Series 1: Black Diggers (2014)
Through a series of interweaving vignettes, Black Diggers reveals the largely untold story of Indigenous service in the First World War.
Written by playwright Tom Wright, directed by Wesley Enoch, and performed by the Queensland Theatre Company.
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Simulcast performance (8 October 2014)
A filmed simulcast performance of Black Diggers, a play written by Tom Wright, directed by Wesley Enoch and performed by the Queensland Theatre Company, which reveals the largely untold story of Indigenous service in the First World War.
A cast of male actors tell a compelling story of honour and sacrifice, the contribution of hundreds of dispossessed Indigenous soldiers who heard the call to arms and enlisted to fight at Gallipoli, in Egypt and Palestine, and on the battlefields of Europe.
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Script (2014)
Playwright Tom Wright's script of Black Diggers, a series of interweaving vignettes, which reveal the largely untold story of Indigenous service in the First World War.
The script draws on interviews with families of Indigenous soldiers, conversations with veterans, historians and academics, and painstaking research into the lives and deaths of over one thousand Indigenous servicemen.
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Programme (2014)
Programme for Black Diggers by Tom Wright, directed by Wesley Enoch and performed by the Queensland Theatre Company as part of the 2014 Brisbane Festival.
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Handbill (2014)
Handbill for the 8 October 2014 live simulcast of Black Diggers by Tom Wright, directed by Wesley Enoch and performed by the Queensland Theatre Company as part of the 2014 Brisbane Festival.
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Poster (2014)
Promotional poster for Black Diggers by Tom Wright, directed by Wesley Enoch and performed by the Queensland Theatre Company as part of the 2014 Brisbane Festival.