After a successful music development and song cycle commission in 2025, in collaboration with Jacob Boehme, Sonya Rankine and Feroz Ansari, I’m working toward the theatre outcome of this amazing story, created by visionary Kaurna and Narungga theatre-maker Jacob Boehme.
It’s a sweeping tale that honours the enduring strength of Jacob’s female ancestors, the legacy of the cameleers, and the spirit of resistance etched into this place now called Adelaide.
Set in the backyard of an Adelaide mosque, an unlikely alliance takes root between Goolie, an Afghan cameleer and mosque caretaker, and Dulcie, a young Aboriginal woman navigating life, loss and love on Kaurna Country. As war, racism and bureaucracy press in from all sides, their bond — anchored in storytelling, cooking and kinship — becomes an act of survival.
Opening Night July 28 (with previews beforehand)
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