“This is reconciliation theatre at its best”

-Rhoda Roberts, The Dreaming Festival

We are delighted to bring you the long awaited return of this brilliant improvised comedy about WA’s Pinjarra Massacre.

Created by Nyoongar and Wadjella (whitefella) actors, Bindjareb Pinjarra demonstrates extra-ordinary risk taking through its fusion of history, outrageous comedy and physical theatre.

Every performance is different. Bindjareb Pinjarra has been performed successfully across Australia to over 25,000 people. It has been highly acclaimed by indigenous and non-indigenous audiences alike for its honesty and humour, and for the very entertaining way it demonstrates true reconciliation at work.

“A lot of blackfellas find it easier to laugh at distressing things, at sadness. I suppose that’s why you call it black comedy. We wanted to make people feel comfortable in the theatre. We didn’t want to keep poking at them and make them feel bad about themselves. We just want them to understand that this is part of history that hasn’t been told in the history books. The only way we could tell it was to have comedy.” – Kelton Pell, Bindjareb Pinjarra Actor

The Australian Government is proud to be associated with this tour through the national performing arts program, Playing Australia, which gives Australians across the country the opportunity to see some of our best performing arts.

Tour coordination by Country Arts WA.

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Press Reviews

“Its great strength is the depth of story and quality of the tale tellers… their ability to take us deep inside the other and find the familiar self beyond stereotype” – Realtime Magazine

“I can’t praise Bidenjareb Pinjarra highly enough and I urge you to see it. It may be the most effective vehicle for black-white reconciliation you’ll ever see… and it’s a wonderful theatre experience.” – Brisbane Courier Mail

“Extraordinarily immediate, powerful and moving; this is storytelling at its best… highly energised, totally alive drama… a profound test of any art lies in its ability to challenge certainty… has succeeded extravagantly… delicious satire.” – The West Australian

“The strength of this play lies in its ability to alternate and fuse the comic with the tragic, while saying something immensely important about Aboriginal perception of white culture.” – Financial Review

“A wonderful fusion of the comic (and the comedy is very funny) with the tragic…Bindjareb tells us about our past. And we grieve. But then it offers us a powerful paradigm for our future. And we hope.” – Sydney Morning Herald