Kangaroo Stew
‘You gonna sell your soul for a fist full of diamonds?’
David’s family think he’s come home for the anniversary of his Dad’s death. But he’s got another reason to return home – he’s working to broker a deal with a mining company to dig up his own sacred land and hopefully get them all out of poverty forever.
To complicate matters, the whole family are being visited by a persistent ghost who has something to settle before it can move on.
Kangaroo Stew is a lively and controversial contribution to the modern Aboriginal theatre movement that gives insight into the life of a modern Aboriginal family living with the mining economy. There will be love, punch-ups, singing, and of course, the spirits of ancestors past.
Zac James is a Wonguktha, Yamaji and Murri man. He has been a playwright, screen and stage actor, and a film maker with more than 15 years experience in the arts industry. He is a passionate change maker, advocate and speaker for his mob.
Zac is a Creative Director at Yirra Yaakin Aboriginal Theatre Company. Zac is the director of the short film Marlu Man (2023).
