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The 7 Stages of Grieving review – Elaine Crombie gives a singular performance in show that swings to outright activism – The Guardian
Directed by Shari Sebbens, Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman’s 1995 play blends fury, humour and fabulous embellishments with a call to action
Elaine Crombie stands on a black box stage, surrounded by midden shells on mounds of black earth, her hands clasped in tension. The rage is there in this singular womans emotionally affecting performance and so is the grief.
Crombie, a Yankunytjatjara, Warrigmal and South Sea Islander woman with German ancestry, speaks English and Kamilaroi in this one-woman play, The 7 Stages of Grieving. She finds the sharp rhythm in the poetry of invasion: My children, stolen away to a safe place, were wrenched…
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