Radiance

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Event Radiance
Venue Belvoir St Theatre, Surry Hills, NSW
First Date 3 January 2015
Opening Date 3 January 2015
Last Date 8 February 2015
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Louis Nowra’s Radiance is an exuberant black sabbath for three great Indigenous dames. It begins conventionally enough: Mae, Nona and Cressy gather at the old Queenslander in the tropics for Mum’s funeral. But these three sisters are forces of nature, and they haven’t been in the same room for years, and years. It isn’t long before that old house can’t contain the joy and pain of them all being together again…

Radiance began its life at Belvoir in 1993. After 22 years, Nowra’s feat of playwriting – almost Shakespearean, a Tempest-like packet of lust, rage, grief and high-flying foolery – i
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Indigenous
Subjects Family
Grief
Indigenous Australia
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Leah Purcell Actor
Shari Sebbens Actor
Miranda Tapsell Actor
Steve Toulmin Assistant Designer
Brendan O'Brien Composer
Leah Purcell Director
Scott Witt Fight Director
Damien Cooper Lighting Designer
Louis Nowra Playwright
Dale Ferguson Set Designer
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web http://belvoir.com.au/productions/radiance/
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 110349