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    The Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company, also known as Yirra Yaakin Noongar Theatre, is an Aboriginal Australian theatre company, based in Perth, Western Australia...
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    Award for his novel Benang and the 2011 award for That Deadman Dance. Yirra Yaakin describes itself as the response to the Aboriginal community's need for...
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  • many appearances in theatre. In 2013 Carroll appeared on stage in a Yirra Yaakin/ Belvoir production of Bob Merritt's 1975 play about Aboriginal life...
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  • notably revived for performances in Sydney and Perth in Belvoir and Yirra Yaakin co-production in 2013, with Luke Carroll and Irma Woods as Sweet William...
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  • culture has featured strongly in her career. She spent 11 years working at Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company, an Aboriginal-led theatre company based in Perth, in...
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  • Year Title Role Production Company Notes 2015 King Hit Geoffrey Narkle Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company Won Best Newcomer and Nominated Best Actor at Performing...
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    performed at the 2020 Perth Festival. The play, named Hecate, is produced by Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company with Bell Shakespeare, and performed by an all-Noongar...
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  • [citation needed] Pell has performed on stage since 1985, performing for Yirra Yaakin Theatre, the Black Swan Theatre Company, and the Sydney Theatre Company...
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  • David Milroy, set in a mixed-race dance club in post-World War II Perth. Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company premiered the work, which performed from 3 February to...
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    she appeared as Ngala in Kamarra Bell-Wykes' Mother's Tongue at the Yirra Yaakin Theatre in Perth, a play about a young woman's connection to her Indigenous...
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    2010–11 Waltzing the Wilarra Charlie Subiaco Arts Centre, Perth with Yirra Yaakin Noongar Theatre 2010–13 Namatjira Albert Namatjira Belvoir Street Theatre...
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  • staging of her play Aliwa!. This play was first showcased in Perth by Yirra Yaakin Noongar Theatre and developed at the Australian National Playwrights...
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  • Perth Festival 2022: Beanstalk, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre 2021: Hecate, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare and Perth Festival...
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  • illustrated by Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr Cruel wild woman and David Milroy (Yirra Yaakin Noongar Theatre, 1999) performed in the 1999 Festival of Perth season...
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  • Indigenous filmmakers with screen culture and was an associate director at Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company from 2002 to 2006. Narkle was on the Board of the Australia...
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  • Island in 2012. At the 2020 Perth Festival she played the title role in Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company's production of Hecate. The performance won her Best...
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    Radio for which she won a national award. Hart is also a board member of Yirra Yaakin Aboriginal Theatre Company, an independent theatre company in Western...
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  • His Majesty's Theatre in Perth from 8–13 February 2022, presented by Yirra Yaakin and the Perth Festival. The cast included Lila McGuire (Molly), Peter...
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  • IMDb  Haines, Alice; Yirra Yaakin Noongar Theatre; Perth International Arts Festival (2001), Alice (catalogue entry), Yirra Yaakin Noongar Theatre, retrieved...
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    are several Indigenous theatre companies in existence, including the Yirra Yaakin in Perth, Ilbijerri in Melbourne (led by Maza's daughter, Rachael), and...
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  • the play is based on, Aunty Dot Collard. Aliwah! was first produced by Yirra Yaakin Noongar Theatre at the Subiaco Theatre, Perth, on 26 July 2000, with...
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  • Australia, Black Swan Theatre, Griffin Theatre Company, Hothouse Theatre, Yirra Yaakin, and Windmill Theatre . In June 2010, his appointment as the new artistic...
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  • Concerto – Opt Shop (SBX028) (12 Oct 2019) Downsyde Behind The Bucket – Yirra Yaakin (1997), whole album Epinonimous – Syllabolix MGM (2000), tracks 2, 4...
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  • anniversary production. She wrote The Fever and the Fret, which debuted at Yirra Yaakin in Perth, winning the 2017 Kate Challis Award. A production directed...
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  • – Measure for Measure (Belvoir) Wesley Enoch – Waltzing the Wilarra (Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company) Simon Stone – The Wild Duck Best Female Actor in a Play...
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  • South Australia and Sydney Theatre Company) Luke Carroll – The Cake Man (Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company and Belvoir) Denis O'Hare – An Iliad (Homer's Coat, Adelaide...
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  • John The Diary of a Madman Belvoir David Milroy Waltzing the Wilarra Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company Regurgitator Akira Sydney Opera House John Rodgers Where...
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