Behind the scenes

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Watching Caiti Baker live is an unforgettable experience, audiences find themselves drawn into her world …

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Caiti Baker is one of the Territory’s most outstanding musicians and her unique voice and eclectic musical style toured the Northern Territory in March 2019. Working on a suite of new music during the second half of 2018, Baker has been collaborating with Sixfour, musician brother duo, John and Paul Bartlett who joined her for

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

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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

Numburindi: Strengthening Culture and Country

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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

Reflections while on the road with Jeffrey ‘Yello’ Simon

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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

From Darwin to Ormiston Gorge… Sang Mei-Chuan shares her Paiwan traditions with the NT

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Paiwan performer 桑梅絹 Sang Mei-Chuan recently spent six-weeks in the NT as our artist in residence. In this interview with Kate Rendell she speaks about her first international residency and how she can’t wait to come back to Australia…

‘Bala B’ from TEABBA goes behind the scenes at Malandarri Festival…

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Bernard Namok Jnr (‘Bala B’) of Top End Aboriginal Bush Broadcasting Association (TEABBA) recently travelled from the studio in Darwin to Borroloola for Malandarri Festival. At the Festival Bala B spoke to Festival Director Marlene Timothy and performers Elijah Douglas and Ryan Timothy about their communities, culture and the opportunity to perform…