Yirra Yaarnz Writers’ Group is back for another year!
Key Dates
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EOIs Open Monday |
2 June 2025 |
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EOIs Close Friday |
20 June 2025 |
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Participants Notified |
27 June 2025 |
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Weekend Intensive |
19 & 20 July 2025 Subiaco (Wandarguttagurrup) |
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Public Readings |
7 & 8 November 2025 WA Museum, Boola Barrdup |
Cast and Creatives
Facilitators Polly Low and Hellie Turner
About the Program
Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company has a proud history of developing the unique talents and original voices of Aboriginal playwrights from WA.
Established in 2011, Yirra Yaarnz Writer’s Group is an intensive playwriting program that guides emerging and established Aboriginal artists to turn their ideas into original new scripts.
Mentored by award-winning playwrights Polly Low and Hellie Turner, this successful program demonstrates the importance of storytelling as it relates to Aboriginal culture.
Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company is where the seeds of new stories are germinated. Recent main stage productions such as Operation Boomerang (2024) and Thirst (2025) came through the Yirra Yaarnz Writer’s Group program.
Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company thanks our partners and donors who ensure that Yirra Yaarnz Writers’ Group remains fully subsidised for participants. Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company will support travel and accommodation for regional and remote participants during the weekend intensive.
More Information
Why Apply?
Come and meet like-minded artists and supportive collaborators
Learn from industry professionals
Hear your script read by professional actors
Join Us!
Submit an Expression of Interest, no more than two pages outlining:
your background as an artist
what you are interested in writing about
what you would like to get out of participating in Yirra Yaarnz 2025
For more information on Yirra Yaarnz Writers’ Group 2025 please reach out to Kalarni Murray, Producer at kalarni.murray@yirrayaakin.com.au
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