Moogahlin Performing Arts

14/08/2025

Meet 2025 Yellamundie (Storyteller) Jacob Boehme

Jacob Boehme is a Narungga and Kaurna writer and theatre maker, creating work for stage, screen, large scale public events and festivals for over two decades. Jacob has led the artistic direction of Tanderrum (Melbourne Festival); Thuwathu (Cairns Indigenous Arts Fair); The Original People’s Party (Australian Performing Arts Market) and Geelong After Dark. Jacob is the writer and performer of Blood on the Dance Floor (ILBIJERRI Theatre Company), writer and director of Guuranda (Adelaide Festival) and Wild Dog (Art Gallery of South Australia/Country Arts SA).

Imigo by Jacob Boehme
Imigo is a theatre concert, which tells the life story of Michelle Tobin; HIV+ Yorta Yorta mother, grandmother, advocate and convenor of the Positive Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Network.

As Michelle faces multiple health struggles, she embarks on a quest of forgiveness and understanding to heal the relationships and scars left from a life of fighting against all odds; to be a bride, a mother, a grandmother and to stay alive.

A life that Michelle has always lived, even with all its disappointments and complications, with imigo (hope; Yorta Yorta).

Witness this new work in-development at Yellamundie Festival 2025 alongside six new First People's works from 25 - 27 September.

https://www.moogahlin.org/yellamundiefestival2025

Project Supporters Creative Australia, Create NSW, City of Sydney, Carriageworks, Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, Annamilla Fund, Australian Plays Transform and University of Sydney.

12/08/2025

Moogahlin Performing Arts and Carriageworks are thrilled to announce that tickets for the Yellamundie Festival 2025 are now available!
Project Supporters: Creative Australia, Create NSW, City of Sydney, Carriageworks, Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, Annamilla over 10 years of genre-defying First Peoples stories on Gadigal country at Carriageworks, 25-27 Sept.

Two works will be shown each night.

Get your tickets now
https://carriageworks.click/yellamundie-festival

Image by Jamie James

Project Supporters: Creative Australia, Create NSW, City of Sydney, Carriageworks, Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, Annamilla, Australian Plays Transform, and University of Sydney.

06/08/2025

Meet 2025 Yellamundie (Storyteller) H Lawrence Sumner

From the Ngarrindjeri nation in the Coorong Region, H Lawrence Sumner is a writer and former teacher, with original works in theatre and song, as well as dabbling in film.

A directing graduate of NIDA, 'H' has been involved in performance and creating theatre since 1992, most notably with the University of Adelaide Theatre Guild, Magpie Theatre, State Theatre Company of South Australia and Sydney Theatre Company.

Steps of the Mighty
Beth was a sprinter in her younger days. She could outrun any whitefella on the track, with or without shoes. These days she is lying in bed, in a nursing home – waiting for the Sydney Olympics to begin.
Spencer, Liam and Jimmy are her three children. Spread around the world doing their art or their sport.
Beth has been telling her kids about a girl from Mackay who can run like the wind. It’s her dying hope that all three of her children will catch this race and watch the girl from Mackay run in the steps of the mighty.

Witness this new work in-development at Yellamundie Festival 2025 alongside six new First People's works from 25 - 27 September.

Project Supporters Creative Australia, Create NSW, City of Sydney, Carriageworks, Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, Annamilla Fund and University of Sydney.

31/07/2025

AI is flattening culture and what it is to be human. This is part of what came out in the 10th World Summit Report.

AI is flattening cultural representations and contributing to the homogenisation of culture, reinforcing bias and dominant worldviews and threatening the uniqueness of human creativity as it does.

Culture plays a critical role in not just using technology but in reflecting on, critiquing and questioning it.

The creative and cultural sector needs to mobilise now to reclaim its influence over AI narratives, reaffirm that the digital realm is fundamentally cultural and champion the importance of cultural considerations, respect for creators’ rights and transparency are paramount in tech regulation.

Read the report: artsummit.org/summit-report

한국문화예술위원회 International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA)

25/07/2025

The Visitors by Jane Harrison, Directed by Wesley Enoch has only a few performances with limited tickets remaing for it’s season in Meanjin.

Thanks to for the new production images.

24/07/2025

Director Wesley Enoch had a chat with the QPAC team about what makes The Visitors by Jane Harrison special and so timely.

Tickets are limited for the remaining shows of The Visitors by Jane Harrison

24/07/2025

Congratulations to the cast, creatives and production crew for last nights opening performance of The Visitors by Jane Harrison. Our opening show also coincided with opening of QPAC’s Clancestry Festival 2025 Program which welcomed Meanjin's wealth of First People community and industry movers and shakers. The audience received the performance with open arms and open minds resulting in an electric standing ovation.

The season runs through to this Saturday the 26th so book yourselves a ticket for an opportunity to witness The Visitors.

Image by Red Handed Productions
https://www.qpac.com.au/whats-on/2025/clancestry-the-visitors

23/07/2025

Opening tonight on Meanjin only a few tickets left !!!

On Sunday July 27, the James St Food + Wine Trail returns to transform the city’s premier dining precinct into a sun-soaked celebration of flavour.

22/07/2025

We are proud to stand alongside our sister organisations in launching the First Nations Performing Arts Workforce Development Framework 2025–2030.

Together, our companies represent a range of First Peoples’ Performing Arts disciplines, art forms and expertise. Offering a First Nations-led vision for real change – for us, by us.

From these unique viewpoints the Framework addresses the current and enduring challenges surrounding First Peoples performing artists and artsworkers, from training and employment, to retention and self-determined leadership.

The Framework is a call to action for long-term investment, cultural safety, and 100% First Peoples representation in our sector.

This is about legacy. Sovereignty, and a future where our stories, voices, and labour are valued and sustained.

Read more linked in our bio.


[IMAGE CREDIT - The Visitors, Moogahlin Performing Arts. Photo: Daniel Boud]

19/07/2025

Meet the Yellamundie and their works for this years Yellamundie Festival. Presentations 25 - 27 September.

The Steps of The Mighty by H Lawrence Sumner (Ngarrindjeri)
Imigo by Jacob Boehme (Narungga, Kaurna)
Warriwal by Jo Clancy (Wiradjuri) & Stuart McMinn (Dharug, Gubbi Gubbi)
Diary of a City Blak by Luke Currie Richardson (Kuku Yalanji, Djabugay, Mununjali)
The Lottery by Waverly Stanley Jnr (Gumabaynggir, Birri Gubba, Kabi Kabi, Kanju)
Currents Beneath Skin by Maddison Fraser(Palyku & Yindjibarndi) & Harlisha Newie-Joe (Goemu and Wagadagam)

The Yellamundie Festival is a biennial celebration and national and international platform for new and distinct First Peoples stories and voices across the performing arts.

Click the link below to read about the new works and the storytellers in Yellamundie Festival 2025.

This project is supported by Creative Australia, Create NSW, City of Sydney, Carriageworks and University of Sydney.

https://www.moogahlin.org/yellamundiefestival2025

18/07/2025

Next week at QPAC

15/07/2025

The Visitors by Jane Harrison and Directed by Wesley Enoch has landed in Meanjin (Brisbane) for rehearsals and Stage Manager Peter Sutherland has the cuppas ready for Wesley and the team.

Tickets are available 23 - 26 July at QPAC's Website.
Link in bio