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Theatre in Conflict Zone3-Disturbance and Theatre: "Ngapartji Ngapartji'"

3 December 2011 - 4 December 2011

A series of plays called 'Theatre in Conflict Zone 3 - Disturbance and Theatre planned and produced by the International Theatre Institute will be held from 2-4 December in Tokyo.  One of their plays will be "Ngapartji Ngapartji", written by Trevor Jamieson, an Australian Indigenous actor and Scott Rankin, a playwright and producer.  The Japanese version of this play will be performed for the first time.

"Ngapartji Ngapartji" is a play and has been presented at various international festivals since 2002, including the Laocoon Festival in Hamburg, Germany, the Adelaide Festival and the Sydney Festival.
As for the title, in the English language there appears to be no adequate translation for the Pitjantjatjara concept, 'Ngapartji Ngapartji'.  Many suggest that its closest equivalent in the Australian vernacular is something like, “I give … you give in return.”

Story:

"Ngapartji Ngapartji" is a story about Trevor Jamieson's family, including his grandfather and parents, as well as a history of Pitjantjatjara people to whom his family belongs.  Between 1953 and 1965 the arid rangelands of South Australia were subjected nine major nuclear bomb detonations, and about 600 smaller bomb trials.  And that was also the place where the Pitjantjatjara people were carrying on their traditional way of life without any contact with immigrants. "Ngapartji Ngapartji" tells the true story of the Pitjantjatjara people who were moved off their lands to make way for British atomic testing.

Trevor Jamieson:

Trevor Jamieson was born in Western Australia in 1975.  Jamieson is a dancer, guitarist, singer and storyteller.  He is also a talented film, TV and theatre actor.

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