A sold out season. Two awards. A 5-star review…
Kuramanunya is coming to Byron Theatre after a standout Adelaide Fringe run.
A ceremony for those who didn’t get their ceremony, this powerful First Nations solo work by Thomas E.S. Kelly combines emotionally-charged choreography with immersive sound and soul-shaking truth and has already left a lasting impression on audiences and critics alike, with one review noting ‘there are moments where the room feels completely suspended’.
Take a look at what they had to say, and experience it for yourself.
My feet walk on land that is red blood-soaked. Black burnt, yellow sun-drenched country. Stories from thousands of years. Songs eternally kept on the wind and water.
Honouring lines that have been cut. Poisoned, shot and led to the cliff’s edge. Those who passed to the spirit world before their kin could arrive from the Dreaming to continue a physical lineage.
Remembering the stories that remain unwritten and unspoken, returned to the earth and stars that they arrived from. Acknowledging that First Nations people are descendants of those who fought for land, family and identity. Not everyone continued to walk this physical world, many returned to the spirit world.
Kuramanunya honours them. Kuramanunya. The story is told.
In this solo dance theatre performance, Thomas E.S. Kelly (Minjungbal, Wiradjuri and Ni-Vanuatu man) honours the fallen and the forgotten – those whose stories echo in red earth, wind, and water. This is one man’s tribute to ancestral strength, spirit, and the enduring legacy of First Nations people.
Friday, 1 May at 7pm.
Tickets from byroncentre.com.au.
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