Jurrungu Ngan-ga (Straight Talk)

Jurrungu Ngan-ga (Straight Talk) deploys Marrugeku’s renowned culturally and community informed dance theatre to address local and global issues of the fear of cultural difference. Inspired by Yawuru leader Patrick Dodson’s proposal: “because we lack the ability to straight talk to one another about cultural difference, fear grows in each generation, holding community and society back in multiple ways”, Jurrungu Ngan-ga addresses alarming statistics which reveal Aboriginal Australians as proportionately the most incarcerated peoples in the world and responds to firsthand descriptions of life inside the Manus Island detention centre. Through choreography, voice, cultural perspectives and installation art Marrugeku investigates that which we wish to lock away, to put behind walls and to isolate. Featuring an outstanding cast who draw on their intersecting experiences within multiple marginalised communities, (Aboriginal, immigrant, refugee and transgender) Jurrungu Ngan-ga creates a searing and at times humorous portrayal of the fear of fear itself.