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'Inspired by the true story of legendary First Nations cricketer Johnny Mullagh and Australia’s first ever international sporting team, this is not just about cricket. This is a story of strength, resistance, hope and possibility.'
Source: Ensemble Theatre.
Production Details
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Produced and presented by the Ensemble Theatre, Kirribili, 4 January - 8 February 2020 as part of the Sydney Festival.
Director: Wesley Enoch.
Cast includes Joseph Althouse, Luke Carroll, Chenoa Deemal, Aaron McGrath, Colin Smith, and Dubs Yunupingu.
Presented by Ensemble Theatre at IMB Theatre, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (IPAC), 12 - 15 February 2020.
Director: Wesley Enoch.
Assistant Director: Yolande Brown.
Cultural Consultant: Uncle Richard Kennedy.
Dramaturg: Jane Fitzgerald.
Set and Costume Designer: Richard Roberts.
Lighting Designer: Trent Suldgeest.
Composer and Sound Designer: Steve Francis.
Cast: Joseph Althouse, Luka Carroll, Chenoa Deemal, Aaron McGrath, Colin Smith, and Dubs Yunupingu.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Black Cockatoo Holds a Mirror up to History
2022
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 4 May no. 775 2022; (p. 27) 'Black Cockatoo, a play inspired by the team of Aboriginal cricketers who toured England in 1868, has been performed in Harrow - holding a mirror to not only the district where the cricketers originated but whole of Australia.' -
Festival Platform Shares Our Voice
2020
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 15 January no. 717 2020; (p. 28-29) 'Sydney Festival's Blak Out program is the largest single commissioner of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander works in the country. Artistic director Wesley Enoch said Sydney Festival 2020 presents 46 new co-commissioned works, a great many with Indigenous themes at their heart. "There's politics and social perspectives all throughout everything we do," Enoch said. "And it's interesting this idea of history and retrospectives. When you have someone like (visual artist) Vernon Ah Kee doing his work, called The Island, which is looking at Palm Island and (artist) Fiona Foley and her exhibition work, it's both the contemporary and the historical sitting side by side. "When there is more representation, you can look at the diversity of the voices that non-Indigenous Australia is hearing from us." ' (Introduction)
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Black Bird, White Bird
2020
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11 January 2020; (p. 6)'The long-neglected story of the Aboriginal cricket team that made history is finally etching its way into the national psyche.'
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Black Cockatoo Tells the Story of Australia's All-Indigenous Cricket Team as Sydney Festival Opens
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , January 2020;
— Review of Black Cockatoo 2020 single work drama'Almost 20 years before Australia and England faced-off in the first-ever Ashes battle, it was an all-Indigenous XI from Western Victoria who paved the way.' (Introduction)
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Black Cockatoo Tells the Story of Australia's All-Indigenous Cricket Team as Sydney Festival Opens
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , January 2020;
— Review of Black Cockatoo 2020 single work drama'Almost 20 years before Australia and England faced-off in the first-ever Ashes battle, it was an all-Indigenous XI from Western Victoria who paved the way.' (Introduction)
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Black Bird, White Bird
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11 January 2020; (p. 6)'The long-neglected story of the Aboriginal cricket team that made history is finally etching its way into the national psyche.'
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Festival Platform Shares Our Voice
2020
single work
column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 15 January no. 717 2020; (p. 28-29) 'Sydney Festival's Blak Out program is the largest single commissioner of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander works in the country. Artistic director Wesley Enoch said Sydney Festival 2020 presents 46 new co-commissioned works, a great many with Indigenous themes at their heart. "There's politics and social perspectives all throughout everything we do," Enoch said. "And it's interesting this idea of history and retrospectives. When you have someone like (visual artist) Vernon Ah Kee doing his work, called The Island, which is looking at Palm Island and (artist) Fiona Foley and her exhibition work, it's both the contemporary and the historical sitting side by side. "When there is more representation, you can look at the diversity of the voices that non-Indigenous Australia is hearing from us." ' (Introduction)
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Black Cockatoo Holds a Mirror up to History
2022
single work
column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 4 May no. 775 2022; (p. 27) 'Black Cockatoo, a play inspired by the team of Aboriginal cricketers who toured England in 1868, has been performed in Harrow - holding a mirror to not only the district where the cricketers originated but whole of Australia.'
