Precious Cargo is a new theatre show about the life-long impact of the Vietnam war, by Australian writer-performer Barton Williams and Hebridean composer Andy Yearley. The show draws on Barton and Andy’s own life experiences as Vietnam war adoptees, plus interviews with four other adoptees who grew up across the world after being airlifted out of Vietnam in 1975 as babies. Produced by Lewis-based arts company sruth-mara, Precious Cargo will premiere at An Lanntair in Stornoway on 6 July before a three week run at Summerhall as part of the Edinburgh Fringe.
Tickets:
An Lanntair, 6 July: https://lanntair.com/events/event/precious-cargo
Summerhall, 1-26 August: https://festival24.summerhall.co.uk/events/precious-cargo/
Tickets:
An Lanntair, 6 July: https://lanntair.com/events/event/precious-cargo
Summerhall, 1-26 August: https://festival24.summerhall.co.uk/events/precious-cargo/
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00:00It wasn't until I was older that I learned about Operation Babylift.
00:06I'm still not sure how I feel about it.
00:09Without it, though, I'd never be where I am now.
00:12I remember learning about the sickening number of fatalities.
00:161.3 million people killed, including 600,000 civilians.
00:22A 20-year war from 1955 to 1975.
00:29Then something unexpected and magical happens.
00:33They tell me about one of their friends on the Isle of Lewis,
00:36someone they think I should meet.
00:38Andy is a professional musician, an astronomer,
00:42and he's a Vietnam War orphan, just like me.
00:46Who could have guessed that a trip to the Outer Hebrides
00:49would bring together two orphans from opposite sides of the world?
00:58The Outer Hebrides