Women of Song - Laycock Street Community Theatre

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Fri 30 Aug 2024

Women’s stories were kept quiet or kept to specific spaces for a long time – often private spaces. In recent years, theatre and various events have been bringing a diverse range of women’s stories, narratives and experiences to life across all genres and styles. On the 30th of August, Laycock Street Community Theatre presents Women of Song with Musica Viva Australia at 7.30pm on the 30th of August 2024.

So, what is Women of Song about? Well, it is an innovative new show that Jessie Lloyd from Mission Songs Project , an acclaimed creative producer, composer, performer and creative entrepreneur. Jessie is also a songkeeper of Aboriginal and Torres Islander music and dedicates her passion to keeping the song traditions alive. This new show explores intergenerational practices, singing on as well as from country, as well as themes like a commitment to community and the preservation of knowledge in song.

This makes this an intimate celebration of Indigenous culture and it’s here and now in a rare mix of spontaneous conversation and songs that explore the living heart and modern-day practices of the world’s oldest living culture.

As a member of the audience, you will get the chance to listen to a conversation between three First Nations singers – Jessie Lloyd, Dr Shellie Morris, and Dyagula. During this conversation and event, someone’s story may remind another person of a song. A popular song could trigger a discussion amongst all three women, but most importantly, each conversation and performance – including this one at Laycock Street Community Theatre – will be unique. The women will explore how their songs preserve social, cultural and environmental shifts within a community live on stage as they deepen connections to country, genealogy and customs.

Jessie will be joined by Dr Shellie Morris, a singer-songwriter who was raised in Sydney after being adopted by a non-Indigenous family who began singing and performing at an early age, and in the 1990s, she moved to Darwin to find her Indigenous Yanyuwa, Gudanji, Marra and Garrwa families and Elders. And Jessie will also be joined by Dygula, a Wiradjuri Ngunwala Song Woman from Yass, who is a multi-genre vocalist, plays several instruments, and is also a songwriter, composer, vocal producer, and vocal arranger.

This means that there will be a wide range of approaches to music and storytelling for all to connect to.

Tickets are $30 for adults and $25 for a student or concession and can be bought here .

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