FORCE MAJEURE AND ILBIJERRI THEATRE COMPANY PREMIERE GHENOA GELA’S POWERFUL NEW WORK “GURR ERA OP” AT SYDNEY FESTIVAL 2024
Award-winning choreographer and performer Ghenoa Gela will premiere her landmark new production, GURR ERA OP at Sydney Festival from January 13-19 – a visionary masterpiece of contemporary storytelling exposing the devastating impact of climate change on the Torres Strait Islands.
Venue: Bangarra Dance Theatre
Address: 15 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay, Dawes Point 2000
Date: 13 - 19 January
Time: Various times
Ticket: $65
Buy / Ticket: https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/gurr-era-op
Address: 15 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay, Dawes Point 2000
Date: 13 - 19 January
Time: Various times
Ticket: $65
Buy / Ticket: https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/gurr-era-op
Request Image Contact: https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/gurr-era-op
Produced in creative association with Force Majeure in collaboration with ILBIJERRI Theatre Company, GURR ERA OP (meaning “the face of the sea” in Meriam Mir), invites audiences on the journey of four mainland-born Torres Strait Islander women as they confront the imminent threats posed to their home, culture, and identity by the rising tide of climate change.
What would you do if you could never go home? Is your culture bound by place or by self? What happens to your identity when the physical place that holds your ancestral foundations disappears?
These are some of the questions the storytellers grapple with daily as they watch their motherland, family and communities suffer the onslaught of climate change. The Torres Strait Islands are currently on the front lines – but ultimately, your home is next.
What would you do if you could never go home? Is your culture bound by place or by self? What happens to your identity when the physical place that holds your ancestral foundations disappears?
These are some of the questions the storytellers grapple with daily as they watch their motherland, family and communities suffer the onslaught of climate change. The Torres Strait Islands are currently on the front lines – but ultimately, your home is next.