Booth #21 ILBIJERRI THEATRE COMPANY AND BLACK ARM BAND

Booth Holder 1 – ILBIJERRI

ILBIJERRI creates challenging and inspiring theatre, creatively controlled by Indigenous artists. Our stories are provocative and affecting and give voice to our unique and diverse cultures. Each year we travel to national, regional and remote locations across Australia and the world.

Born from community, ILBIJERRI has become a spearhead for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in telling our stories of what it means to be Indigenous in Australia today. Our work possesses the power to reach out and remind audiences of every person's need for family, history and heritage. Our collaborative relationships with communities and artists are at the heart of our creative process and all our work empowers and enlightens our audiences.

Booth Holder 2 – Black Arm Band

Black Arm Band is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company, widely acclaimed in for its distinctive music theatre performances, celebration of Indigenous music, culture and language and uniquely powerful visual imagery. Our musical tradition and presentation is forged from over 40 000 years of living culture, infused with contemporary styles that have been adopted as their own by Aboriginal Australia. We are a flexible ensemble of highly skilled blackfella and whitefella musicians and artistic technicians who represent the apogee of Australian music theatre. Our theatrical works are developed for large-scale, remote and regional venues, with associated educational programs.

Exceptional artistry, authentic storytelling, profoundly affecting performances and an artistic memorandum of celebration-revolution-reconciliation are the features of Black Arm Band that have imprinted us on the landscape of Australian Indigenous Arts.