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We extend this respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, recognising their resilience and ongoing connection to land, water and culture, despite ongoing colonial interruption and genocide.
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THEATRE WORKSHOPS FOR PRIMARY KIDS Get Your Geek On by Isaac Drandic is a deadly 30-minute play celebrating First Peoples in STEM for year 3 and 4 primary school students. It’s all about Djirra, a massive science geek, keen to win a local science competition at all costs, IF she can keep her biggest rival, Kevin, […]
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We have teamed up with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and others for an event not to be missed this NAIDOC. Under the baton of Chief Conductor Jaime Martín, One Song: The Music of Archie Roach will feature a stellar line-up of artists who draw on their connections to the Australian legend to bring new life to his iconic songs, […]
BlackWrights: Stories Unfolding was a rare public opportunity to witness the work-in-development of four of ILBIJERRI Theatre Company’s BlackWrights Program participants, via a series of live excerpt readings and a post-reading yarn about the script development process. Audience members gained insights into what it meant to be nurtured through the creative process from story concept […]
'Whose Gonna ‘Love Em? I am that I AM' written and directed by Kamarra Bell-Wykes is a post-traumatic masterpiece, winning the 2021 Patrick White Playwriting Award. Starring Maggie Church-Kopp, Corey Saylor-Brunskill and Maurial Spearim accompanied by smallsound with a live improvisational score, Whose Gonna ‘Love Em? I am that I AM is an absurd group […]
ILBIJERRI’s Scar Trees speaks to the complex layers, but too often common experiences of family violence and the impact it has on our community and specifically our children and their relentless resilience, undying hope and ultimately their need to give and receive unconditional love. This engaging theatre performance follows a family on the way to […]
