Event
Griffyn Ensemble: The Dirty Red Digger
- Date: Friday, 3 July 2015, 7:30pm
- Venue: Four Winds Windsong Pavilion — Bermagui, NSW
- Tickets: $70-$12 — Tickets can be purchased online
Event Details
Conscription, class war, and Rugby League. Live music, archival footage, and documentary film combine in The Dirty Red Digger: The story of World War I in Australia through events in Rugby League between 1914 and 1918. From the working class tenements in ‘Dirty Red’ Glebe, the divisive Prime Minister Billy Hughes, and the traitor/hero status of boxer Les Darcy, this special multimedia event explores the battle for Australian identity and the Anzac legacy. Comparing the stories of young men in the trenches with young men today, this is a special event not to be missed.
The Dirty Red Digger is a groundbreaking collaboration that sees Rugby League communities collaborate with art music, exploring the struggle for Australian identity during World War 1, and the challenges of young men today and a hundred years ago. The program features music that we know was played during WW1 in Australia, and Australian music that has been written since. With over 40 minutes of archival footage and a series of interviews with young men and women, this will be premiered in Canberra and then tour nationally.
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website
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