3.3 Dreaming Big
With Declan Furber Gillick
This week Bronte Charlotte chats with Declan Furber Gillick, an Arrernte man from Central Australia. His practice spans writing, theatre, music, film, poetry, rap, community education, and mentoring. Declan was a writer-in-residence as part of the Melbourne Theatre Company's Next Stage Writers Program, and is the writer, producer and actor behind the Green Room Award winning production Bighouse Dreaming. We have a conversation about Declans journey into the arts, and how important collaboration and solidarity is for communal growth and connection. We dive into Declans varied writing and performance experiences, the success of Bighouse Dreaming, his new piece coming out at the MTC, his passion for rap and poetry getting him through Melbournes extended lockdown, and how deeply connected you can feel to people just by sharing and being vulnerable.
During this episode we discuss:
[03:12] Declans journey into the arts, committing to the study of creativity, and coming from a background of storytellers
[10:03] Brontes experience finding her voice after an extended time working with people who tore it away, building yourself back up with community, support, and creativity
[15:33] Support solidarity and peer appreciation
[16:43] Finding that creative obsession and the perks for writers working over zoom
[18:50] Writing for commission and how the audience can inform your writing, MTC and how its supporting new work
[21:48] Bighouse Dreaming, its journey, its story, its future, writing with awareness about your audience, healing from an intensely draining experience, resting well
[33:05] Declan’s morning routine he has been following for the last 4 years, learning about yourself by observing your consistent practice
[38:45] Experiencing creative joy working with collaborators, reading a scene and feeling it land, sharing stories, music, experiences and connection
[44:06] 16 Bars Every Day for 16 Days, an instagram creative project Declan did through his rapping moniker, Knomad
RESOURCES
Masters of Writing at the VCA
Next Stage Writers Program at the MTC
The Great Emu War by Declan Furber Gillick
Bighouse Dreaming directed by Mark Wilson
Jacky directed by Mark Wilson
Cybec Electric at the MTC
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