Bran Nue Dae
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox Musical Bran Nue Dae is a 1990 musical set in Broome, Western Australia, that tells stories and of issues relating to Indigenous Australians.[1] It was written by Jimmy Chi and his band Kuckles and friends, and was the first Aboriginal Australian musical. The name is a phonetic representation of "Brand New Day".
Background and description
The musical was originally directed by Andrew Ross and choreographed by Michael Leslie.[2] It premiered at the Octagon Theatre in February–March 1990 as part of the Festival of Perth, and later toured nationally.[3]
The musical won the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards in 1990. The following year the published script and score won the Special Award in the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards.[4] Theatre critic Katharine Brisbane wrote in 1999:[5]Template:Quote
Gail Mabo performed in the Sydney run of the musical in 1991.[6] A 1991 television documentary Bran Nue Dae tells the story of the creation of the musical.[7][8]
The musical was revived for an Australian national tour in 2020.[9]
Film version
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References
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- ↑ Australian screen Bran Nue Dae
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- ↑ AdelaideNow Ernie's Bran Nue Dae Template:Webarchive
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- ↑ "Aboriginal Musical, Unoriginal Music: Australia's Hit Bran Nue Dae" by Aaron Hillis, The Village Voice, 8 September 2010, accessed 23 January 2022
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Further reading
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- Makeham, Paul B. (1996) Singing the landscape: Bran Nue Dae. Australasian Drama Studies (28): pp. 117–132.