Dear Brother single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 2024... 2024 Dear Brother
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Young men from different corners of Queensland blow into the big smoke burning with unbridled energy, desire and confusion. Each of them filled with the need to escape, to make something of their lives, to defy the hand that life has dealt them. An individual ignition has driven them all to Brisbane but something else — something ancestral — will bring them together.

'Caught between adolescence and adulthood, these young fellas will converge and wrestle with themselves, each other, their ghosts and a deep-etched sense of duty to Country. Together they’ll lay themselves bare and bond as brothers over what it means to be a young Aboriginal man in 2024.

'This high energy work, presented with BlakDance as part of Brisbane Festival, is all about giving today’s young Murri men a voice, one that challenges the narrative around public perceptions of Aboriginal masculinity.'

Source: Production blurb.

Production Details

  • Presented by Queensland Theatre Company with BlakDance as part of Brisbane Festival, at Bille Brown Theatre, 7-28 September 2024.

    Director: Isaac Drandic.

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Works about this Work

Brotherhood at Heart of New Theatre 2024 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 25 September no. 835 2024; (p. 61)

— Review of Dear Brother Lenny Donahue , Tibian Wyles , 2024 single work drama
'A story of self-discovery, connection to Country and brotherhood well be performed through dance as part of Brisbane Festival.'
Brotherhood at Heart of New Theatre 2024 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 25 September no. 835 2024; (p. 61)

— Review of Dear Brother Lenny Donahue , Tibian Wyles , 2024 single work drama
'A story of self-discovery, connection to Country and brotherhood well be performed through dance as part of Brisbane Festival.'
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