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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.
Dragonfly Outreach - Fitzroy Crossing June 2025
A residency at Fitzroy Valley District High School was our second annual return to the school, continuing an engagement begun with the Winthali project, a Bunuba dreaming story performed at the 2023 Yajilarra Festival.
Project lead Claudia Alessi coordinated teaching artists across several disciplines including puppetry, music, storytelling and movement. Artists included senior puppetry artist and theatre maker Karen Hethey, Bunuba cultural adviser and visual artist Kaylene Marr and Kimberley hip hop artist, Jacob Gregory. The thematic focus was local birds, as important connectors of the land, sky and water.
In a two-way science exercise, students learned about local birds from cultural and Western science perspectives. They made bird puppets and learned an original rap. As a project finale, students performed their bird puppets on country, along the banks of the Martuwarra, or Fitzroy River. Fortuitously, Goolarri Media staff and Bunuba trainees filmed the puppetry as a part of their training. Big thanks to Goolarri for their support!
