Doku Rai at Darwin festival

The other night we went to see a play called "Doku Rai" that was in town as part of the Darwin Festival. The play was a collaboration between Melbourns "the black lung theatre and whaling firm", Timor leste performance group Liurai Fo'er and the band Galaxy. The show included live action, film and live music and wove in and out of a story about a death curse, two brothers one of whom can not die and the would be assassin then mixed it with some wonderful music and a sort of comical frustrating commentary on the whole thing. It was chaotic, violent, funny, at times beautiful and all ways alive. Well worth seeing if it comes your way.

I also went two two other shows- Circus/ cabaret extravaganza "La soiree" witch was great fun, clever and amazing and electro hiphop band "Hermitude" witch was one of the liveliest gigs I've ever been to, the whole venue was jumping. There were so many more good shows at this years Darwin festival that I didn't get to see and the whole affair was set in beautiful tropical gardens lit by glowing lights. Im very sad its over for the year. Well done to all the organisers.

Unfortunately the bloody country liberals have just been voted in so I presume the funding for the arts will go down next year. Lets hop not.