Yellamundie Festival Returns to Carriageworks this September

Yellamundie Festival, Moogahlin Performing Arts’ biennial celebration and platform for new and distinct First Peoples stories, returns to Carriageworks from 25-27 September with a presentation of six ground-breaking new works across theatre, movement and sound.

The Yellamundie Festival has become an international beacon for First Peoples talent, providing development opportunities for playwrights, composers, and movement directors to share stories, experiment, and grow. Following a national call for submissions, six artists and collectives will take part in a two-week development before presenting their works in a three-day festival of public showings, yarns, and events.

This year’s artists – or Yellamundie, a Dharug word meaning “storyteller” – are H Lawrence Sumner (Ngarrindjeri), Jacob Boehme (Narungga, Kaurna), Jo Clancy(Wiradjuri) & Stuart McMinn (Dharug, Gubbi Gubbi), Luke Currie-Richardson(Kuku Yalanji, Djabugay, Mununjali), Waverly Stanley Jr (Gumabaynggir, Birri Gubba, Kabi Kabi, Kanju) and Maddison Fraser (Palyku & Yindjibarndi) & Harlisha Newie-Jo (Goemu and Wagadagam).

Lily Shearer (Murrawarri/Ngemba), Artistic Director & Co-Founder of Moogahlin Performing Arts :

Yellamundie Festival is an exciting national gathering of First Peoples storytellers. In fact, it’s the only national event of its kind in Australia. I’m super proud of this major platform for, with and by our people as leadership is key in all aspects of the event. It’s a time to Moogahlin (to play, to fool about), in a culturally safe space with our practices at the forefront of our stories.

Since its inception in 2013, Yellamundie Festival has supported the development of 44 works, and 18 stories have gone on to be produced for the stage. Works developed by the festival have had seasons around Australia, including at the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Theatre Company, QPAC, Melbourne Theatre Company, Belvoir St Theatre, Griffin Theatre Company and Carriageworks. Prominent pieces such as The Visitors by Jane Harrison and recent works like At What Cost by Nathan Maynard, and swim by Ellen Van Neervan, among others, underline the festival’s unmatched influence in the industry.

Tickets are on sale now, with Standard Tickets at $40. Pay What You Can tickets are available from just $6, making art and First Peoples’ stories accessible to all. This initiative also invites those who can to contribute more, helping to support and sustain First Peoples storytelling.

Yellamundie Festival is presented by Moogahlin Performing Arts, in association with Carriageworks, from 25-27 September 2025.

The Yellamundie Festival is co-presented by Moogahlin Performing Arts with Carriageworks and supported by Creative Australia, Create NSW, City of Sydney, Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, Annamila First Nations Foundation, University of Sydney and Australian Plays Transform.

Season Details

Venue: Carriageworks
Date: 25- 27 Sept 2025

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