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World Premiere

Guuranda

Jacob Boehme | 2024 Adelaide Festival
First Nations Schools Theatre
Her Majesty's Theatre
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5 shows

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Welcome to Narungga Country. You’ve been warned. 

Guuranda is a monumental new theatre work telling the Narungga Creation stories of the Yorke Peninsula from Narungga/Kaurna theatre-maker Jacob Boehme.  

Commissioned by Adelaide Festival, Guuranda has been created by a collective of First Nations artists, Narungga Elders and non-Indigenous artists. It is written and directed by Jacob Boehme with artwork by Narungga artist Kylie O’Loughlin and sung by Narungga songwoman Sonya Rankine and songman Warren Milera, supported by the Narungga Family Choir.  

Taking its title from the Narungga language name for the Yorke Peninsula, Guuranda tells of a people and place that teach us about being human.   

Effortlessly weaving together theatre, song, puppetry, dance and visual art, Guuranda shares ancient stories that offer insight and balance, with chaos and death ever-present. You must look, listen and tread carefully.  

Boehme’s poetic writing is a perfect balance of heart-wrenching and heart-warming.

— Centre Stage

Performances available for schools

Adelaide Festival Centre’s schools program centrED provides teachers and students with opportunities to engage with cross-curricular arts learning experiences.


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Ages 8 and up
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In partnership with

Australian Government RISE Fund

Guuranda has been commissioned by Adelaide Festival and produced by Insite Arts.  

With support from Opera Australia, Bunjil Place, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and The Wilin Centre (University of Melbourne). 

Generously supported by the donors of the Adelaide Festival First Nations Commissioning Programme. 

Dates

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Mon 26 Feb

Tue 27 Feb

Wed 28 Feb

Thu 29 Feb

Fri 01 Mar

Sun 03 Mar

Performance Location: Her Majesty's Theatre

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Her Majesty's Theatre is located at 58 Grote Street, Adelaide, which is on the north side of the street. You can’t miss the beautiful, street-facing entrance, and although there is no designated drop off area, cars can pause to drop off passengers nearby on Grote Street. 

Car Parking

There are many parking options around the Grote Street precinct, including on Pitt St, at Adelaide Central Market, and Wilson Parking on Franklin Street.  

Taxi services

There is not a taxi rank direct­ly adja­cent to Her Majesty’s The­atre, but the near­est one is just 250m east, out­side the Hilton Hotel on Vic­to­ria Square. 

Public transport

Pub­lic trans­port is a great way to vis­it Her Majesty’s The­atre with no need to wor­ry about park­ing. Many busses, includ­ing the free bus that loops through the city and North Ade­laide, stop near­by as does the tram which stops in Vic­to­ria Square just 250m away. For more infor­ma­tion vis­it Ade­laide Metro.

We want to make your vis­it as enjoy­able as pos­si­ble and offer many ways to assist if sup­port is required.

Accessible seating

Remov­able seats are avail­able in the Stalls row G as well as on the Dress Cir­cle and Grand Cir­cle for patrons who wish to remain seat­ed in their wheel­chair or trans­fer to a the­atre seat. 

Lifts

Lifts are locat­ed in the foy­er near the infor­ma­tion desk with access to all levels. 

Toilets

Acces­si­ble toi­lets are avail­able at Her Majesty’s Theatre.

Assistance animals

Every theatre and event/function area of Adelaide Festival Centre is assistance animal friendly. 

Audio assistance

At Her Majesty’s The­atre, hear­ing loop facil­i­ties are avail­able in foy­er areas. 

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