YIRRAMBOI FUTURES, PAST 1-11 MAY 2025
CLOSING OUT YIRRAMBOI FESTIVAL 2025, THE UNCLE ARCHIE ROACH BLOCK PARTY RETURNS, SPANNING ACROSS FOUR LOCATIONS: AUNTY RUBY HUNTER STAGE AND BLAX: ACT 2 AT GOLDEN SQUARE CAR PARK, DROP HOUSE AT SECTION 8 AND LUBLY LOUNGE AT THE TOFF.
AS THE SUN FALLS, FIRST NATIONS CREATIVES MOVE THROUGH THE CITY, BREAKING AWAY FROM COLONIAL CONSTRUCTS OF PERFORMING IN ‘DESIGNATED SPACES’ TO GIVE THE STORIES OF NOW BACK TO COUNTRY, TO THE LANDS THAT HAVE HELD THEM FOR OVER 80,000 YEARS.
MYTHOSOMA 8-10 MAY
VENUE
THE UNCLE JACK CHARLES
CHUNKY MOVE
111 STURT STREET, SOUTHBANK VIC 3006
MYTHOSOMA IS A LIVING, SYMBIOTIC RITUAL WHERE HEALING, CREATION, AND RECIPROCITY CONVERGE THROUGH AN INTERPLAY OF INDIGENOUS MYTHOLOGIES, STREET DANCE, AND CONTEMPORARY SOMATIC PRACTICES, TRANSFORMING THE STAGE INTO A SHIFTING ECOSYSTEM OF MEMORY AND SOMA MULTIPLICITY.
TINA - A TROPICAL LOVE STORY
VENUE
ELISABETH MURDOCH HALL
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE
31 STURT STREET, SOUTHBANK VIC 3006
IT’S 1993, IN A SWELTERING DARWIN AMPHITHEATRE IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. A YOUNG FIRST NATIONS BOY FINDS HIMSELF SWEPT AWAY BY THE LEGENDARY TINA TURNER.
DATE
WED 7 MAY 8PM
60 mins, no interval
IMAGES
Jamie James, Joseph Mayers
Image credit: Joseph Mayers
BLAKOUT 2.0
DATE
FRI 2 - SAT 3 MAY
VENUE
THE UNCLE JACK CHARLES
THE MERLYN
MALTHOUSE
113 STURT STREET, SOUTHBANK, VIC 3006
BLAKOUT IS AN ILLUSTRIOUS CELEBRATION OF QUEER FIRST NATIONS, PASIFIKA AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN COMMUNITIES LIVING IN SO-CALLED AUSTRALIA.
THERE'S SOMETHING I'VE BEEN MEANING TO TELL YOU...
DATE
SAT 3 - SUN 4 MAY
VENUE
THE SHOW ROOM
ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE
100 ST KILDA ROAD, SOUTHBANK VIC 3004
WHAT TERRITORIES HAVE WE TRAVERSED? WHAT PATHS HAVE BROUGHT US HERE? WHERE DO WE STAND, AND WHAT DO WE STAND FOR? WHY STAND AT ALL—WHY NOT SIT?!
ANCESTORS TO ANCESTORS
ANCESTORS TO ANCESTORS
BONES OF MY BONES
WHO ARE WE IF NOT HER
TIDES, REFLECTING
OUR FUTURES, PAST.
Deeply rooted in purpose, YIRRAMBOI platforms expressions of culture, identity, unity and truth through evolutionary and experimental practices, breaking away from preconceived ideas of First Nations 'art'.