The Other Side of Me

Next date: Wednesday, 29 April 2026 | 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM

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By Gary Lang NT Dance Company

One mother’s love, another’s loss. Between them the child that grows to a man who can never return home.

The Other Side of Me by Gary Lang shares the tragedy of Stolen Generations through the heartbreaking story of one man stranded between two families, continents and cultures.

This achingly intimate duet confronts the destruction wrought by Motherland and colony still felt by First Nations people, but offers the redemptive beauty of singing his spirit home.

At the conclusion of the work is a 15 minute facilitated in-conversation for audiences.

Warning: Contains references to the Stolen Generations.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander audiences are advised that this show references people who have died.

No alcohol permitted inside the theatre during the performance.

Image Credit: Paz Tassone

Acknowledgements:

The Other Side of Me is produced and toured by BlakDance. The tour has received financial assistance from the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

The story is based on actual events. However, names, incidents and timelines have been changed for dramatic purposes. All characters depicted in the production are composites or fictitious. Any similarity to the original story, or of fictitious characters to an actual person, living or dead, is coincidental and unintentional.