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26 FEB - 14 MAR  2027
TheatreWorld PremiereAustralian Exclusive

Kumarangk: Sisterhood

Country Arts SA

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Kumarangk: Sisterhood

Country Arts SA

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When

03 Mar - 07 Mar

Where

Yitpi Yartapuultiku

Access

Tickets

Adult
$49
Festival Friends
$42
Concession
$39
Nunga Tix
$15
U30
$25
Full-time student
$25
Child*

Transaction fees apply
*14 and under

Times

Wed 3 Mar 7:30pm
Thu 4 Mar 7:30pm
Fri 5 Mar 7:30pm
Sat 6 Mar 7:30pm
Sun 7 Mar 7:30pm

Duration

1hr 30mins, no interval

Warnings

Contains strong language. Utilises strobe effects and theatrical haze. Aboriginal people and/ or Torres Strait Islander people are advised that the production contains names and depictions of deceased Aboriginal people and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

This is an outdoor performance, some uneven ground surrounding the performance area.

Performed in English and Ngarrindjeri.

FIRST NATIONS

Cultural knowledge meets contemporary truth-telling under an open sky.

Written by Tracey Rigney (Ngarrindjeri / Wotjobaluk) and directed by Glenn Shea (Ngarrindjeri / Wathaurong), Kumarangk: Sisterhood brings together theatre and contemporary dance to tell two stories deeply connected across time, place and resistance.

Bear witness to the intimate story of the Ngarrindjeri mi:minis (women) who resisted the building of a bridge across sacred waters to Kumarangk (Hindmarsh Island) and a re-imagining of the Ngarrindjeri creation story of the Seven Sisters.

Performed outdoors on Kaurna Country, this is an unforgettable theatrical event presented by Country Arts SA that explores the collision of cultural ways and colonial power, while celebrating the stories that have always belonged to Kumarangk. Gather, reflect and honour beneath the open sky.

CAST

Ellen Tervorrow Leteesha Cole 
Veronica Brodie Takari Owens
Doreen Kartinyeri Roxanne McDonald
Sandra Saunders Natascha Wanganeen
Margaret Brodie Sonya Rankine
Narrator/Spirit Betty Sumner

DANCERS
Keisha Barrow, Mariah Lawrie, Karra Nam, Tiarna Power, Kathleen Rankine, Kirsty Williams, Rikki Wilson

CREATIVES
Director Glenn Shea
Assistant Director Adrianne Semmens
Writer Tracey Rigney
Production Designer Kathryn Sproul
Lighting Designer Ayden Martin
Sound Designer Juanita Sumner
Costume Designer Ailsa Patterson
Choreographer Caleena Sansbury
Creative Director Dominic Guerrera
Producer Star Sandford
Major Projects Producer Damien Cassidy
Executive Producer Samantha Yates
Directing Secondment Kimmie Lovegrove (Supported by Ilbijerri Theatre)

Co-commissioned by Adelaide Festival.

Supported by the Australian Government through the Indigenous Languages and Arts program, and Creative Australia through the Creative Futures Fund. Also supported by the State Government of SA through CreateSA. Individual donors to the Kumarangk Giving Circle and the Country Arts Foundation, and Adelaide Festival commissioning donors. Supported by Ilbijerri.

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