Cirrus@Austlit

'Three friends gather in a theatre to talk about the Big One: CLIMATE CHANGE. But before they can even agree on how Big this Big One is, a tsunami hits—and both they and the audience are dragged to the bottom of the ocean…

'Using Plato’s ancient myth of a sunken city as an anchor point, Atlantis is an allegory for Australia in its current stage of climate crisis—and the search for lost systems of knowledge that might help us understand our relationship to the environment. Drawing on Indigenous and Pasifika philosophies and modes of storytelling, this fantastical play is ultimately about young people stepping into their power as future guardians of country.'

Source: Production blurb.

'So sayeth the king
So it must be done
Beloved brother buried
Disowned forgotten son

'Two brothers who couldn’t be more different, kill each other in a moment that can never be undone, setting off a butterfly effect that explodes through a Samoan family in Australia. Lele is a story of family, honour and standing up when no one else will. It is an unapologetic exploration of the immigrant experience in Australia, and how our aiga survive and thrive in between worlds.

'Lele is part Samoan siva, part drill rap concert, part love letter to the motherland and all parts a fierce reckoning of tradition, identity and our reality as immigrants in Australia.'

Source: Neighbourhood Contemporary Art Festival.