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y separately published work icon So Long Suckers single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 So Long Suckers
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'When we meet the Three Wise Men, they are drunk, lost, handcuffed, bewildered and don’t even know each other. They fight over grog. They try to remember who they are – but each time they remember it is a grog-police-jail memory. They are prisoners haunted by memories of freedom fighters – Yagan, Ned Kelly & Jandamarra (who all lost their heads and their heads were lost). They each chase down their identities and their purpose, all the while sorting through their memories of oppression and of fighting back. As they go through this process they become closer to themselves, to this reality. What is their wisdom? Will they get to the birth? Will their gifts be appropriate? '

'A major health issue for both black and white, young and old across our country, this work reflects Yirra Yaakin’s commitment to explore difficult and provocative issues that affect our communities and the wider culture through the medium of contemporary theatre.' (Source: Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company website)

Production Details

  • Director: Kyle J Morrison

    Concept: Associate Producer: Steve Hawke (Bunuba Cultural Enterprises)

    Developed and Performed by: Ian Wilkes, Emmanuel J Brown, Peter Docker

    Scripted by: Peter Docker

    Choreographer: Dalisa Pigram

    Musical Director: Darren (Daz) Feutens

    Lighting Designer: Chris Donnelly

    Cast: Ian Wilkes, Emmanuel J Brown and Peter Docker

    Performed on the 26 May-4 June 2016 at Subiaco Arts Centre.

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Works about this Work

Three Suckers Reap the Whirlwind David Zampatti , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 1 June 2016; (p. 6-7)

— Review of So Long Suckers 2016 single work drama
‘Wise Men’ Unshackle a Potent, Perceptive Satire Victoria Laurie , 2016 single work
— Appears in: The Australian , 31 May 2016; (p. 14)

— Review of So Long Suckers 2016 single work drama
Casting off the Chains Stephen Bevis , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 11 May 2016; (p. 6)

— Review of So Long Suckers 2016 single work drama
Casting off the Chains Stephen Bevis , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 11 May 2016; (p. 6)

— Review of So Long Suckers 2016 single work drama
‘Wise Men’ Unshackle a Potent, Perceptive Satire Victoria Laurie , 2016 single work
— Appears in: The Australian , 31 May 2016; (p. 14)

— Review of So Long Suckers 2016 single work drama
Three Suckers Reap the Whirlwind David Zampatti , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 1 June 2016; (p. 6-7)

— Review of So Long Suckers 2016 single work drama
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