Ian Wilkes
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Ian Wilkes
Ian Wilkes is a Noongar theatre-maker, dancer and performer.
He has directed several plays including Black Swan State Theatre’s York and Yirra Yaakin’s Boodjar Kaatijin, and performed numerous lead roles including in Yirra Yaakin’s Hecate, Ochre’s Kwongan, CO3’s The Line and Yirra Yaakin’s Honey Spot at the Sydney Opera House. He is a regular performer in the long-running WA show Binjareb Pinjarra and a founding facilitator of Culture 2.0, Yirra Yaakin’s regional youth engagement program.
Mr Wilkes also co-wrote and co-directed Ngaluk Waangkiny for Community Arts Network in partnership with ABC, which screened at ImagineNATIVE, and won first prize for short film at Bronx Social Justice Matters Film Festival.
He was awarded Perth NAIDOC Award for Artist of the Year in 2021.
He has directed several plays including Black Swan State Theatre’s York and Yirra Yaakin’s Boodjar Kaatijin, and performed numerous lead roles including in Yirra Yaakin’s Hecate, Ochre’s Kwongan, CO3’s The Line and Yirra Yaakin’s Honey Spot at the Sydney Opera House. He is a regular performer in the long-running WA show Binjareb Pinjarra and a founding facilitator of Culture 2.0, Yirra Yaakin’s regional youth engagement program.
Mr Wilkes also co-wrote and co-directed Ngaluk Waangkiny for Community Arts Network in partnership with ABC, which screened at ImagineNATIVE, and won first prize for short film at Bronx Social Justice Matters Film Festival.
He was awarded Perth NAIDOC Award for Artist of the Year in 2021.
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| NEW ROLE: Board Member, The Blue Room Theatre | 30 Jul 2021 |
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