CHIKA IS THE STORY OF BEING IN THE WRONG PLACE, FOR A LONG TIME.

This intensely personal documentary performance tells the story of Chika Honda, a Japanese tourist who spent over a decade in an Australian jail for allegedly importing heroin - a crime she has always insisted she did not commit.

Japanese-Australian artist, Mayu Kanamori, who regularly visited and documented Chika during her incarceration, recounts this tragic and remarkable story of human endeavour in the face of great adversity.

Incorporating live music, dance, narration, documentary images, archival footage and recorded interviews, Chika is multi-dimensional, contemporary storytelling at its powerful best.

Creator/Narrator Mayu Kanamor
Director/Co-producer Malcolm Blaylock
Director of Music/Composer/Keyboards/Violin Tom Fitzgerald
Lighting Designer/Production Manager Keith Tucker
Dancer/Choreographer Yumi Umiumare
Koto Satsuki Odamura
Shakuhachi Bronwyn Kirkpatrick
Taiko Drums Toshinori Sakamoto