Performed entirely in an Indigenous language, the world premiere production follows a global trend of translating – and subverting – classic texts When Kylie Bracknell first proposed performing ...

“Growing up, I only recall learning a few words here and there,” she says. “My parents didn’t speak the language in our household fluently. Words like balai and aliwah — ‘pay attention!’ or ‘watch out ...

It lies in the incredible ambition — so big it raises anxiety in even the most supportive viewer — to return an indigenous nation’s language to centre stage in the cultural life of a state. To perform ...

The Noongar language of Western Australia is endangered; few can speak it fluently. Recently, Perth Festival’s new associate artist Kylie Bracknell (Kaarljilba Kaardn), who grew up in the town of ...

The way we communicate, signal, celebrate, sing and cry our language has always been, and will always be, powerful We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.