A collective created by artists of colour, DisColourNation is made up of actors, writers, and musicians ready to share our stories. We work as a collective and it is through collaboration that we aim to explore stories rarely told on stage using unique and often musical ways. Our first collaboration was "THE UNBEARABLE WHITENESS OF BEING" for Tastings 2016 which was later nominated for Best Ensemb
le and won Best Direction at the Union House Theatre Awards. Energised by enthusiastic audiences and student theatre's obvious need for diversity, we will be creating a full version of the show for May 2017.
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REVIEW
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"From the minute the audience walked into the Guild Theatre, DisColourNation’s ‘The Unbearable Whiteness of Being’ made an impact. Each audience member was stopped and asked if they identified as a person of colour. Those who said yes got a Freddo chocolate; the rest sat down empty handed. It was clever, allowing the audience to experience the marginalisation that was explored throughout the piece. Without explicitly stating it, the piece stuck very much to the culture of Melbourne University, exploring the limits POC face in student theatre and the forms of racism that still exist within our generation. Switching between musical numbers and monologues, the ‘Unbearable Whiteness of Being’ was funny in its delivery, and got a lot of laughs. But at the same time it was very much a serious piece, in no way subtle with its impact, revealing that our student culture is not as inclusive as we’d like to believe. Undoubtedly a thought-provoking and important piece of theatre."
- thedialoguetheatreblog
https://thedialogtheatre.wordpress.com/2016/09/23/a-taste-that-leaves-you-wanting-more/
