Sydney Theatre Company performance about the stolen generation that I saw a week ago. It was really challenging to listen to the anguish expressed while seated and silent, in 2D. The voice expressed was strong and vibrant. It was great to witness the hope in the eyes of the audience as they filed out of the theatre afterwards. The Aboriginal characters on stage projected poignantly, as though their real existence was such. They shaped the issues of truth, transparency and strength of parenthood translated in our Australian history, emphasised by Rudd’s words in a recording played out loud recognising the needs of the stolen generation in political circles.
