Fringe review: Kuramanunya
Thomas ES Kelly weaves story, ceremony and movement into a haunting tribute to First Nations lives. ★★★★
Australia, a beautiful and diverse country, is stained with its dark history of oppression. For all the lives that may one day be forgotten, Kuramanunya promises to remember. In light of the state of the world, this show poses the question of who is permitted to be grieved and why so many people are not. Underneath our feet, through the parklands, in the air we breathe, the generations of First Nations people still pulse.
Scarcely decorated with only the bare necessities to depict the stories of lost First Nations people, Thomas ES Kelly traverses a landscape of memories, history, tradition and death. Communicating with the spirit of an Uncle, encompassed by an ancient grandfather gum tree, he teaches an audience both present and imagined about the traditions of ceremony and the passage from life. With powerful music accompaniment, Kelly dances a display of old and new, traditions and modern advancements. An important show for everyone, Kuramanunya is a reminder to all who live on Australian soil to respect and remember those who lived here before: a request to pledge to walk with him and with the memory of those gone before.
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Kuramanunya is playing at Holden Street Theatres from March 14 – 22
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