As the name promises, Perth Festival’s closing event is filled with wonder, but it’s also filled with valuable Noongar lessons about how to live and love, says Barbara Hostalek.
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Poetic dance provides promised blessing
12 November 2021
Though more like a dream than a story, A Blessed Curse has a conclusion that Nina Levy finds powerful and moving.
Ancient tale carries language revival
4 October 2021
A creation story and a powerful First Nations cast provide the perfect vehicle to bring the Noongar tongue to a new audience, as Rosalind Appleby and junior reviewers Emma and Liliane Wadley discover.
Retelling stories to rekindle the fire
23 February 2021
Journeying through time and space, Galup, by Ian Wilkes and Poppy van Oorde-Grainger, takes audiences on a walking tour that reclaims Noongar history, writes Kobi Morrison.
Body language speaks on many levels
14 July 2019
Various Artists, ‘I See You, I hear You’ · Gallery Central, North Metro TAFE · Review: Stephen Bevis · A Noongar man, his body painted for ceremony, adopts …