Company profile
YIRRA YAAKIN is Australia’s leading Indigenous theatre company and a proud member of the BLAKSTAGEalliance. We are based in the heart of the Noongar Nation, in Perth Western Australia.
Projecting a positive image of Australia globally - For US By US - to share with the world. Yirra Yaakin has a strong presence within an international Indigenous performing arts network, steering the development of an Indigenous touring circuit with a three year initiative of a tri-nation agreement to foster and support a triple bill tour of Indigenous theatre Companies, touring Canada, New Zealand and Australia. We are an interenationally experienced company, and our reach extends from Canada to India, The UK to Europe - highlighting Indigenous best practise to the world and earning respect amongst our global arts community.
Values and activities of the organisation • Our vision is to enable Aboriginal Communities to continue to perform their own stories. • We are contributing to an industry of authentic Aboriginal theatre that is hailed internationally, cemented nationally & nurtured throughout the regions • We nurture emerging artists to fully realise their potential and have an outstanding track record with our performing and writing initiatives.
Geographic and market reach within Australia With four core areas of operation our work reaches an estimate of 30,000 individuals annually in Aboriginal communities, education & corporate sector and general theatre going audiences. We tour extensively and operate within a process of protocol as we travel through Indigenous Nations across Australia.
Value to the community Yirra Yaakin has a commitment to improving the social and cultural quality of local and regional life. This is achieved through a passionate commitment to the development of our Aboriginal arts sector and growing the pool of our Indigenous arts practitioners whilst servicing a broad geography with self determined Indigenous theatre. In doing so we sustain ongoing initiatives and develop new Indigenous work from creative expressions to issue based social change mechansims within the model of living culture, living arts. Our reach in the Aboriginal and wider community is award winning and acclaimed. Unequalled in excellence and innovation, we understand the significance of our contribution to the creative fabric of our society, providing the tools for communities to intersect with Indigenous cultural values. Yirra Yaakin productions are a gateway for the international marketplace and interested people into the history, diversity and many cultures of Indigenous Australia.