The stage is bare and sandy. Waves wash calmly on shore. We can see the ones of the theatre. The flys ate dropped onstage. A family story torn through time. Phd daughter returns home with her great grandfather's bones. To the town that killed him. A priest haunted by his families crimes against her family. A father tormented by loosing his mother in a car accident. A sister /aunt who cares for family. An old woman, dead and wandering the spirit world in search of the heart she lost to the great grandfather long ago. The large curtain cracked and filled with light, the spirit world hovering above and around them all. The old woman. Mother to the mother lost. Family. Finds her way to the father and they connect. Truth and reconciliation. First Truth.
Act 2
King Tulla comes home. Great Grandmother lends strength to father so he can lay him to rest. Reconciliation can begin.
The man playing King Tulla is so beautiful. In his jackaroo garb and his dance paint. When he dances with old woman to return their hearts to rest I wept for the beauty of it.
Dr Singh as the daughters crush is delightful. It's made clear that he's all in, that the family will continue.
Standing ovation. The dreaming is recalled and the great breathing spirit world rests.
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