We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Elders, Ancestors and leaders of the Kulin Nations on whose unceded lands ILBIJERRI Theatre Company is based.
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.
Always was, always will be, sacred Indigenous land.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples should be advised that this website may contain images of deceased persons.
A deadly short film about smashing hepatitis C Originally staged as a play which toured in 2018 and 2019, VIRAL is a short film made with mob for mob about navigating hepatitis C. The project has been supported by long term partners of ILBIJERRI, the Victorian Government's Department of Health, as part of a series […]
ILBIJERRI Theatre Company supports, and is supported by, the leadership of First Peoples based on principles of self-determination. This includes our Elders in Residence, Board of Directors, and our Executive Team. Elders in residence Vital to the company’s operations is the role of our Elders as cultural authorities and leaders. This ongoing program acknowledges the […]
ILBIJERRI Theatre Company is the longest-established First Peoples’ theatre company in Australia, which celebrated 30-years strong in 2021. We create, present and tour powerful and engaging theatre by First Nations artists to audiences across Australia and the world. As a fast-growing company, recently joining the National Performing Arts Partnership Framework (NPAPF), we are increasing our […]
An exciting online mini-festival of 10-minute play readings, shining a spotlight on new First Nations scripts, read by actors from the ILBIJERRI Ensemble. ABOUT 10 IN 10 Applications came flooding in for First Nations writers of all experience levels – to write a ten-minute play in ten days – with the help of a $2000 […]
Program structure The BlackWrights 2022 Program is a meditation on the future direction of theatre during and beyond a COVID-impacted period. It is a dynamic program aimed at self-determination, innovating the development and performance form under the provocation Wroughting the Future of First Nations Arts. The program utilises theory, practice and play while aiming to […]
by John Harvey **** '...moving, enlightening and utterly refreshing.’ – Theatre People Raye, a country-music star in the making, plays pub-to-pub along Australia’s vast desert highways, trying to make a living in the hope of returning home to her son, Elvis. But when she meets Dan, another young wanderer at the cross-roads of life, a […]
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Thirty years ago ILBIJERRI was born out of a passion to create a platform for Black voices, a platform for dynamic and empowering theatre creatively controlled by Indigenous artists. This same fire and passion continues to burn at the heart of the company today. ILBIJERRI is Australia’s leading and longest running Aboriginal and Torres Strait […]
ILBIJERRI’s artistic vision is to create compelling theatrical works that tour broadly. However, layered through everything we do is our responsibility to Community. As we increase our profile nationally and internationally, we are careful to nourish the very foundations of ILBIJERRI that intrinsically lie in connection with Culture. In keeping our roots healthy, and our […]
