Dust
Dust delivers a roving performance incorporating sideshow, rock ‘n’ roll, film and a vortex of dust! Featuring music written and performed by Mark Seymour (Hunters and Collectors) with a choir of 50 voices made up of local singers and performers, the production incorporates local stories and experiences with asbestos and celebrates the larrikin spirit that is typically Australian.
This fast-paced multi-media theatre production takes its audience on an almighty journey. A peek into Australian homes from the not too distant past reveals domestic products exposed families to asbestos; toothpaste, play dough, hair dryers and cigarette filters were all made with asbestos. Have you checked your shed? Did you check the electric blanket, and the surgical thread?
Asbestos was mined primarily in WA and manufactured by James Hardie Industries. By the 1950’s, a quarter of all houses built in Australia were clad with asbestos cement sheets. It was used by handymen to knock up a boat shed or add an extra room on the family home until the late 1980’s. Their overalls were washed by housewives and the asbestos dust residue swept up by their children. Currently there are hundreds of people facing asbestos-related illness including lung cancers. The number of illnesses from exposure is expected to peak in the year 2020.
Far from being depressing or polemical, this production is joyous, touching and inspirational. Like the people who battled James Hardie Industries and won, Dust represents guts, determination and the Australian fighting spirit.
$25 to $35
Event Details
Date:
22-24 November 2013
Time: Various timings
Where is it?
Brisbane Powerhouse, Powerhouse Theatre
119 Lamington Street
New Farm, 4005
QLD
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