Maayuma li Mubirr (Healing Scars)
~ Australia
[Program tbd]
Runtime: 45 minutes
Part of Spiderwoman global indigenous Theater festival
Maayuma-li Mubirr is a powerful performance experience by Yuwalaaraay composer and performer Warren Mason, tracing the intergenerational journey lines of First Peoples healing from injustice. An unmissable work that honours matriarchy, survival, strength and the power of First Peoples storytelling.
Warren Mason blends the natural sounds of his Yuwaalaraay homeland, the haunting tones of his guitar, the spoken word of multiple languages and singing styles of his old people. Creating an intricate tapestry of sound interwoven with movement choreographed collaboratively by performers Jo Clancy (Wiradjuri), Lily Shearer (Murrawarri/Ngemba), Kiarn Doyle (Dunghutti) and Warren. For an experience that is raw, moving and deeply human. Maayuma-li Mubirr invites audiences to reflect in a shared catharsis of truth, healing and resilience – tracing lines from the past through ceremony, performance, and visual art.
First developed through Moogahlin Performing Arts’ Yellamundie Festival at Carriageworks in 2023. Maayuma-li Mubirr had it’s acclaimed premiere season at Carriageworks in Sydney July 2026.
Credits
Warren Mason (Yuwaalaraay) –Creator / Composer / Performer / Choreographer
Jo Clancy (Wiradjuri) – Choreographer / Performer
Lily Shearer (Murrawarri / Ngemba) – Choreographer/Performer
Kiarn Doyle (Dunghutti) – Choreographer/Performer
Liz Smith (Yuwaalaraay) – Language Sharer
Karen Norris (Moriori and Māori) – Lighting Designer
Alex Moss – AV Designer
Angie Jackson (Ngunnawal) – Costume Designer
The artist
Moogahlin Performing Arts
moogahlin.org
bio
Moogahlin Performing Arts was formed on Gadigal country in Redfern N.S.W in November 2007, by a group of First Peoples performance artists, educators and community workers. Bunuba man Frederick Copperwaite, Murriwarri woman Lily Shearer, and Biripai woman Liza-Mare Syron established the company at the request of the late Kevin Smith who wished to bring performing arts back to the community of Redfern, in honour of the founding members of the National Black Theatre.
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