After sold out sessions in 2022, leading regional theatre company NORPA will once again bring Bundjalung stories to the fore at Byron Writers Festival with Bundjalung Nghari – Indigenise, a special evening of theatrical readings of stories, poems and essays penned by Bundjalung writers.
Prominent Bundjalung director and curator, Rhoda Roberts AO has commissioned four Bundjalung writers to reflect on their experience of living with occupation. Grace Lucas-Pennington is a Bundjalung editor and poet living on Yuggera/Turrbal country. Naomi Moran is a Dunghutti and Nyangbal/Arakwal woman of the Bundjalung nation. She is CEO of Koori Mail and Co-Chair of First Nations Media Australia. Indigenous chef Mark Olive (aka ‘The Black Olive’) has hosted popular TV shows The Outback Cafe, The Chefs’ Line and On Country Kitchen. Kirk Page is an acclaimed actor, director and writer and has brought many stories to stage and screen during his 29-year career.
Bundjalung Nghari – Indigenise by NORPA in association with Byron Writers Festival. Friday to Sunday 11–13 August. Brunswick Picture House. Tickets www.brunswickpicturehouse.com.
