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SugarlandBy Rachael Coopes with Wayne BlairAUSTRALIAN THEATRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (ATYP) NT/NSWTake a glimpse at a teenage Australiathat feels like a foreign country•THEATREIn 2011, ATYP began a series of residenciesin Katherine. Over the following two yearsplaywrights Rachael Coopes and Wayne Blairspent two months in this unique place. Theaim was to create a story that would allowpeople around the country to gain a personalunderstanding of what life is like growing upin remote Australia. The result is an absolutelyextraordinary new play, Sugarland.Sugarland follows the unlikely friendship thatdevelops between Erica and Nina – one froma RAAF family that has moved so much she’sstopped trying to fit in and the other who isdesperate to move out of Auntie’s but still stayclose to town and school. The only thing theyhave in common is the music they listen to.Sometimes that’s enough.Iconic composer and actor David Page (BangarraDance Theatre) makes his directing debutcollaborating with ATYP’s Artistic DirectorFraser Corfield in this haunting new play thatwill make you pause, make you smile and makeyou wonder how much can be real.Sugarland will be presented to the community ofKatherine before its world premiere at Darwin Festival.WhereOld Town Hall Ruins, Smith St,opposite Festival ParkWhenTue 19–Thu 21 Aug 8pmDuration 1hr 10minsTicketsAll Tickets $25Bookings08 8943 4222 darwinfestival.org.auAttentionCoarse Language & Adult ThemesRecommended for ages 15 & overPHOTO: SARAH WALKERSons& Mothers“Authentic, honest and alive.”ADELAIDE FRINGE REVIEWNo Strings Attached Theatre ofDisability brings its runawaysuccess Sons & Mothers toDarwin. This touching loveletter to mums is sure to strike achord with Festival audiences.With heart and humour, sixsons tell stories of their mumsas they recount their lives fromchildhood to adulthood. Theseare poignant love stories, madeall the more potent because ofthe disabilities the men livewith and their humbling takeon the discriminations they’vefaced. Sons & Mothers is qualitydrama that comes from theheart. Its truth and simplicityare disarming and it will toucheveryone who ever had a mother.WhereBrown’s Mart TheatreWhenThu 14 Aug 8pmFri 15 Aug 11am & 6pmDuration 55minsTHEATRETicketsFull $34Conc & Group (8+) $30Bookings08 8943 4222 darwinfestival.org.auAttentionRecommended for ages 8 & overWritten, devised and directed by Alirio Zavarcewith and for the Men’s Ensemble of No StringsAttachedSupported by the Australian Government throughthe Australia Council for the ArtsToured by Performing LinesTheHarbingerQueensland’s inimitable DeadPuppet Society bring theirenchanting adult fairytale,The Harbinger, to DarwinFestival. Live performance,sophisticated puppetry andingenious stage trickery allexpertly combine to create arichly magical world where thelines between reality and makebelievefall away. Let yourimagination soar on a journeythat is both provocative andcharming.Part puppet show, partstorybook and part daydream,The Harbinger is a gothic taleof solitude, heartbreak anda time long forgotten. Thisclassic tale of heroes andvillains centres on a little girland an old man, who findthemselves thrown togetherin the aftermath of civil war.The Harbinger embracesterror and beauty, enchantingaudiences with both.WhereBrown’s Mart TheatreWhenTue 12 Aug 11am & 5.30pmWed 13 Aug 11amDuration 1hr 20minsTHEATRETicketsFull $32Concession $25Family of 4 $90Bookings08 8943 4222 darwinfestival.org.auAttentionRecommended for ages 13 & overA Critical Stages and Dead Puppet Society ProductionToured with the support of the AustralianGovernment through the Australia Council for theArts & Arts QLDBUY TICKETS darwinfestival.org.au 08 8943 422223 PHOTO: ZAN WIMBERLEY © ATYP 2014darwinfestival.org.au 08 8943 4222 BUY TICKETS24