Head Full of Love

World Premiere

Written by Alana Valentine

Extraordinary friendships. Extraordinary women.

An intricately woven play, Head Full of Love draws a portrait of the relationships that develop at the Alice Springs Beanie Festival. This renowned Central Australian event is an annual pilgrimage for women as diverse and distant as the Anangu and Tjanpi weavers, and Western women from all over the world.

As secrets are shared and struggles are faced, a tendril of trust begins to develop into an unlikely friendship and the distance between worlds diminishes.

Directed by Wesley Enoch and starring Colette Mann and Roxanne McDonald, this remarkable production is an invitation to look differently at the possibilities of an everyday item and by extension, our everyday lives.

Pre-show Head Full of Love beanie making workshops at Brown’s Mart from 5pm. All welcome.

Also see Artists in Conversation.

Date: 24- 28 August
Time: 24 Aug: 8pm
25 Aug: 11am* & 8pm
26 Aug: 11am* & 8pm
27 Aug: 8pm
28 Aug: 8pm
Duration: 80 minutes, followed by a Q and A with the artists
Venue: Brown’s Mart Theatre
Book: 08 8980 3333
*Indicates designated school show.

NT Curriculum Band: Senior Drama Studies Stage One and Two, PE/Health Stage One and Two, Senior SOSE, Band 4 SOSE, Art Band 4 and Senior Art Stage One and Two
Suitable for: Year 9 and Senior Students
Possible Areas for Study: Contemporary Theatre Practice, Indigenous Theatre, Cross Cultural Theatre, Indigenous Healthcare and Diseases, Weaving and Manual Arts Practice

View full 2010 Schools Program

This project was developed by Darwin Festival and commissioned with the support of 32° Brown’s Mart Producing Hub and Red Dust Theatre and supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts and funding advisory body. Supported by Eva Besen AO and Marc Besen AO.

Head Full of Love first appeared as part of the 2010 Alice Springs Beanie Festival.