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 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 in-conversation for audiences.

Choreographed by industry leader, Larrakia man, Gary Lang, this international, cross-cultural collaboration with Northumbria University (UK) communicates a story of the Stolen Generations. With care and compassion, it poses questions about relationships between country of origin, identity, adoption, the criminal justice system and psychological health.

The Other Side of Me translates into dance the true-life story of a young Aboriginal man, born in the 1960s in the Northern Territory, adopted by a white English family and raised in the English countryside. Drawing on a collection of personal letters and poems, it offers insights into the mind of a man struggling with his belonging from the other side of the world.

The Other Side of Me is a powerful healing work that takes its audiences on a profound journey.

We ask you not to come with any preconceived ideas. Come for the journey and see where it takes you.