The Seven Stages of Grieving

QTCs 2015 production of The 7 Stages of Grieving directed by Jason Klarwein and performed in Bille Brown studio incorporates contemporary autochthonous drama conventions to create dramatic meaning. The 7 Stages of Grieving is a sassy and powerful play rough the grief of endemical wad and the foretaste of reconciliation. The play expresses the substance of the stories of the Indigenous large number by using dramatic elements, Indigenous drama conventions and a wandering(a) performer, Chenoa Deemal, to communicate the hard truths of the lives of early(prenominal) and current true large number. done with(predicate) the use of symbol, role, and time and fructify this message is expressed in an extremely powerful and legal way which illustrates the grieving that Indigenous people have had to have over many generations.\nJason Klarwein modishly manipulates symbol to retell the excited stories of Indigenous people and bring out the grieving that process that Aborigina l people have went through. The 7 Stages of Grieving uses a diverseness of symbolic words and phrases, props, and a powerful set figure of speech in order to accentuate the history of the Aboriginal people and the stories they have to share. A affecting example of symbol inwardly the performance occurs in the delay scene. Klarwein interestingly includes an extract from The plea Speech by Kevin Rudd. Klarwein adds a scene, which was not in the original performance where the stage dims, and the fluid performer leaves the stage through a door underground on the back protect of the stage. Deemal leaves this door open and a bright white mail escapes shining over the unknown stage and the previously gaunt circles on the stage. The use of this thought-provoking white light represents the honour of the Aboriginal people, the light itself symbolises the hope that Indigenous people give of reconciliation. Symbolism of the Aboriginal people is further expressed through the circ les that have been drawn on the stage using incompatible colours of...