National Theatre of Parramatta

The Offering (A Plastic Ocean Oratorio)

National Theatre of Parramatta presents the theatrical premiere of The Offering as part of its inaugural Heartland Festival.

Performances & Gigs

Event Details

Category

Performances & Gigs

Event Starts

Jun 25, 2025 19:00

Event Ends

Jun 28, 2025 20:30

Venue

Riverside Theatres

Location

Church & Market Street, Parramatta NSW 2150

The multi-award-winning Australian author, poet, and rapper Omar Musa (Since Ali Died), and the internationally renowned American cellist and composer Mariel Roberts Musa bring a dramatic seafaring monologue to the stage with The Offering. The stirring music, poetry, and theatre performance is rooted in the tradition of oral histories and explores themes of environmental damage, belonging, and boundlessness, using Omar’s family history in Southeast Asia as inspiration. The show combines storytelling, poetry, hip-hop, and live music with sound recordings made in the forests and ocean off the island of Borneo in the Malay Archipelago.

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