Drawn from real life testimonies from the Sri Lankan civil war, theatre production 'The Jungle and the Sea' brings one family’s story to Australian stages. Dilpreet speaks with writer and director S. Shakthidharan, and actors Prakash Belawadi and Nadie Kammallaweera, about memory, identity and why people are always more than the worst thing that’s happened to them.
The Jungle and the Sea will be showing at Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney, Melbourne Theatre Company in Melbourne, and Canberra Theatre Centre in Canberra across July, August and September 2026.
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