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Natasha Raja

NATASHA RAJA  (1984 - )

 Nationality:    Australian
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Natasha Raja was born in Port Adelaide in 1984 and began performing shortly thereafter. In 2000 Natasha moved to Alice Springs and continued to perform at local events. After matriculation, she spent five years looking after the elderly and disabled in town and on remote communities in the APY lands and Yuendumu. In 2007 the birth of her daughter Harper inspired Natasha to embark on a creative journey. She coordinated Alice Springs first short play festival Bite Sized Theatre in which she also played Eric, a precocious embryo. Natasha has been the dulcet voice of Wearable Arts for the past four years. In 2010 she was Jill Tanner in the production Butterflies Are Free More recently she has encouraged her husband Chris to get involved in theatre and together, whilst waiting for the arrival of their daughter Jala, they wrote The First Garden.

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 First Garden, The

First Garden, The

Natasha Raja
The First Garden tells the story of Olive Pink - a trailblazing Aboriginal land rights activist and environmentalist. Ridiculed by her peers and shunned by the Alice Springs community for espousing ideals that were considered to be outlandish she was viewed as a public nuisance, to be barely tolerated. However, due to her vigor and vision the Olive Pink Botanical Garden was established in Alice Springs. The First Garden also touches on key narratives in modern Australian identity, seamlessly incorporating Aboriginal rights, environmentalism, the Gallipoli legend and feminism into its gentle rhythmic tone. This reflects a maturation of our society, where we are prepared not only to acknowledge but also to reconcile.

Notes:
written by Christopher Raja and Natasha Raja

1st Produced:
Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs, Australia    17 Sep 2011

Organisations:
Alice Desert Festival, Central Australian producers program

1st Published:
Currency Press, Australia (2012) >>>    978-0-86819-947-4

Music:
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Genre:
drama; female/male writers; historical; indigenous themes; political/social

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  with doubling

Further Reference:
AustLit BRN: 967857

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