forgotten stories from Australia’s past.
Join us at our Waurn Ponds Campus for a free performance of Stardust + The Mission, an incredible theatre double-feature.
Stardust
Stardust is the award-winning story of Col Brain, one of the best jazz musicians of his generation. Thirty years after Col passed away in 1988, his grandson – much-loved ABC presenter, musician and award-winning storymaker Joel Carnegie – discovered a hidden time capsule of his grandfather’s music and memories.
From his humble beginnings as an orphan to the bright lights and promises of Sydney’s Trocadero Club, the story features unforgettably lyrical original music by Australian trumpeter/composer Nadje Noordhuis.
On creating this special one-man performance with dramaturg James Jackson, Carnegie said: ‘It’s time for his story to finally be told. This show is a quest to uncover what Col wanted us to know about life through the things he left behind.’
The Mission
After interval, acclaimed Gunditjmara actor and Deakin staff member Tom Molyneux shares the story of Allan McDonald – his great, great uncle and ‘Fighting Gunditjmara’ man from southwest Victoria.
Uncle Allan was one of Victoria’s first Aboriginal soldiers to enlist for World War I. This captivating, rollicking and, at times, confronting monologue traces the account of a soldier at war – at home and abroad.
When: Friday 15 July, 5.30pm
Where: Harold Mitchell Performance Space at NIKERI Institute (Building KC), Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus
Register now – tickets are free but seats are limited.