From a remote Indigenous community to the bright lights of the city, Jesse discovers that everybody's story is worth telling.
Jesse’s family have always loved singing, dancing and telling stories. When talent scouts visit the remote Indigenous community where they live and pick out Jesse from the rest, it looks like the opportunity of a lifetime. But being billeted with a city family is not what Jesse expected. It is only when Jesse meets Sam that they both learn that everyone’s story is important.
My Story, Your Story was developed with students from Brisbane’s Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts (ACPA) for Artslink Queensland as a touring production for primary school students. It was first performanced on 16 July 2013 at Saints Peter and Paul’s School, Bulimba, Queensland, Australia.
COVER ARTWORK BY: Elisa Carmichael
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EXTRACT: Ok, bub. On a hot windy day along the beach side there were two friends from different tribes. Yinjinka the sea eagle and Kiah the stingray. The tide went out so it was very shallow. That was the time they played the most. Yinjinka was swooping down at Kiah, trying to grab his tail every time he hid in the sand. They played for ages. Until this one time, Yinjinka swoops down and finally grabs Kiah's tail, taking him by surprise.
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EXTRACT: .. I was stoked. And when I got selected! Well, wow! Then, they sent a letter home asking for host families for students who were coming from the country and Mum and Dad said yeah, we'll take someone. So who do we get? Jessie. From a remote community. Into culture and all that stuff. My Dad's Aboriginal, but he says we don't need culture if we're going to get on in the modern world. I don't know why they chose us - just because she's Aboriginal doesn't mean we're the same.
Information for schools about Sue Rider's play 'My Story, Your Story'. Indigenous theatre about cultural identity, storytelling and individuality, performed in-the-round.
Teachers' Resource Kit for Artslink Queensland production.
Promotional poster for Artslink Queensland productions of My Story Your Story, for schools.
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