A DAYLIGHT CONNECTION production
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY / KAMARRA BELL-WYKES
Part of a double bill with Chase
22 Nov – 3 Dec
The Tower
Written and directed by Kamarra Bell-Wykes, Whose Gonna Love 'Em? I am that i AM is a post-traumatic performance thesis, winning the 2021 Patrick White Playwriting Award.
Starring Maggie Church-Kopp, Corey Saylor-Brunskill, and Maurial Spearim, accompanied by a live improvisational score by smallsound, Whose Gonna Love 'Em? I am that i AM is an absurd group therapy session held somewhere in the deepest cells of the collective mind and the colonised heart.
Image / Jacinta Keefe
Image / Jacinta Keefe
Image / Jacinta Keefe
Image / Jacinta Keefe
Image / Jacinta Keefe
Image / Jacinta Keefe
ABOUT A DAYLIGHT CONNECTION
Based in Naarm (Melbourne) A DAYLIGHT CONNECTION is a motley crew of innovative and visionary theatre-makers, reimagining what First Nations theatre can be.
Formed in 2022, we are an explosive union of equally weird and talented artists, dedicated to making kick-arse art rigorously and safely, hell-bent on taking our unique brand of post-traumatic adventure theatre to Australia and the world.
Our collective encompasses almost all creative and design roles from including, dramaturgy, devising, directing, choreography, performance, set and sound design, making for a dynamic, holistic and self-sustaining team.
DOUBLE BILL
6.30PM / Tower
Whose Gonna Love 'Em? I am that i AM
8PM / Beckett Theatre
Chase
Whose Gonna Love Em? I am that i AM is supported by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation COVID-19 artist support funding, Playking Foundation, City of Melbourne, and Moreland City Council. Whose Gonna Love 'Em? I am that i AM was commissioned by ILBIJERRI Theatre Company and premiered in partnership with Footscray Community Arts Centre in November 2022. A DAYLIGHT CONNECTION is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
Writer & Director /
Kamarra Bell-Wykes
Sound & Production Design /
smallsound
Cast /
Maggie Church-Kopp
Cast /
Corey Saylor-Brunskill
Cast /
Maurial Spearim
Lighting Designer /
Gina Gascoigne
Stage Manager /
Jacinta Anderson
KEY IMAGE /
Tiffanie Garvie
PROGRAM
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Performance Times
PREVIEW
6.30PM, Wed 22 Nov
OPENING NIGHT
6.30PM, Thu 23 Nov
IN SEASON
6.30PM, Tue – Sun
Duration
55 minutes (no interval)
Content notes
Performance contains mature themes including stylised physical, emotional and psychological violence, references to themes sensitive themes including mental health, suicide, racism, intergenerational trauma and sexual references, and some coarse language.
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