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BIGGEST CONGRATULATIONS to ILBIJERRI Artistic Director RACHAEL MAZA on receiving a Member of the Order of Australia award for significant service to the performing arts as an Artistic Director! Rachael’s response to the honour: “It is with the greatest gratitude that I receive the Order of Australia Member Award. Like many of our mob – […]
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THE SCORE is a short play with big energy about footy, friends, dancing, and hook-ups... Teenagers, Billy, Sam, and the rest of their crew, are ready for a mad night out. They’re all heading to the footy finals after-party to hang out and have fun. In this story, you’ll meet Aunties, Uncles, tiddas, and brothaboys, […]
Meet Flo, the unwelcome Aunty everyone complains about, but who we depend on for our very existence. You would think we’d be proud of this most significant Tidda - keeper of our divine feminine power - but we hide her away and talk about her in whispers, especially later on when she stops turning up […]
Created by Ghenoa Gela and produced by Force Majeure in association with ILBIJERRI Theatre Company Award-winning Torres Strait Island choreographer and performer Ghenoa Gela collaborates with Sydney’s renowned dance theatre company Force Majeure and ILBIJERRI Theatre Company, to develop this dance-theatre work, now in its third year of development, focusing on the impact of climate change on Torres Strait culture. […]
TRACKER, a multidisciplinary work by Wiradjuri choreographer and director, Daniel Riley, explores the life and story of his Great-Great Uncle Alec ‘Tracker’ Riley, a Wiradjuri Elder from Dubbo NSW, who served the NSW Police Force as a tracker for 40 years through the beginning of the 20th century. TRACKER was the first work in development […]
BlackStage is a development program offering the opportunity for mentoring in all aspects of theatre production such as set and costume design, lighting, sound, production management, touring and theatre direction. BlackStage matches emerging First Nations theatre practitioners with an interest in a creative role and/or technical theatre with skilled mentors. Each participant is given a […]
Footprints is a new ILBIJERRI program designed to support independent artists. Our highly experienced staff and creatives are often available to assist during the development process of new independent works, to write letters of support, assist with artist and emerging producer contracts, and funding application feedback. In 2021, Rachael Maza undertook the director role in […]
