Performances

‘Your Feminism’

Written and performed by Anisa Nandaula, WOW Australia Poet in Residence 2020, with artists Aurora Liddle-Christie, Waima De Souza, and Waniki Maluwapi.

Country Witches Association

Comedy duo Mandy Nolan and Áine Tyrell This performance was broadcast as part of WOW Global 24, a free 24-hour online WOW Festival uniting women and girls across the world! On the weekend of June 27-28, presented by The WOW Foundation and WOW Festivals.

Laisa Luala Vulakoro: The Vude Queen

Laisa, known in Fiji and throughout the Pacific as the Vude Queen (Voon-Day Queen), or ‘Pop Queen’ has been singing professionally for over 30 years.

This performance was broadcast as part of WOW Global 24, a free 24-hour online WOW Festival uniting women and girls across the world! On the weekend of June 27-28, presented by The WOW Foundation and WOW Festivals.

'They Put Us Back Together' - Anisa Nandaula for WOW Australia

Anisa Nandaula, WOW Australia 2020 Poet in Residence, presents ‘They Put Us Back Together’, a striking ode to frontline health workers.

Māmā Mihirangi and the Māreikura

Performing ‘Dark to Light’ and ‘Karakia’ – a traditional prayer singing in English. A powerful and fierce all-female Māori world-roots production lead by internationally renowned artist/activist and “Queen of Loops”, Māmā Mihirangi.

Weaving ancient chants with intricate harmonies, traditional & contemporary instruments, beats & deep bass, all being innately familiar but all of it incredibly unique. The Māreikura are her traditional female dancers who present the virtues of feminine power and inspiring cultural identity with the Women’s haka, traditional weaponry and Māori martial arts combined into a contemporary cultural performance that is informative, inclusive and truly inspiring.

Vulcana Circus: Circus in isolation!

Presented by Vulcana Circus, Queensland’s oldest women’s arts organisation. Vulcana was established to counter a major discrepancy between women’ and men’s experience of circus, both in training and in the expectation of how and what they perform.

Special thanks to Allie Wilde, Maddy Grant, Mayo Muto, Regan Ainslie, Pitisi Hatcher, Phoebe Manning, Chae Lindeman and Celia White

This performance was broadcast as part of WOW Global 24.

Saraima Navara

The evocative Saraima Navara performed this stirring set as part of DomestiCITY 2020: Locked Down & Locked In: Safety of Women & Girls in a Crisis. The idea of ‘home’ is the place that is ‘safe’ for us to be in – and the traditional mythology of gender relations says that the male will provide the shelter and protect his wife and family. Unfortunately, as we know all too well, this is not the case for many.

When families were forced together as a result of the pandemic, many feared the impacts this could have on the safety of women and girls. On Friday 18 September 2020, we heard from those on the frontline working in domestic abuse prevention, those dealing with the never-ending ‘pandemic’ of domestic and family violence, and the steps being taken to create change.

DomestiCITY was produced by WOW Australia for Brisbane Festival 2020 and proudly supported by all our 2020 partners.

Anna Yen - Vulcana Circus

Vulcana Circus performer Anna Yen presented this eclectic performance as part of DomestiCITY - A Roof Over Our Heads: Re-thinking housing - Eliminating homelessness.

A house, a roof over our heads, is supposed to be our final refuge. But for many families, young people, and – increasingly - older women, this is becoming a fantasy. How can we end systemic homelessness beyond this crisis and change thousands of lives forever?

DomestiCITY was produced by WOW Australia for Brisbane Festival 2020 and proudly supported by all our 2020 partners.