Theatre :: Jandamarra

By Steve Hawke

Growing up just as the first pastoralists were cutting a swathe through his native lands, Jandamarra is one of Australia's great tragic heroes. Station child, angry young man, police tracker of his own people and finally inspirational leader of the most successful Indigenous resistance against white settlement, his life was lived on the jagged edge of change and uncertainty.

Playwright and long-term Kimberley identity Steve Hawke worked with Bunuba and Kriol translators on a script whose startling images will stay in your memory. This story belongs to the Bunuba people of the Kimberley - but it speaks to everyone.

Director Tom Gutteridge Designer Zoë Atkinson Lighting Designer Andrew Lake Musical Direction Paul Kelly

In Bunuba , English and Kriol with English surtitles

Black Swan Theatre Company in association with Bunuba Films and Perth International Arts Festival