Carpentaria: A Performance

Overview

Seeing a novel come to life is something that happens everyday. Experiencing a beloved story materialise in front of your eyes while you're inside an artwork — that isn't, as great as stage and screen adaptations can often be. Welcome to Angel's Place, and to Carpentaria: A Performance, which just might change the way you think about re-creations of literary material.

Taking place at Brisbane Writers Festival, The former comes courtesy of a monument by Aboriginal artist Gordon Hookey, which becomes an immersive stage for the performance. The latter is inspired by Alexis Wright's novel, which tells of the fictional Queensland town of Desperance, a clash between indigenous and white communities, and the aftermath.

If you're eager to find out more, the Miles Franklin Award-winning Wright will also be participating in an in-conversation session.

Image: Mick Richards.