The 7 Stages of Grieving
Director & Co-Writer (with Deborah Mailman)
Premiered at Warana Festival 1995
Nambundah Festival (Belvoir Street, Sydney), 1996
Next Wave Festival (Beckett Theatre, Melbourne), 1996
Canberra Festival of Contemporary Arts (Courtyard Studio, ACT), 1996
La Boite Theatre (Brisbane), 1996
Kooemba Jdarra National City/Regional WA Tours, 1996
London International Festival of Theatre (Battersea Arts Centre, London), 1997
The Space (Adelaide), 1997
Wimmin’s Business Festival of the Dreaming, Olympic Arts Festival (The Playhouse, Sydney Opera House), 1997
Swiss International Theatre Festival, 1998
State Theatre Company of SA & Adelaide Festival 2010
Sydney Theatre Company 2002, 2006 & 2008
Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman’s The 7 Stages of Grieving is a proud milestone in Australian theatre history; a contemporary Indigenous performance text from the highly acclaimed Kooemba Jdarra.
Appropriating western forms whilst using traditional storytelling, it gives emotional insight into Murri life. This one-woman show follows the journey of an Aboriginal ‘Everywoman’ as she tells poignant and humorous stories of grief and reconciliation. A powerful, demanding and culturally profound text, The 7 Stages of Grieving is a celebration of Indigenous survival, an invitation to grieve publicly, a time to exorcize pain. It has a universal theme told through the personal experiences of one incredible character.

Photo: 2002 Tracey Schramm ©

Photo: 2008 Tracey Schramm ©