The Jungle and the Sea
Highlights
- Experience powerful storytelling at Belvoir St Theatre, where family bonds are tested amidst the backdrop of war.
- Engage with a stellar cast, including renowned Bharatanatyam dancer Anandavalli, bringing depth to this epic narrative.
- Discover the intertwining of real-life testimonies and classic tales, enriching your understanding of conflict and resilience.
- Feel the emotional weight of a family's journey, exploring themes of love and survival in turbulent times.
Following the ground-breaking international success of Counting and Cracking, creative powerhouses, S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack’s multi award-winning The Jungle and The Sea returns to Belvoir St Theatre.
When violence escalates between the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Gowrie does everything she can to keep her family alive. She sends her husband and one daughter to Australia for safety. She takes her other two daughters to search through the jungles of northern Sri Lanka for her estranged son. But how does a family come together again when the world around them is tearing itself apart? How is peace made? How can we honour the dead?
Drawn from real life testimonies, and woven with threads of the Mahabharatha and Antigone, this is the epic story of one family’s love, caught in the crosshairs of war.
This epic work features a stellar cast including Bharatanatyam dancer and guru Anandavalli, alongside Prakash Belawadi, Emma Harvie, Nadie Kammallaweera, Shiv Palekar, Dushan Philips and Rajan Velu, and Kalieaswari Srinivasan.
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Dates & times
- Next occurrence: reoccurring
Disabled access available, contact operator for details.
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