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Bringing local stories to life
For over 30 years, Theatre Kimberley has created high-quality arts opportunities with and for Kimberley communities. We connect local people with local and visiting professional artists and arts organisations.
Outreach Programs
Photo credit: Landi Bradshaw
Big Country Puppets
Wyndham 2025
Theatre Kimberley runs two outreach programs - Theatre Kimberley Dragonfly Outreach Program presented by Healthway, and Big Country Puppets. These programs travel to remote towns and Aboriginal communities across the Kimberley to provide unique and invaluable performing arts opportunities for local people - often children and youth - to creatively express the diversity of experience and richness of Kimberley life, country and culture.
Dragonfly Outreach
The Theatre Kimberley Dragonfly Outreach Program presented by Healthway partners with community schools, where students work with trainers to learn arts skills - often circus - and develop a show. The show is a chance for students to take the spotlight and show their community what they have learnt, and how much they are capable of doing!
Big Country Puppets
The Big Country Puppets program is supported through the Australian Government's Indigenous Languages and Arts Program. Theatre Kimberley partners with Indigenous Ranger groups and schools, using puppetry, music, and First Nations languages to tell important local stories connected to the cultural and scientific work that Ranger groups do on-country. The final performance involves as many people & groups from the community as possible, whether that is providing a feed, helping the production or assisting elders to attend.
To find out more about what we have got up to with our Outreach projects, check out our Programs & Shows page