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THE SUM OF US BY DAVID STEVENS YIRRA YAAKIN THEATRE COMPANY Image: Poleth Rivas
Perth Festival and Yirra Yaakin
acknowledge the Noongar
people who continue to practise
their values, language,
beliefs and knowledge on their
kwobidak boodjar.
They remain the spiritual and
cultural birdiyangara of this
place and we honour and respect
their caretakers and custodians
and the vital role Noongar people
play for our community and our
Festival to flourish.Stay COVID-19 safe
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For latest health advice visit healthywa.wa.gov.au/coronavirusTHE SUM OF US BY DAVID STEVENS YIRRA YAAKIN THEATRE COMPANY WANDARAGUTTAGURRUP SUBIACO ARTS CENTRE M T W T F S S FEBRUARY 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 MARCH 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Wed – Fri 7.30pm Sat 27 Feb 7.30pm Sat 7 Mar 2pm & 7.30pm Sun 6pm Duration 2hrs 30mins including interval Post Show Q&A Wed 3 Mar Contains coarse language, drug references, sexual references, drug paraphernalia, smoking and haze effects. Recommended for ages 15+ Auslan interpreted performance Wed 3 Mar 7.30pm Audio described performance Thu 4 Mar 7.30pm with tactile tour available before the show
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WELCOME
WELCOME
6 Welcome
9 Credits
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ARTIST STATEMENT
11 A Note from the Director
ARTIST STATEMENTS
13 A Note from the Assistant Director
15 Q&A with Eva Grace Mullaley
BIOGRAPHIES
18 Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company
Q&A
20 Creative Team
BIOGRAPHIES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
38 Perth Festival Partners
39 Perth Festival Donors
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
40 Yirra Yaakin Donors
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WELCOME
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ARTIST STATEMENTS
Image: Jess Wyld
Perth Festival 2021 is a love song to this
place – its people, artists and stories.
We are privileged to be able to present
a wide variety of Indigenous stories
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across the Festival program, from the
Noongar dub of Fist of Fury to the size
and scope of Witness Stand up and
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down the Derbarl Yerrigan, to much in
between. And sometimes the stories we
think we know are given new relevance
when seen in a different light. This much
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loved play represents the first time that
Yirra Yaakin has produced a queer work
and it’s a thrill to welcome Eva and her
wonderful cast into the Festival.
Enjoy the show!
IAIN GRANDAGE
PERTH FESTIVAL ARTISTIC DIRECTORImage: Jess Wyld LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO AFTER THE SHOW? Why not head to Northbridge and enjoy City of Lights. Immerse yourself in the projections at Perth Cultural Centre, catch some tunes at STC Courtyard Sessions, drop into a local bar for a post-show drink or treat yourself to a tasty bite at one of the many eateries.
Image: Dana Weeks
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Playwright David Stevens
Director Eva Grace Mullaley
Assistant Director
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Cezera Critti-Schnaars
Cast Mathew Cooper, Bruce Denny,
Janine Oxenham, Joshua Pether
Producer Elinor King
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Production Manager Mike Nanning
Stage Manager Jennifer Poh
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Assistant Stage Managers Helah Milroy &
Jack Wilson
Set & Costume Designer Bryan Woltjen
Assistant Set & Costume Designer
Jamie Fodor
Costume Supervisor Nora Stelter
Q&A
Lighting Designer Peter Young
Sound Designer & Composer
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Joe Paradise Lui
Assistant Sound Designer Zac James
Choreographer Claudia Alessi
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Costume Superviser Nora StelterACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BIOGRAPHIES Q&A ARTIST STATEMENTS CREDITS WELCOME CONTENTS
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ARTISTA NOTE FROM
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THE DIRECTOR
When i was young
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In my formative years
I was only shown
A world full of fears
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The stories were grim
On the tv and stage
For the person that’s queer
And coming of age
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Then i got my hands
On a little-known play
With a message of hope
That it’s ok to be gay
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When everything else
Said queer is not right
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this script was a beacon
a reason to fight
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It said life might be hard
(Maybe harder when black)
But survival is possible
They won’t all turn their back
Harry was the first father
That I’d ever been shown
Who loves his son regardless.
My young mind was blown!So i’m excited for this play
Because this is how we heal
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We need to be seen here
Because it still remains real
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Race is not the issue
And it shouldn’t be
This play is relevant
For the whole of society
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Big love to Perth Festival
Collaboration is a plus
Because all good theatre
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Becomes The Sum of Us!
EVA GRACE MULLALEY
Q&A
BIOGRAPHIES
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WELCOME
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ARTIST STATEMENTS
A NOTE FROM
THE ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR
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There’s something really special
about seeing yourself on stage, about
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watching something and realising I’m
not alone. In some ways, that’s my
favourite thing about the arts. It can
remind us that there are others who
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think and feel and live as we do.
The Sum of Us is one such play. I
watch it and connect not only as an
Indigenous person but as a queer
person. It’s a play that wants you to
feel seen and that’s what I love about
it, because it does exactly that.And on a simple note, this piece just
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makes me happy! Harry’s love for his
son as he attempts to assist him in his
search for love while he searches for it
himself is something beautiful, because
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isn’t that what we want? To have those
who we love understand us.
I’d be amiss though not to mention
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the team that Eva put together for this
piece. The love and care you’ll see on
stage don’t just come from the play
and the written word, but from the
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performers themselves. It’s been both
thrilling and heart-warming to watch
as they figure this piece out, whether
it was running lines or running dances.
Everyone learnt something from
someone else in this process, least of
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all me. I am so grateful to have been a
part of all this, for the chance to learn
from Eva and to just bear witness as
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Yirra Yaakin’s first queer work comes
together. All that’s left to do now is for
you to see it, so, enjoy!
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CEZERA CRITTI-SCHNAARSCONTENTS
WELCOME
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Image: Dana Weeks
Q&A WITH
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EVA GRACE
MULLALEY
What was your reason for putting on
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The Sum of Us in 2021?
This play has always been an inspiration
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to me and I’ve aspired to put it back on
the stage. It seemed only fitting that it
be the first main stage production that I
programmed at Yirra Yaakin.
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What is the relevance of the play
today?
A lot of the issues and attitudes around
queerness are still the same and I want
to show that Aboriginal and First Nations
people are and should be included
within the conversation.Why did you decide to incorporate
Latin dance into the play?
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Firstly, I chose to incorporate dance
because there is a lot we don’t see
in the script around the dance we all
do when looking for love. I also think
WELCOME
different dance forms go a long way
to embodying the actions of different
generations when looking for love. For
instance, the passion of a tango versus
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the grace of a waltz says a lot about
where a couple are in their relationships.
Secondly, I love movement on stage
and I wanted to show off the mind
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blowingly diverse and skilful talent of our
performers here in Perth.
The play itself is set in the 90s however
the design presents more of a timeless
feel. Can you talk about this choice.
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Because this is a produced and
published play, I can’t contemporise
the text or dialogue, but the set and
BIOGRAPHIES
costume designer and I wanted to play
with throwing in some real subtleties
from every era so we can show that
this play is relatable in the now and to
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everyone.
What do you want audiences to think
about/take away with them after
seeing the play?
That Aboriginal people are a part of
society in all of its issues – we don’t exist
outside of the contemporary world.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BIOGRAPHIES Q&A ARTIST STATEMENTS CREDITS WELCOME CONTENTS
BIOGRAPHIESYIRRA YAAKIN
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THEATRE COMPANY
Yirra Yaakin [Yir-raarh Yaarh-kin] means
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‘stand tall’ in Noongar. Based in the
heart of the Noongar Nation – a distinct
Aboriginal cultural group from the
south-west of Western Australia – Yirra
Yaakin is Australia’s biggest Aboriginal-
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led theatre company.
Established in 1993, the Year of
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Indigenous People, as Yirra Yaakin
Noongar Theatre, the company
started off with one successful funding
application, three staff members and
the desire to provide the Aboriginal
community with an artistic outlet for
positive self-determination. Since then
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Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company has
evolved into a respected cultural leader
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and artistic hub for Aboriginal people
from all over WA, Australia and around
the world.
Yirra Yaakin produces award-winning,
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world-class theatre, sharing Aboriginal
stories through exciting, entertaining,
educational and authentic new works.
The company has commissioned and
premiered more than 50 new major
festival presentations like Hecate,
Waltzing the Wilarra, One day in 67,
Aliwah, Windmill Baby and Cruel Wild
Woman. They have worked with andnurtured prestigious Aboriginal writers
including David Milroy, Sally Morgan,
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Derek Nannup, Mitch Torres and
Dallas Winmar, among many others.
Yirra Yaakin stands tall and is proud
to produce a body of work unrivalled
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in innovation, excellence and cultural
significance.
Yirra Yaakin’s priority is to ensure
Aboriginal theatre remains under
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Aboriginal control and provides
opportunities for Aboriginal artists
at all levels of theatre creation and
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production. The company’s education
and community engagement programs
support Indigenous trainees to be
mentored, develop skills and work in
the Australian theatre sector.
Yirra Yaakin presents Aboriginal stories
Q&A
to audiences across the globe. Their
work has been recognised with awards
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for theatre, governance and their
partnerships, including a prestigious
Sidney Myer Award for their record of
facilitating Indigenous artistic programs.
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DAVID STEVENS
Playwright
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Born in Palestine David left to emigrate
to Australia in 1960 but when his ship was
diverted to New Zealand he remained
there working in radio and in television
drama departments. In the early ‘70s,
David completed his journey to Australia
Q&A
and joined powerhouse Crawford
Productions, becoming the go-to writer
and director for popular crime shows like
BIOGRAPHIES
Division 4, Matlock Police, Cop Shop, Solo
One, Bluey and Homicide. He co-wrote
Breaker Morant with Bruce Beresford
and Jonathan Hardy, earning an Oscar
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nomination. He wrote the play The Sum
of Us, which ran in New York for a year
and won the Outer Critics Circle Award.
He adapted it into a feature film, featuring
Russell Crowe and Jack Thompson, which
won an Australian Film Institute Award for
Best Screenplay.
David died on in 2018 in Whangarei,
New Zealand.CONTENTS
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EVA GRACE
MULLALEY
Director
Eva is a Widi woman from the Yamatji
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Nation in the Midwest Region of Western
Australia. She graduated from the
Certificate IV in Aboriginal Theatre
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Course at the Western Australian
Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)
in 2003 and began her directing career
in 2005 as an assistant to David Milroy
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for the first creative development of
Windmill Baby, produced by Yirra Yaakin
Theatre Company.
In her 18+ year career Eva has worn
many hats in the theatre. She has
worked as a director and dramaturgfor Moogahlin Performing Arts,
Yellamundie Indigenous Playwrights
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Festival, ILBIJERRI Theatre Company,
Te Rēhia Theatre Company, WAAPA and
Yirramboi Festival. Eva was also working
as the Development Producer for the
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Australian Blackfulla Performing Arts
Alliance (BPAA), a national peak body
for Indigenous theatre and performers.
She is currently Artistic Director of Yirra
Yaakin Theatre Company.
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ARTIST STATEMENTS
Q&A
BIOGRAPHIES
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WELCOME
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CEZERA
CRITTI-SCHNAARS
Assistant Director
Cezera is a proud Noongar and Greek
Q&A
woman whose passion for acting started
when she was only six years old and
played the young girl in Six Characters
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in Search of an Author. Her aspiration to
become an actress continued when she
began acting classes at Ali Roberts Acting
Studio. She completed the Aboriginal
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Performance Course at WAAPA in 2018.
Her passion for the stage and for being
in front of the camera has expanded into
also writing her own pieces, participating
in Yirra Yaakin Writers’ Group workshops
since 2017 and onwards. Yirra Yaakin’s
production Hecate in 2020 was her
professional debut.CONTENTS
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MATHEW COOPER
Performer
Mathew is a Wongatha man from
Kalgoorlie. He graduated from the
WAAPA Aboriginal Theatre in 2009 and
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WAAPA Acting course in 2012 where
he appeared in numerous productions
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including The Crucible, The Summer
of the Seventeenth Doll, Black Rock, A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant
of Venice and Pillars of Society. As an
actor Mathew is known for The Marshes
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(2018), Janet King (2017) and Redfern
Now (2013). His work with Yirra Yaakin
includes Cracked in 2019, Yirra Yarnz in
2012 and 2013. His recent stage credits
include the remount of The Season with
Tasmania Performs in 2018, Coranderrk
with ILBIJERRI Theatre Company in 2017
and Stolen with National Theatre of
Parramatta in 2016.CONTENTS
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BRUCE DENNY
Performer
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Bruce’s heritage is Yamatji down his
mother’s side and native American
down his father’s. He started his
acting career in the late 1980s, firstly
in community theatre and then
progressing to professional work.
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Bruce’s screen work includes The
Decadent and Deprived (2018), Bad Girl
(2016) and Death Bet (2008). He won
BIOGRAPHIES
Best Actor Award for short film Speed
Date at the 48 Hour Film Festival in New
Zealand and a theatre award for his role
in Frankenstein produced by Garrick
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Theatre. Other theatre credits include
Cracked with Yirra Yaakin, several
productions with WA Opera and Do You
Know Me with Epiphany Productions
presented at Guerrilla Fest. Bruce was
Assistant Director of Yirra Yaakin’s 2020
production FIFO – Fit In of F**k Off! His
film and television credits include Paper
Planes, Gallipoli, Cloud Street, Bran
Nue Dae and The Hero.CONTENTS
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JANINE OXENHAM
Performer
Janine is a Malgana Yamatji woman
from the Shark Bay area in WA. She
has studied dance at both NAISDA
Q&A
college, NSW and WAAPA. She has
choreographed and performed as a
BIOGRAPHIES
freelance contemporary Indigenous
dancer for numerous festivals and has
facilitated community dance groups and
performed as part of the core crew for
Gascoyne In May for the past nine years.
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In 2020 Janine worked as movement
director for the Yirra Yaakin and Perth
Festival production of Hecate and
has worked on several other projects
with Yirra Yaakin since, including The
Solidarity Project Series, Ngalaka
Daa and more recently the Emerging
Producer program with Yirra Yaakin,
Performing Lines and Circuitwest.CONTENTS
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JOSHUA PETHER
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Performer
Joshua is of Kalkadoon heritage but
lives and works on Noongar country in
Western Australia. He is an experimental
performance artist, dancer and
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choreographer of movement,
temporary ritual and imagined realties.
His practice is influenced by his two
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cultural histories – indigeneity and
disability and the hybridisation of the
two, with particular interest in the
aesthetics of the disabled body and
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also that of the colonised body. As an
independent artist he has had work
shown in Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane,
Sydney and New York. He is the creator
of two solo works, Monster and Jupiter
Orbiting. He is also a former member of
LINK Dance Company, Ochre and Touch
Compass Dance Company based in
Auckland, New Zealand.CONTENTS
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JENNIFER POH
Stage Manager
After graduating from WAAPA in 1987,
Jennifer worked with The Hole in the Wall
Theatre Company for four years, during
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which time she was involved with over 30
productions and toured regionally and
nationally. In 1992 she toured Australia
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for 15 months with Amanda Muggelton’s
Shirley Valentine. Jennifer worked with
Effie Crump Theatre for eight years, in
2002 touring to Brazil with Effie’s award-
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winning production of Redemption. She
toured Noel and Gertie regionally and
was voted Best Stage Manager at the
2002 Equity Awards.
Jennifer has since worked with many
Perth companies and this is the fifth time
she has had the pleasure of working with
Yirra Yaakin.CONTENTS
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HELAH MILROY
Assistant Stage Manager
Helah is a descendent of the Palyku
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people of Port Headland/Marble
Bar. She has been actively involved
in theatre for the past two years as a
BIOGRAPHIES
writer and performer with Existence
Theatre and as a solo artist in the
Fringe Festival. Helah has a background
in philosophy, biological arts and
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contemporary performance, and is very
excited to be working alongside the
Yirra Yaakin team for the first time.CONTENTS
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JACK WILSON
Assistant Stage Manager
Jack has recently finished his studies
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at WAAPA in the Stage Management
course. Jack worked with the Aboriginal
Performance Department at WAAPA on
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two productions, Fever and Even Hands,
so he is thrilled to start his career with
Yirra Yaakin on The Sum of Us.
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BRYAN WOLTJEN
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Set & Costume Designer
A graduate of the 1998 WAAPA Set &
Costume Design stream, Bryan has
collaborated with a diverse range of
theatre makers across Australia, India,
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the U.K. and Europe. He is the recipient
of two WA Equity Guild Awards for Best
Set Design.
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Now living in Walyalup (Fremantle,
Western Australia), he is an associate
of Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, and
remains an associate of Dash Arts
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London.
Bryan has recently designed Children of
the Sea with Encounter and Performing
Lines WA, and schools touring theatre
work Beanstalk for Spare Parts Puppet
Theatre, starring Sam Longley. He is also
designing set and costume for Bite the
Hand with The Last Great Hunt, also at
Subiaco Arts Centre later this year.CONTENTS
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JAMIE FODOR
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Assistant Set & Costume Designer
Jamie is an emerging designer and
BIOGRAPHIES
recent WAAPA graduate. Jamie
completed her secondment with Bryan
Woltjen, assisting him throughout the
design process for Yirra Yaakin Theatre
Company’s production The Sum of Us.
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PETER YOUNG
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Lighting Designer
Peter is a lighting designer based in
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Perth. Growing up in the state’s South
West, Peter developed a keen interest
for theatre design and later moved to
Perth to study at WAAPA, graduating in
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2019 with a Bachelor of Performing Arts
(Lighting & Design). Peter is versatile and
has a number of credits with companies
such as the West Australian Ballet, WA
Youth Theatre Company and Perth
Festival in both creative and technical
roles across a range of live performance
styles including theatre, dance and music.CONTENTS
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JOE PARADISE LUI
Sound Designer & Composer
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Joe is a founding member of Renegade
Productions where he creates, writes,
directs, designs and composes theatre
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and performance works. His most recent
work was Unsung Heroes, which was
presented online as part of Black Swan
State Theatre Company’s 2020 season.
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Joe is also a part of the professional and
independent theatre industry in Perth
as a director, writer, and a sound and
lighting designer. He has worked with
most Perth based companies including
BSSTC, Perth Theatre Company, Yirra
Yaakin Theatre Company and the vast
majority of independent companies.CONTENTS
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ZAC JAMES
Assistant Sound Designer
Zac, a TO Wongi, Yamatji man, studied
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at WAAPA, specialising in acting and
performance. As an actor he has
featured in 8MMM: Aboriginal Radio
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(ABC/Netflix), Shadow Trackers (SBS/
NITV), and the play Conversations
with the Dead (Yirra Yaakin). Zac was
a recipient of Screen Australia’s Pitch
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Short Black development program and
worked as Coordinator of the Theatrical
Response Group for Constable Care.
As Yirra Yaakin’s Creative Director, he
has written Kaarla Kaatijin, Ice Land
and Bilya Kaatijin and developed the
‘Moorditj Wirla’ workshops, which
explore culture and the importance of
belonging and identity in community
mental health.CONTENTS
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Q&A
CLAUDIA ALESSI
Choreographer
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Claudia has participated in the
performing arts for three decades.
Immersing her life in dance and physical
theatre work – performing, touring and
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teaching with many renowned national
and international companies. She has
taught generations of dancers and
actors; choreographed, directed and
produced significant events; held board
positions and continues to champion
dance and physical theatre both here
and abroad.CONTENTS
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NORA STELTER
Costume Supervisor
Nora is a costume graduate from
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WAAPA. She has worked on a variety of
projects in Perth, including Bran Nue
Dae, Book of Mormon, West Australian
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Opera’s Cosi Fan Tutte and Sweeney
Todd and several feature films. Nora
has been involved in two other Perth
Festival 2021 performances: Archives of
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Humanity and Children of the Sea.PERTH FESTIVAL PARTNERS
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Founder Principal Partner
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Festival Partner Civic Partner
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Visual Arts Program Partner Community Partner
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Lead Media Partner Production Partners
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Leadership Partners Premiere Partner
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Major Partners
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Public Funding Partner
Supporting Partners
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With thanks to Subiaco Arts Centre staff, management and board.THANK YOU TO ALL OUR DONORS
We couldn’t do it without your amazing support.
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You can view the full list of our donors online at
perthfestival.com.au/support-us
PATRONS
Our Festival Patrons generously lead the way in supporting
the artistic development of the Festival through a three-year
commitment to give $50,000 per annum.
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CHAIR’S CIRCLE
Our Chair’s Circle is a committed network of Donors who, along
with our Chair, support the Festival’s long-term strategy of growing
the WA arts sector for a minimum of three years with a donation of
$20,000 per annum.
FESTIVAL CIRCLE
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The Festival Circle giving program provides ongoing support to
artistic excellence across all we do. Donations to this fund are
a direct investment in enabling us to bring excellence to our
community and provide local artists with the opportunity to work
alongside the world’s greatest thinkers, performers and creatives.
MEDICI
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Our Medici Donors make an annual donation towards enabling a
specific, ambitious Festival performance each year.
COMMISSIONING FUND
Our Commissioning Fund supports the development of new Festival
works over the four-year tenure of our Artistic Director. Donations
to this fund enable us to develop and present Festival works that give
voice to the people, artists and stories of this place.
CREATIVE LEARNING & ENGAGEMENT
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Our Creative Learning & Engagement Fund brings meaningful artistic
experiences to young people and our local community to assist their
wellbeing, whilst ensuring artistic experiences are accessible for
everyone.
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LEGACY CIRCLE
Our Legacy Circle recognises bequestors who have left a gift in their
will to sustain the future of Perth Festival.
Leadership Partner
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Trusts and Foundations
Major Donors
ADRIAN AND MCCLEMENTS
CARLA MARKS
MICHELA FINI FOUNDATIONYIRRA YAAKIN THEATRE COMPANY
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Patron Dr. Richard Walley OAM
Chairperson/Treasurer Ellery Blackman
Vice-Chair Elfie Shiosaki
Directors Terry Grose, Roberta Hansen, Debra Miller,
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Dan Mossenson, Derek Nannup, Elfie Shiosaki, Rosemary Walley
Artistic Director Eva Grace Mullaley
General Manager Peter Kift MIPA AFAIM
Producer Elinor King
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Creative Director Zac James
Philanthropy & Partnerships Manager Drew Wootton
Production Manager Mike Nanning
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Marketing Manager Mira (Mirjana) Radmilovich
Digital Marketing Officer Emmanuelle Dodo-Balu
Education Manager Jessica Gatt
Office Manager Rayma Morrison
YIRRA YAAKIN PARTNERS
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Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company
Subiaco Arts Centre
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Whadjuk Boodjar
180 Hamersley Road
Subiaco (Wandaraguttagurrup) WA 6008
Phone 08 9380 3040
Email yy@yirrayaakin.com.au
Website yirrayaakin.com.au
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