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.
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 […]
ILBIJERRI is one of Australia’s leading theatre companies creating innovative works by First Peoples artists. The longest established First Peoples theatre company in Australia, ILBIJERRI creates, presents and tours powerful and engaging theatre by First Peoples artists that gives voice to our Cultures. ILBIJERRI is committed to growing a sustainable and vibrant First Peoples arts […]
Effective date: 30th day of May, 2022 ILBIJERRI Theatre Company’s website ilbijerri.com.au (the "Site") is owned and operated by ILBIJERRI Theatre Company. ILBIJERRI Theatre Company can be contacted at: [email protected](03) 9329 9097Unit 104 (P.1.04), 30 Perry Street, Collingwood VIC 3066 ILBIJERRI Theatre Company is committed to providing quality services to you and this policy outlines […]
For thirty years, ILBIJERRI Theatre Company has been at the forefront of platforming First Nations’ voices and stories in the arts. Explore the multitude of blak theatre works, programs and the multilayers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories that interweave to create ILBIJERRI’s remarkable history. Join us for a vibrant collection of monologues, community […]
ILBIJERRI's much loved classic, JACK CHARLES V THE CROWN, will be featured as part of Arts Centre Melbourne's online Together With You program, streaming from Friday 10 July through to Friday 24 July. JACK CHARLES V THE CROWN premiered in 2010 and toured nationally and internationally for eight years, charming a generation of theatre goers into a deeper understanding of […]
ILBIJERRI Theatre Company, in association with Arts Centre Melbourne, presents ILBIJERRI Ensemble in Conversations with the Dead by Richard Frankland, as part of Future Echoes “Imagine that you’re a Koorie, that you’re in your mid-twenties, that your job is to look into the lives of the dead… Imagine. Walk in my shoes.” Jack, a young, ambitious Koorie […]
National Tour 28 March 2019 - 30 August 2019 Ghenoa Gela – little sister, daughter, granddaughter, comic, teacher, fighter, gold medallist, air guitarist, charmer, TV star, Torres Strait mainlander, walking political statement – has made a show. This is your invitation into the complex political, social, colonial and cultural expectations she navigates every day. Ghenoa is a […]
