'Aspiring archaeologist Lola left home when she was only 20, much to the shame of her traditional Jordanian mother. Six years later, losing sleep and petrified by the judgement of her visiting ‘mad Arab’ Aunty Azza, Lola is forced to lie about her life, her career and the existence of her Aussie partner. Worst of all is the fear that she’s also lying to herself.
'Looking deep into the heart of Sydney and beyond, 'Jump for Jordan' unpacks the experience common to countless second-generation Australians of being caught between two cultures. Sifting through shifting layers of past and present, farce and fantasy, it’s one woman’s mad, messy excavation of her own history, and her attempt to piece together the broken bits of her identity. ' (Source: Griffin Theatre website)
Performed by the Griffin Theatre Company: SBW Stables Theatre. Preview: 14-18 February 2014. Season: 21 February - 29 March 2014.
Director: Iain Sinclair.
Designer: Pip Runciman.
Lighting Designer: Nicholas Rayment.
Composer: Nate Edmondson.
Cast includes Alice Ansara.
Scheduled for production as part of Darlinghurst Theatre Company's 2020 season.
Production postponed, but not initially cancelled, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Donna Abela and Jump for Jordan
Dino Dimitriadis
(presenter),
2020
25305501
2020
single work
podcast
'In the second episode, Dino Dimitriadis speaks to Donna Abela about her play 'Jump for Jordan', the issue of Australian identity and the ebbs and flows of multiculturalism in the arts.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
'A volatile, powder keg of politics, family and emotions which sets the tiny stage of the Griffin alight.'
'A volatile, powder keg of politics, family and emotions which sets the tiny stage of the Griffin alight.'
Donna Abela and Jump for Jordan
Dino Dimitriadis
(presenter),
2020
25305501
2020
single work
podcast
'In the second episode, Dino Dimitriadis speaks to Donna Abela about her play 'Jump for Jordan', the issue of Australian identity and the ebbs and flows of multiculturalism in the arts.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
