Entertainment
5 March, 2024
Inspiring stories of resilience and strength after cyclone
SIX stories of resilience and strength will uplift audiences as the heart-warming theatre production GRIT makes its way up to Cairns for three unforgettable shows that will honour regional voices.
Developed in Gympie by the Perseverance Street Theatre Company (Gympie) after the 2022 devastating floods, GRIT is touring Queensland and will make its way up to Cairns by the hand of partners JUTE Theatre Company, from Thursday, March 7 to Saturday, March 9 at Bulmba-ja theatre, looking to bring some hope in the aftermath of Cyclone Jasper. GRIT will also bring a FNQ story to life on the stage.
Perseverance Street Theatre Company’s chief executive Dr Sharon Hogan said she couldn’t wait to bring GRIT to Cairns audiences.
“GRIT is about resilience and how we get back up again. It is a celebration of tenacity and a very uplifting production,” she said.
“It premiered in 2022 after an exhaustive creative process in which our team interviewed more than 30 people of different ages and backgrounds.
“From artists, mothers, doctors to engineers, to veterans and pensioners, GRIT emerged into a profound performance of six original stories with stunning vocals.
“We wanted to do a story in the aftermath of the floods, but this is not a story about the floods, these are stories about lives of people and its challenges within the floods. There all sorts of extraordinary stories, there’s romance, they’re endearing.”
JUTE Theatre Company artistic director Suellen Maunder said she was excited to support and present Perseverance Street Theatre Company’s touring production of GRIT.
“GRIT came out of a three-year project Build Back Better that connects regional theatre, where we tour each other’s work,” she said.
“From hosting a series of skills-based training modules to regional touring, we have made real inroads into the growth of Queensland’s regional theatre industry.”
Ms Hogan said GRIT would touch the audience on a personal level and leave them inspired.
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