Our first international date, in London, UK!
30 April 2008
It’s been a busy year so far! Festival-hopping from Sydney to Perth, before heading off to WOMADelaide, the gang kept energy high, and each show has continued to be a raging success. A big thanks to everyone who came to see and support the Black Arm Band, and congratulations to everyone involved with the Black Arm Band for a great start to 2008.
If that weren’t enough, we're now gearing up for our first international appearance in June. The ‘superband’ and their collaborators will appear at London’s Royal Festival Hall as part of London International Festival of Theatre on June 26th 2008. The LIFT Festival [London International Festival of Theatre] and the Southank Centre have confirmed the Black Arm Band to perform murundak as a highlight of the LIFT 2008 program in the Royal Festival Hall.
Angharad Wynne Jones, Artistic Director of LIFT is thrilled to be able to invite the first large-scale work by Australian indigenous artists in the newly-refurbished Royal Festival Hall, enthusing that “murundak is a poignant work of national significance with international resonance. It attempts to come to grips with an important theatre in recent Australian music history. It is also incredibly moving to see musicians from across the country on one stage, connected together by their passion for the expressive power of music”.
Then, not even a month later, the gang will be welcoming the whole city of Brisbane for the biennial Brisbane Festival’s very special FREE opening event at the City Botanic Gardens on July 18, 2008.
Busy busy times, but exciting times!