Counting and Cracking
$22.23
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
27 November 2020
Summary
In Tamil we don’t say goodbye. Only, I will go and come back.
S. Shakthidharan’s extraordinary multilingual play (English, Tamil and Sinhalese) Counting and Cracking traverses countries and decades to bring us an epic tale of family, love and politics.
On the banks of a river in Sydney, Radha and her son Siddhartha release the ashes of Radha’s mother so she can be at peace with her ancestors. Into the water go the particles of one life, but unknown to Siddhar…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760623395 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1760623393 |
| Author: | S. Shakthidharan |
| Publisher: | Currency Press Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | Currency Press Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 27 November 2020 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 9mm x 137mm x 210mm |
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Critics Review
A story of survival and hope, of human connectedness, and our deep desire to understand three things – our history, our identity and what “home” means to us. – Community response
S. Shakthidharan
Shakthi is a Western Sydney storyteller with Sri Lankan heritage and Tamil ancestry. He’s a writer, director and producer of theatre and film, and composer of original music.
His debut play Counting and Cracking (Belvoir and Co-Curious) received community, commercial and critical acclaim at the 2019 Sydney and Adelaide Festivals. The script won the Victorian Premier’s Literature Prize and the NSW Premier’s Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting; the production won seven Helpmann and three Sydney Theatre awards.
Shakthi has a new commission with Sydney Festival, a number of new plays in development with Belvoir and a feature film in development with Felix Media. He’s the Artistic Director of Kurinji and Artistic Lead at Co-Curious. Co-Curious is a sister company to award-winning community arts company CuriousWorks, where Shakthi was the Founder and Artistic Director from 2003 to 2018.
Shakthi was the inaugural Carriageworks Associate Artist, is currently a Belvoir Associate Artist and is a recipient of both the Phillip Parson’s and Kirk Robson awards.
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