We invite you to listen to a story about three generations of Caribbean women. White women. White cockroaches.
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens,
Bicentennial Celebrations April 11th- 14th
Composition - Felix Cross
Collaborating Artists - Natasha Jynel and Zahra Newman
System Design - Matt Daniels
Video Artist - Lucy Benson
Production & Lighting - Josh Noble
Graphic Design - Rebecca McCauley
I had reached the forest and you cannot mistake the forest. It is hostile. The path was overgrown but it was
possible to follow it. The track led to a large clear space. Here were the ruins of a stone house and round the ruins
rose trees that had grown to an incredible height. I was lost and afraid among these enemy trees, so certain of
danger that when I heard footsteps and a shout I did not answer. -Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
Under the southern sky, on pakana/palawa country, we invite you to listen to a story
about three generations of Caribbean women. White women. White cockroaches.
Grandmother Elizabeth, her daughter Gwen and Granddaughter Antoinette.
Crawl Me Blood brings together Australian artists, each with a different family connection
with the Caribbean, from Jamaica to Trinidad, from Barbados to Belize.
This work invites you into the gardens to encounter a family drama
that lays bare our shared colonial history.
Tickets available HERE 6:15 for a 6:30 start
Main Gates
Via Lower Domain Road
$30
Limited capacity, booking essential.
Crawl Me Blood is a radio drama that takes places over 90 minutes.
As there is some walking involved, we encourage you to bring warm, comfortable clothing.
Presented by Aphids and the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
in association with the Salamanca Arts Centre, Vitalstatistix and Performing Lines.
Stay tuned for more information on our Melbourne showing,
to take place at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne in Spring 2018.
Supported by the Australia Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and
advisory body, Arts Tasmania, the City of Melbourne and Creative Victoria with additional support from
ABC Radio National, Fresh Milk Artist Platform and the Alcorso Foundation.
