Bran Nue Dae
| Bran Nue Dae | |
|---|---|
 Poster of 1993 production in Melbourne | |
| Music | Jimmy Chi and Kuckles |
| Lyrics | Jimmy Chi and Kuckles |
| Book | Jimmy Chi |
| Productions |
1990 Perth 1990–1991 national tour 1993 Melbourne/Perth |
Bran Nue Dae is a 1990 musical set in Broome, Western Australia, that tells stories and of issues relating to Indigenous Australians.[1] It was written by Jimmy Chi, his band Kuckles and friends and was the first Aboriginal musical. The musical was originally directed by Andrew Ross, a prominent theatre director in Western Australia. The name is a phonetic representation of 'Brand New Day'.
The musical won the prestigious Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards in 1990. The following year the published script and score won the Special Award in the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards.[2]
A documentary Bran Nue Dae tells the story of the creation of the musical.[3][4]
Film version
The musical has been turned into a feature film directed by Rachel Perkins starring Ernie Dingo, Geoffrey Rush, Jessica Mauboy, Missy Higgins, Deborah Mailman, Magda Szubanski and Dan Sultan.[5][6][7]
The film premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival and won the Audience Award for Best Film. It was theatrically released in Australia on 14 January 2010. It debuted with $2.5 million in its first week, solidifying it as a box office hit. It went on to gross over $7 million, making it one of the most successful Australian films of all time.[8]
References
- ↑ Australian Government – Culture and Recreation Portal Highlights in Australian theatre history
- ↑ "Western Australian Premier's Book Awards – 1991 Winners". State Library of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 9 May 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2007.
- ↑ Australian screen Bran Nue Dae
- ↑ "Bran Nue Dae". Filmnews. 21, (3). 1 April 1991. p. 12. Retrieved 28 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ AdelaideNow Ernie's Bran Nue Dae
- ↑ Rush adds shining light to Broome’s Bran Nue Dae movie project
- ↑ Aaron Hillis, (8 Sep 2010), Aboriginal Musical, Unoriginal Music: Australia's Hit Bran Nue Dae, The Village Voice accessed 2010-0912
- ↑ Box Office: Daybreakers adds $468,319, Inside Film
Further reading
- Chi, Jimmy; Patrick B. Amat; Garry Gower; Michael Manolis; Stephen Pigram. Bran Nue Dae. Currency Press. ISBN 0-86819-293-7.
- Material on History of Black Theatre The Future in Black and White. Aboriginality in Recent Australian Drama, by Katharine Brisbane
- Makeham, Paul B. (1996) Singing the landscape: Bran Nue Dae. Australasian Drama Studies(28): pp. 117–132.