Mother's day and The Furies

Dear Friends,

Mother's day is coming, and so is "The Gifts of the Furies". This is one for mothers, fathers, and us all, our children and our children's children, and for a nurturing, positive and connected future (so make it one you won't forget and bring your Mum and Dad to the Gifts of the Furies this weekend)!

With the opening of the new coal loader in Newcastle this week, this is a very timely production - about what we can expect if we continue to ignore the overwhelming sciencific evidence about the impact of our use of fossil fuels.

The Gifts of the Furies, is coming to the Newcastle Maritime Centre (Honeysuckle Drive)at the end of this week, May 7th and 8th at 7pm, and we would like you to join us (Tickets are available for $25/$15 concession, online at http://www.trybooking.com/EAS For inquiries email transitionnc@optusnet.com.au or phone 49673231).

Having recently seen this powerful play again, it is not to be missed. We are proud and pleased to bring this event to Newcastle, after it has played in Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney (see reviews).

See you there!

The Gifts of the Furies is a mythic drama and song story, and is the first Australian art work to recognise the mythic nature of the climate crisis. This profound work is about the Earth, about history, war, trauma, tragedy and fate, and what happens when we ignore the wisdom of the planet. It looks at the climate crisis with a view from the classics, and is about hubris, democracy, our hopes and dreams, and aims towards renewal and reconciliation within the limits of nature. While the original score was performed as a full choral production, it has recently been workshopped in France, and condensed to a more transportable two-handed event.

A free singing workshop is to be held after the performances on Sunday morning (at Hamilton Public School) to help develop a citizen's chorus for the bigger Furies at a later date.

For reviews of this amazing work and to book online, please see the attached flyer or look on our website.

A STORY SONG FOR CITIZENS IN A CHANGING CLIMATE

The Gifts of the Furies

We change lightbulbs and showerheads to turn back the weather

We reduce re-use recycle our things

But our children’s nightmares Who will stop those?

And our sterile anguish Who will shift that?

Join us at the Newcastle Maritime Museum for a performance of the first Australian artwork to recognise the mythic scale of the climate change crisis.

In Glenda Cloughley’s dramatic story-song, we see what happens when people raise the mortal laws of cities above the immortal laws of nature. From a deep sense of tragedy, we may however discover our own voice of empowerment as we find a place in the citizens’ chorus.

The way is shown by Ethos, spirit of the community, and the songman Aeschylus, whose laws of song of 458BC were motivated by the same hard questions and the same longing for harmony that hum beneath our days.

A Jungian analyst, a composer, musician and singer, Glenda will give two performances of the song-story with fellow musician Johanna McBride on Friday 6th May and Saturday 7th May.  

Although the piece is performed as a two hander, it is also adaptable for a full choral composition. Glenda and Johanna will hold a free singing workshop on the Sunday to teach anyone interested in performing the full choral work at a later date.

Numbers are limited due to space restrictions. Tickets are available for $25 ($15 Concession)  online at http://www.trybooking.com/EAS   For inquiries email transitionnc@optusnet.com.au  or phone 0414 408956