Daily Archives: February 20, 2020

Real Stories.
Real people.

Presented by La Boite & Multicultural Australia, in association with Empire Theatres

The revelatory work tracks seven individual, real-life journeys from the experience of fleeing homelands, to seeking refuge and creating, fostering and discovering a new community (or neighbourhood) in Australia.

The Neighbourhood promises an evening of honest, authentic, and deeply moving theatre, imbued with a sense of hope, power and recognition. 

Written and co-created by the story-tellers themselves, The Neighbourhood traverses a range of story-telling forms to examine the concept of home and the vital importance of belonging. The Neighbourhood is co-created with Todd MacDonald, Aleea Monsour and Ari Palani with an ensemble of seven local story-tellers.

Be part of changing the conversation, join our partners Multicultural Australia and stand with other Queenslanders in welcoming new arrivals.

Warnings : 
This production contains moderate language, adult themes and the sound of gunfire. 

Creatives

Co-Creators Todd MacDonald, Aleea Monsour, & Ari Palani, Lighting Design Ben Hughes, Sound Design Brady Watkins and Set & Costume Adam Gardnir

#Meet The Storytellers

Nima Doostkhah

Aurora Liddle-Christie

Naavi Karan

Anisa Nandaula

Cieavash Arean

Amer Joseph Thabet

Matt Hsu

The Timor Sea Justice Forum is launching #Drop the Prosecutions today! (Why today? See below **)
Please read the Statement below and pass it on to your networks.  Here’s a pdf.

Australians were ashamed and angry when reading reports that our government spied on the East Timorese Prime Minister’s cabinet rooms during critical oil and gas negotiations. The aim was to gain economic advantage illegally over the people of East Timor – our close neighbour, WW2 ally, and the poorest country in South East Asia.

Such immoral activity may well have remained secret but for the courage and integrity of Witness K and his lawyer, Bernard Collaery.

These men acted in good faith at a time when our government failed to do so. They stood up to government wrongdoing.

Now, they are being targeted as criminals, as traitors. They are accused of being threats to “national security” when the matter is really about government commercial espionage and its cover-up. Pursuit of them is political retribution and a warning to others.

The government’s prosecution of Witness K and Bernard Collaery is an attack, not only on them, but on the rights and values of every Australian.The Attorney-Generalhas the power to discontinue the prosecutions immediately.
We invite you and your networks to join us in our summons to the Attorney-General to discontinue these prosecutions.
Click the link to send an email to the Attorney-General.
 #DropTheProsecutions