BlackWrights is ILBIJERRI Theatre Company’s writers’ development program aimed at bringing new First Nations work to the stages of Australia and it is back in 2022 to wake up and shake up your performance making practice. The program will create a culturally safe and nurturing space that will empower First Nations artists to share our stories through theatre.
Join facilitators Kamarra Bell-Wykes, Jacob Boehme and Rachael Maza in a series of creative experiences utilising a range of traditional, contemporary, cultural and experimental frameworks to get your arse/art off the screen and back on the floor!
Expressions of Interest close Sunday 13 March 2022
BlackWrights is open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and culturally and linguistically diverse People of Colour only. First Peoples of Victoria are strongly encouraged to apply. Cross-Cultural Cross-Practice Cross-Form
BLACKWRIGHTS 2022 consists of three culminating stages:
Stage 1: Creators Retreat*
15 - 21 May 2022 @ Commongrounds, Taungurung Country
Via a process of theory, practice and play, up to 15 collaborators will cross form, craft and cultures to seed performance ideas for pitch development in stage 2.
Stage 2: Pitch development workshop series
31 May - 9 August 2022 Six, 2-hour workshops, 6-8pm every second Tuesday in Naarm
Collaborators will deepen and extend their selected concepts in preparation for a pitch presentation outcome to local and national presenters.
Stage 3: Commission and Development
Dates TBC @ Naarm
Up to two projects will be offered an ILBIJERRI commission and development support specifically tailored to meet the creative and logistical needs of the collaboration with the possibility of a full production.
*Participants will be paid an $800 attendance fee for the retreat
