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Review: The Jungle and the Sea, directed by Eamon Flack and S.
Shakthidharan, Belvoir.
After the roaring success of their debut collaboration,
Counting and
Cracking, S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack have produced another play that
will captivate audiences.
Sri Lanka was in a civil war from 1983 to 2009, about a Tamil national
liberation struggle for independence in the north and east. This followed
decades of discrimination by the Sri Lankan state against Tamils.
The Jungle and the Sea revolves around the story of one Tamil family who are
separated after church bombings in 1995, following them through to 2009.
The Jungle and the Sea is an expression of the many stories of Tamils that
remain untold. This play will hold immense value for the Tamil community in
Australia, not least because there is very little in the way of Australian
public acknowledgement about their war histories.
As
The Jungle and the Sea reminds us, war is never only about nationalist
politics. It is also profoundly local, intimate and involves negotiation of
human relationships that can challenge political boundaries."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
