*Jurrungu Ngan-ga* is collaboratively created by:

__CREATIVE AND CULTURAL TEAM __  

Concept: Dalisa Pigram and Rachael Swain with Patrick Dodson  
Choreography: Dalisa Pigram with the performers  
Direction: Rachael Swain  
Performance Dramaturgy: Hildegard de Vuyst  
Cultural Dramaturgy: Behrouz Boochani, Patrick Dodson, Omid Tofighian  
Music: Sam Serruys, Paul Charlier and Rhyan Clapham (aka DOBBY)  
Sound Design: Sam Serruys and Paul Charlier  
Scenic Design: Abdul-Rahman Abdullah  
Costume Design: Andrew Treloar  
Lighting Design: Damien Cooper  
Additional Choreography: Krump Army: Stacy Peke aka Red Ladybrui5er  

__CAST__  

Co-devising Performers: Czack (Ses) Bero, Emmanuel James Brown, Chandler Connell, Luke Currie-Richardson, Issa el Assaad, Macon Riley, Bhenji Ra, Feras Shaheen and Miranda Wheen  

__PRODUCTION __  

Production Manager and Lighting Operator: Aiden Brennan
Audio Technician: Raine Paul
Company Manager: Denise Wilson
Producer: Natalie Smith 


ARTISTIC TEAM

In a mesmerising multimedia dance production Jurrungu Ngan-ga reflects on the overrepresentation of First People in custody, and the years-long detention of refugees. It’s a story told from within the prison of the Australian mind. 
Translated from Yawuru as “straight talk”, Jurrungu Ngan-ga takes its inspiration from the words and experiences of Yawuru leader Patrick Dodson, Kurdish Iranian writer and former Manus Island detainee Behrouz Boochani, and Iranian-Australian scholar-activist Omid Tofighian. 
With characteristic dedication, First Peoples and intercultural dance company Marrugeku bridges cultures, communities and identities. Embodying figments of the Australian psyche, the performers deftly move between dark humour, horror, truth-telling and bodily resistance. Jurrungu Ngan-ga’s performers—from First Peoples, refugee, transgender and settler communities—employ their skill and courage to shine a light on new ways to resist and abolish.

Image by Prudence Upton

Jurrungu Ngan-ga "Straight Talk" was commissioned by Carriageworks, International Summer Festival Kampnagel, Hamburg with Körber-Stiftung and the City of Melbourne through Arts House.

Marrugeku is funded by the Australian Government through the Australia Council its arts funding and advisory body, the Government of Western Australian through the Department of Local Government Sport and Cultural Industries, Create NSW, the Australian Government through the Indigenous Language and Arts Program, the Nelson Meers Foundation, and International Summer Festival Kampnagel, Hamburg (in the frame of “Exile Today – Production Residencies for Artists” by Kampnagel and Körber- Stiftung). 

Supported by the DARA Foundation and the Dancing Architects.


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Jurrungu Ngan-ga (Straight Talk)

Arts House is wheelchair accessible—please see the [Arts House website](https://www.artshouse.com.au/visit-arts-house/#accessibility) for more information. The venue also welcomes support animals and guide dogs. 

If you have any specific questions about visiting Arts House, please
contact the venue: 
- Call 03 9322 3720
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ACCESSIBLE PARKING

Two on street accessible spaces outside the post office on Errol Street. There are also two accessible spaces on Queensberry Street (150m from the accessible Errol Street entrance).

ACCESSIBLE DROP OFF

Loading zone and accessible parking spaces on Queensberry Street before the corner of Leveson Street.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Nearest accessible train station: Arts House is 1.1km from North Melbourne Train Station, approximately 16 minute walk or 1.2km from Flagstaff Station, approximately 15 minute walk.

Nearest accessible tram stop: Stop 3 - Lincoln Square/Swanston Street

DISTANCE COVERED BY PARTICIPANT

Under 100m.

ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE

80 Errol Street (next to the North Melbourne Post Office).

ACCESSIBLE BATHROOMS

There are wheelchair accessible, gender-neutral toilets on each floor and you can access all levels via a lift.

INTRA SITE TRANSPORT

Internal lift for access between floors.

WHEELCHAIR ACCESS

Arts House is a wheelchair accessible venue. You can enter via the step-free entrance at 80 Errol Street (next to the North Melbourne Post Office) during business and event hours or George Johnson Lane (between Post Office and Library) 1 hour prior to events.

There are wheelchair accessible, gender-neutral toilets on each floor and you can access all levels via a lift. There is step-free access between studios, bathrooms and kitchenettes.

Jurrungu Ngan-ga (Straight Talk)

Marrugeku

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