Darwin and Maningrida-raised actor and singer Ursula Yovich puts a spell on you as she ignites the spirit of Nina Simone with power and defiance. Backed by an exceptional live band, this is no ordinary tribute to the legendary High Priestess of Soul.
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Show 7pm
Duration 75mins
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Location
The Embassy, Perth Town Hall 601 Hay St, Koorari / Perth CBD
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Persons under 18 must be accompanied by a responsible adult (such as a parent or legal guardian)
Darwin and Maningrida-raised actor and singer Ursula Yovich puts a spell on you as she ignites the spirit of Nina Simone with power and defiance. Backed by an exceptional live band, this is no ordinary tribute to the legendary High Priestess of Soul.
‘A five-star performance … soulful, powerful, sweeping.’
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Ursula Yovich
Ursula is a singer, song-writer, actor, playwright and story teller. She grew up in Darwin and Maningrida. As an actor Ursula has worked for all of Australia’s leading theatre companies and has appeared in many memorable films and television series.
Ursula's film credits include Whale Shark Jack (including the audiobook), Top End Wedding, Baz Luhrmann’s Australia, Around the Block, Goldstone and Jindabyne. Her many TV appearances include My Brilliant Career, Deadloch, Top End Bub, Playing Gracie Darling, The Gods of Wheat Street, Mystery Road, Preppers, Rake, Redfern Now, Wakefield, The Moth Effect, The Twelve, Irreverent, The Code, Doctor Doctor, Wanted, Devil’s Dust. Ursula voiced the character of ‘Levi’ in the animated children’s TV series Little J and Big Cuz.
A selection of her numerous theatre credits include Barbara and The Camp Dogs, The Black Woman of Gippsland, Well Behaved Women, 20 Questions, A Christmas Carol, The Dreamers, The Governor’s Family, Bloodland, The Golden Age, Love and Information, The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui, The Secret River, Seven Stages of Grieving, The Lewis Trilogy, Diving for Pearls, Nailed.
Ursula won a Best Supporting Actor Film Critics’ Circle Award in 2020. In 2019 she was nominated for an AACTA award for Best Supporting Actor for Top End Wedding and also a Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Musical for the show she co-wrote and starred in Barbara and the Camp Dogs.
Most recently Ursula has been enchanting various festival audiences around the country with her cabaret show Ursula Yovich Sings Nina Simone.