ILBIJERRI Theatre Company

ILBIJERRI Theatre Company ILBIJERRI is Australia’s leading and longest running Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Theatre Company.

ILBIJERRI’s plays explore a range of complex and controversial issues from a uniquely Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspective. Our work possesses the power to reach out and remind audiences of every person’s need for family, history and heritage. Since commissioning and producing Jane Harrison’s renowned classic STOLEN in 1992, the company has toured nationally and internationally, finding critical acclaim and resonance with both Indigenous and non-Indigenous audiences alike.

18/06/2026

How can theatre be a place for Lore? Isobel Morphy-Walsh, writer of Gunawarra Re-Creation, reflects on this in this short video.

🎟️ Gunawarra Re-Creation by Isobel Morphy-Walsh returns to the Southbank Theatre, Melbourne, from 8 – 11 July. Learn more and book tickets via https://www.southbanktheatre.com.au/plays-and-tickets/whats-on/other-companies/gunawarra-re-creation



ℹ️ Gunawarra Re-creation was originally co-produced with Melbourne Theatre Company as part of Blak in the Room 2024. The work was developed through the ILBIJERRI Blackwrights Program with the support of City of Melbourne, Bowden Marstan Foundation, Equity Trustees and InPlace. Show photos by Tiffany Garvie.

16/06/2026

How can theatre be a place for Lore? Isobel Morphy-Walsh, writer of Gunawarra Re-Creation, reflects on this in this short video.

🎟️ Gunawarra Re-Creation by Isobel Morphy-Walsh returns to the Southbank Theatre, Melbourne, from 8 – 11 July. Learn more and book tickets via https://www.southbanktheatre.com.au/plays-and-tickets/whats-on/other-companies/gunawarra-re-creation



ℹ️ Gunawarra Re-creation was originally co-produced with Melbourne Theatre Company as part of Blak in the Room 2024. The work was developed through the ILBIJERRI Blackwrights Program with the support of City of Melbourne, Bowden Marstan Foundation, Equity Trustees and InPlace. Show photos by Tiffany Garvie.

ARTVINE: APAX Early Bird RegistrationsRegistrations for the Australian Performing Arts Exchange (APAX) 2026 are now open...
16/06/2026

ARTVINE: APAX Early Bird Registrations

Registrations for the Australian Performing Arts Exchange (APAX) 2026 are now open.

APAX is the national market and professional development gathering for performing
arts workers across Australia.
It is the performing arts sector's time each year to reconnect, recalibrate, challenge assumptions, build relationships and take steps to move forward. APAX brings together artists, presenters, producers, marketers, technicians, programmers and more to stop working in isolation and make the sector seen and heard.

Now is the time to invest. In your practice, in your team, in yourself, and in the future
strength of live performance.

APAX sold out in 2025 so register early and access our early bird rates
(closing Friday 31 July).

Stronger culture comes from broader participation, maintain and build your connections, your practice and the future direction of the sector.

Register and be part of what’s next.
https://apax.org.au/event-info/registration/
Meanjin I Brisbane
7–11 September

15/06/2026

Isobel Morphy-Walsh reflects on how her father influenced the writing of her play, Gunawarra Re-Creation.

🎟️ Gunawarra Re-Creation by Isobel Morphy-Walsh returns to the Southbank Theatre, Melbourne, from 8 – 11 July. Learn more and book tickets via https://www.southbanktheatre.com.au/plays-and-tickets/whats-on/other-companies/gunawarra-re-creation



ℹ️ Gunawarra Re-creation was originally co-produced with Melbourne Theatre Company as part of Blak in the Room 2024. The work was developed through the ILBIJERRI Blackwrights Program with the support of City of Melbourne, Bowden Marstan Foundation, Equity Trustees and InPlace. Show photos by Tiffany Garvie.

In some youth detention centres, almost every child inside is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Behind every statist...
13/06/2026

In some youth detention centres, almost every child inside is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.

Behind every statistic is a young person, a family, a community, and a story.

BULLYMEN & ME is a major new national theatre project that will gather testimonies from First Peoples young people and families across Australia, creating a powerful cultural record of this moment in history.

We're raising $40,000 to support First Peoples artists to return to Country and gather these stories directly from community.

Help us ensure these voices are heard.

Donate today: https://www.mycause.com.au/page/397241/bullymen-and-me

All donations of $2 or more are tax deductible.

13/06/2026

🎟️ Gunawarra Re-Creation by Isobel Morphy-Walsh returns to the Southbank Theatre, Melbourne, from 8 – 11 July. Learn more and book tickets via https://www.southbanktheatre.com.au/plays-and-tickets/whats-on/other-companies/gunawarra-re-creation



Gunawarra Re-creation was originally co-produced with Melbourne Theatre Company as part of Blak in the Room 2024. The work was developed through the ILBIJERRI Blackwrights Program with the support of City of Melbourne, Bowden Marstan Foundation, Equity Trustees and InPlace. Show photos by Tiffany Garvie.

Meet the creative team leading our remount of Gunawarra Re-Creation by Isobel Morphy-Walsh.🎟️ See the show at Southbank ...
11/06/2026

Meet the creative team leading our remount of Gunawarra Re-Creation by Isobel Morphy-Walsh.

🎟️ See the show at Southbank Theatre, Melbourne, from 8 – 11 July. Learn more and book tickets via https://www.southbanktheatre.com.au/plays-and-tickets/whats-on/other-companies/gunawarra-re-creation



Gunawarra Re-creation was originally co-produced with Melbourne Theatre Company as part of Blak in the Room 2024. The work was developed through the ILBIJERRI Blackwrights Program with the support of City of Melbourne, Bowden Marstan Foundation, Equity Trustees and InPlace. Show photos by Tiffany Garvie.

11/06/2026

Gunawarra Re-Creation returns to Southbank Theatre as part of NAIDOC week. Drawing from the traditional Kulin story of Gunawarra—the black swan and how it came to have black feathers—the work follows three generations of women reconnecting on Taungurung Country after significant life disruptions.

Leading this new season of Gunawarra Re-Creation is award-winning Artistic Director Andrea James, a proud Yorta Yorta/Gunaikurnai woman, marking her directorial debut with ILBIJERRI Theatre Company.

🎟️ See Gunawarra Re-Creation at the Southbank Theatre, Melbourne from 8 – 11 July. Learn more and book tickets via https://www.southbanktheatre.com.au/plays-and-tickets/whats-on/other-companies/gunawarra-re-creation



Gunawarra Re-creation was originally co-produced with Melbourne Theatre Company as part of Blak in the Room 2024. The work was developed through the ILBIJERRI Blackwrights Program with the support of City of Melbourne, Bowden Marstan Foundation, Equity Trustees and InPlace. Show photos by Tiffany Garvie.

In one month, Gunawarra Re-Creation returns to Southbank Theatre as part of NAIDOC week.Set on Taun Wurrung country, thi...
09/06/2026

In one month, Gunawarra Re-Creation returns to Southbank Theatre as part of NAIDOC week.

Set on Taun Wurrung country, this contemporary play is grounded in an uninterrupted ancestral storyline, expressed through memory, song and dance where past and present collide.

In this powerful story of culture, memory and healing, Murrun returns to the watering hole; the same one her Aunty Aggie used to take her to. The sacred one. There, past and present collide. She meets her old friend Gunawarra. The Black Swan.

📆 8 – 11 July
🗺️ Southbank Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
🎟️ Book now via https://buff.ly/O5sZrQi

We’re excited to tell you about our upcoming production, Gunawarra Re-Creation, which tours to Melbourne, Geelong, and B...
04/06/2026

We’re excited to tell you about our upcoming production, Gunawarra Re-Creation, which tours to Melbourne, Geelong, and Brisbane this year. We can’t wait to see you there.

📆 8 – 11 July
Southbank Theatre
Melbourne, VIC

📆 17 – 28 July
Geelong Arts Centre
Geelong, VIC

📆 5 – 8 August
QPAC as part of Clancestry Festival
Brisbane, QLD

🎟️ Learn more and book tickets via linktr.ee/ilbijerri

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North Melbourne, VIC
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