Directed by First Peoples leader in the arts Dr Rachael Maza AM
By Isobel Morphy-Walsh
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
Murrun has returned to the watering hole. The same one Aunty Aggie used to take her to. Present and past collide.
There she meets her old friend Gunawarra. The Black Swan.
Gunawarra is a contemporary creation work based on Taun Wurrung (Taungurung) stories passed down.
This work looks at the continuation of creation and the stories of Blak women healing.
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Photography by Tiffany Garvie
Credits
Cast
Melodie Reynolds-Diarra, Carly Sheppard, Hannah Morphy-Walsh, and Kristel-Lee Kickett.
Creative Team
Writer
Isobel Morphy-Walsh (Nirim Baluk)
Director
Dr Rachael Maza AM (Yidinji, Meriam)
Producer
Joel Te Teira (Māori - Ngāti Maniapoto)
Set Designer
Dann Barber
Set and Costume Design Secondment
Emma Salmon and Stone Turner
Lighting Designer
Katie Sfetkidis
Sound Designer
James Henry (Yuwaalaraay, Gamilaraay, Yorta Yorta and Yuin)
Sound Design Secondment
Todd J. Bennett
Dramaturg
Jules Orcullo
Design Associate
Emma Holgate
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