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Season 2019

Fully Sikh

Past Show - Season 2019

10 Oct - 03 Nov

Studio Underground

A celebration of family and Sikh culture, with all of its complexity, told with Sukhjit’s lyrical style.

"Sukhjit's performance got her a standing ovation from everyone on the show."

Deccan Chronicle

Fully Sikh

A Black Swan and Barking Gecko Theatre Co-Production

WORLD PREMIERE

Fully Sikh is a new Australian work by one of Australia’s most talented and celebrated spoken word artists. Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa’s culture and politics have informed her poetry for years. She made headlines around the globe when she performed a rousing poem confronting racism on Australia’s Got Talent and went on to tour her poetry across Australia and overseas. Fully Sikh is Sukhjit’s story and marks her highly anticipated theatre debut.

Fully Sikh is a celebration of family and Sikh culture, with all of its complexity, told with Sukhjit’s lyrical style and flow. It is the story of growing up as a brown, hairy Sikh girl in the Perth suburbs and features a Punjabi meal cooked live on stage.

Accompanying Sukhjit on stage is the virtuosic musician Pavan Hari. Pavan’s score moves from 90’s power ballads to Sikh hymns played on an array of traditional instruments and kitchen implements.

Dates

10 Oct - 03 Nov

Venue

Studio Underground

Duration

1 hour 15 mins (no interval)