Swim single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 Swim
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'E is 70 percent water and 30 percent confused. Freestyle, butterfly, breaststroke, blakstroke. Swim is a performance poem on Australian swimming, the sovereignty of water and the strength of culture and family in keeping us safe, told by a young queer Murri ready to hit the fast lane at the local pool.'

Source: Yellamundie Festival.

Production Details

  • Read at the Yellamundie Festival, 24 January 2019.


    Given a rehearsed reading at La Mama as part of 'Blak Mama', a showcase of five First Nations plays (including one by a Canadian playwright) in a single day, 8 September 2019.


    Presented by Griffin Theatre Company and Bleach Festival at Carriageworks 10-27 July 2024.

    Director: Andrea James.

    Choreographer: Kirk Page.

    Lighting Designer: Karen Norris.

    Composer and Sound Designer: Brendon Boney.

    Cast: Dani Sibosado.

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Works about this Work

Theatre Review: Swim, Carriageworks Ned Hirst , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , July 2024;

— Review of Swim Ellen van Neerven , 2019 single work drama

'A trip to a public pool provokes deep, submerged reflections.'

Theatre Review: Swim, Carriageworks Ned Hirst , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , July 2024;

— Review of Swim Ellen van Neerven , 2019 single work drama

'A trip to a public pool provokes deep, submerged reflections.'

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