Still Waters

‘Through his writing Bovell sets up a rehearsal room that must be like the bend of the river itself. A place where black and white meet and must learn to negotiate. He could have made choices that represented the blackfellas as absent figures in the distance that say nothing ... but instead he has created a more culturally powerful script that explores black and white relations on and off the stage.’


In Still Waters, Wesley Enoch presents a contemporary response to a treasured Australian play – a personal and spirited take on The Secret River by Kate Grenville; an adaptation for the stage by Andrew Bovell. 


Still Waters is part of Cue the Chorus, a series of ten thought-provoking responses to classic Australian stories. The other titles in the series are:


1. An Ever-Changing Idiom by Alana Valentine – a response to Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Ray Lawler


2. The Makings of a Man by John Harding – a response to No Sugar by Jack Davis


3. Playing Awkward by Noëlle Janacewska – a response to The Chapel Perilous by Dorothy Hewett


4. Pulling Rabbits Out of Hats by Melissa Reeves – a response to Speaking in Tongues by Andrew Bovell


5. Radiant Women on Radiant Country by Andrea James – a response to Radiance by Louis Nowra


6. Robin Shall Restore Amends by Hilary Bell – a response to Away by Michael Gow


7. The Unexpected Feminist by Van Badham – a response to The Removalists by David Williamson


8. What Goes Around Comes Around by Kate Mulvany – a response to Hotel Sorrento by Hannie Rayson


9. A Youth Presumed by Finegan Kruckemeyer – a response to Blackrock by Nick Enright