Lazarus

John Harding John Harding (Kuku Yulangi/Erub; TSI) is the founder of ILBIJERRI Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Theatre Company, dedicated to Indigenous artistic expression. He received the Australia Council for the Arts Indigenous Fellowship in 1997 and the Australian Human Rights Medal for Arts for Up the Road (1991). A playwright, director, and actor, John has contributed to groundbreaking works, including Blackout (ABC TV, 1989) and The Masters (SBS, 1996). His plays have toured internationally, including Enuff at the UN Forum (2005). Recent works include Sisterly Love (2014, 2016) and Tick the Box (2023). John’s The Dirty Mile won a 2009 Deadly Award. Uncle Larry Walsh Uncle Larry Walsh (Taungurung) is a local Aboriginal cultural leader and storyteller. He particularly loves working with the younger generation as he sees them as the torch-bearers of the future. Inspired by his local Aboriginal community, plus his own Kulin ancestral blood connections to his country, Uncle is one of the only senior Elders in Melbourne who focuses specifically on storytelling, ensuring the cultural continuity of his ancient oral traditions. Uncle Larry is a pure storyteller. He sees his focus being on the oral tradition, the story – as an important expression and make up of Aboriginal culture. He wishes to display that Aboriginal people live as much in the modern world as intimately as they are connected to their past.