B Sharp: Beautiful One Day

Indigenous Theatre at Belvoir, supported by The Balnaves Foundation.

A co-production with Ilbijerri Theatre Company and version 1.0.

Palm Island. An Aboriginal man is arrested, allegedly for insulting a police officer. Within 90 minutes, he lies dead on the watchhouse floor, his liver cleaved in two. The community protests, the police station is torched. A Senior Sergeant stands trial for manslaughter but is acquitted. Questions are raised about manipulation of evidence and a court suppression order. A protestor, jailed for inciting a riot, is out on parole on condition that he speaks to no-one.

Beautiful One Day is a theatrical documentary made by a group of Australians (black and white) seeking to interpret these events against the full sweep of the island’s history. It seeks to grasp the ordinariness of brutality, charting the course of repression, resistance and racism but also the astonishing resilience of the people who call Palm Island home.

Melbourne’s Ilbijerri Theatre Company (Jack Charles v The Crown) is a champion of Indigenous storytelling. version 1.0 (The Bougainville Photoplay Project, A Certain Maritime Incident) have turned tough, patient enquiry into an artform. Together with Belvoir they have set each other the task of trying to understand the horror of circumstance that we all find ourselves in.

Single tickets on sale Monday, 18th June 2012

Previews / 30-Down
8pm Saturday 17 November
5pm Sunday 18 November

Opening Night
8pm Wednesday 21 November

Sunday Forum
3pm Sunday 16 December

Unwaged Performance
2pm Thursday 20 December

Wednesday Matinee
2pm Wednesday 12 December

Performance Times
6.30pm Tuesday
8pm Wednesday - Friday
2pm & 8pm Saturday
5pm Sunday

Ticket Prices
Full price $62
Seniors (excluding Fri/Sat evenings) $52
Industry or Groups of 10+ $52
Concession $42
Previews $42
Student Rush $29

For media enquiries contact
Elly Michelle Clough
elly@belvoir.com.au
02 8396 6242