Production still for "Conversations with the Dead". L-R: Aaron Pedersen, Peter Docker. Photographer: Rachelle Roberts
Conversations with the Dead
13 February 2002 – 21 February 2002 Carlton Courthouse
Playbox Theatre Company, Ilbijerri Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Theatre Coop, La Mama,
New Writing Theatre World Premiere Co-Production
Imagine that you're a Koorie, that you're in your mid-twenties, that your job is to look into the lives of the dead and the process, policy and attitude that killed them.
Jack is employed by Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. In his role he listens to the stories of grieving families and re-creates the lives of those who have died. A powerful, savage play which takes you into the aching sorrow of deaths in custody.
This production transferred to the Beckett Theatre as part of Playbox's Blak Inside season (26 February - 7 March). It then returned to the Beckett (27-31 May) on behalf of the Department of Justice to coincide with National Reconciliation Week.
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