Bulunggayi

This is her story told by one of her descendants, Leanne Tobin, and a self-determined team of esteemed First Nations performance makers. 10 years in the making, Bulunggayi by Leanne Tobin is the first major Dharug text-based performance work of scale.

CREATIVE TEAM

Leanne Tobin – Creator and Playwright

Serene Yunupingu – Lead Actor

More creatives to be announced.

The team of creatives will come together for intensive lab developments over a 6 month period, working collaboratively on script development, design and performance. These activities will take place entirely on Dharug Country, grounding the project in the cultural context of the story it tells.

You can read more about Maria Locke's life and legacy below:

• Significant Aboriginal women: Maria Lock, Parramatta History and Heritage 

• Maria Locke, Australian Dictionary of Biography 

Cover image credit: Artist impression of Maria Lock. Maria’s Dilemma and the Dharug Legacy, 2009, by Dharug artist Leanne Tobin. Courtesy the artist.

Bulunggayi is part of a year-long suite of programs within Utp’s 2025 provocation – who is ready for another world considers this moment of collective grief, models of collective liberation and resistance to settler-colonialism.

PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

This project is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and the Neilson Foundation.