The show will be at the Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre
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00:00 [Music]
00:12 Hello, my name is Wesley Enoch and I'm the writer of The Sunshine Club.
00:17 [Music]
00:21 I initially wrote this as a way of bringing people together, especially in the reconciliation movement.
00:26 This notion of black and white dancing together and the stories of our history, especially post-World War II.
00:33 [Music]
00:38 And so for me, this idea of seeing this play is about celebrating that idea of coming together, of literally dancing.
00:48 In this post-COVID world or living with COVID world, it'll be even more important to see that cultural bonds can be formed by gathering together as groups and dealing with social issues together.
01:00 [Music]
01:04 I'm very excited about directing Sunshine Club again 20 years on, and this idea of how plays can keep talking to their audiences year after year.
01:16 In some ways, creating classic stories through music theatre.
01:21 [Music]
01:25 It's both an invitation for the audience to sit together, black and white, and also a way of celebrating more Indigenous writing and more Indigenous stories.
01:35 [Music]
01:39 For me, I think The Sunshine Club is a great celebration of our history, but also through our history, talking about the situation that we are 20 years ago when I first wrote it,
01:49 but also now where we need to focus a lot more on how we work together and how reconciliation is possible for the future.
01:57 [Music]