Behind the scenes

Conversations with Artists

Packed Theatre Crew (L-R): Robbie Hoad (co-devisor and performer), Fanny Leroy, Rosie Wild (co-devisor and performer), Lirio Ortega-Griffin (cheer squad), Katelnd Griffin (co-devisor and performer), Kallum Wilkinson (lighting designer and tech) and Anders Pfeiffer (soundtrack musician and production manager).

On the road with Packed Theatre as they unpack their latest tour …

— by Communications Manager

Packed Theatre is an ensemble of Northern Territory artists whose work takes family audiences on uplifting, soulful journeys of magical realism, addressing socially-hidden subjects with beauty, humour and great heart. Combining puppetry, physical theatre, animation, and mask, Katelnd Griffin and Robbie Hoad co-devised and perform in an incredible show called The Package with Rosie Wild which

Deondre and Jumaleo Nunggarrgalu with Duwayne Nundhirribala bringing back Magpie Goose after hunting, 2018

Numburindi: Strengthening Culture and Country

— by Communications Manager

Numburindi: Strengthening Culture and Country 2018 – 2020 focusses on inter-generational learning and exchange through the delivery of bush camps annually with the young people in Numbulwar and surrounding homelands. Artback NT received multi-year funding from Tim Fairfax Family Foundation to coordinate, support and collaborate on this project with the community. Eve Pawlik, Indigenous Traditional

Caro Macdonald filming for the Smoking Ceremony song, Milikapiti. Photographer: Elizabeth Rogers

Reflections while on the road with Jeffrey ‘Yello’ Simon

— by Communications Manager

B2M concluded their first national tour around Australia in Darwin on Sunday 18 November 2018. B2M band member Jeffrey ‘Yello’ Simon reflected upon the development of the show ‘Mamanta’, their cultural journey and the opportunities the tour presented with Elizabeth Rogers, Performing Arts Manager. “We are B2M (Bathurst to Melville) – a seven-piece Indigenous RnB