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The birds are singing blithely and the scorching January sun glistens on what we now call Sydney Harbour. The heat apart, all would be well with the world, were the news from Kamay not so disconcerting. Nawi – boats – have arrived, again; huge, as tall as trees, like the ones that came 18 years earlier, only this time there are 11 of them.
Harrison condenses time to suit her dramatic needs, so as the meeting progresses the ships approach, the initial three becoming the full 11 before the 75-minute play is over.
Joseph Wunujaka Althouse and Beau Dean Riley Smith complete the cast, the characters, as specified in Harrison’s text, dressed in suits, emphasising the formality of the gathering. To this end, the ensemble acting could be more restrained early on, and take longer to flare into full-blown anger.
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