BLACK SWAN THEATRE

About This Project

About Black Swan

The year after successfully staging Jimmy Chi and Kuckles’ Broome-set classic Bran Nue Dae for the 1990 Perth Festival, Andrew Ross founded Black Swan Theatre with chair Janet Holmes a Court, along with then theatre manager Duncan Ord and arts administrator Will Quekett. Since 1991, Black Swan has created theatre, that speaks with a quintessentially Western Australian voice, and taken their work to the world. Stories like Bran Nue Dae, Cloudstreet, Red Dog, Last Cab to Darwin and The Sapphires, all began with Black Swan.

About the Project

ABF is continuing support for ‘The First Nations Community Access Program’ which has been increasing accessibility to the arts for Aboriginal audiences of greatest need, primarily by providing free tickets to shows by Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA. The program has also been offering and will continue to offer  free transportation to groups requiring assistance to travel to and from the theatre.

The funding applied for from the Aboriginal Benefits Foundation will support the program from 01 July 2024 – 30 June 2025, with the view to seek additional funding so as to establish the program in perpetuity in future years.

How we helped

We provided $3,000 for theatre seats to be freely provided to local and remote regional Indigenous peoples, their transport to and from the venue and other additional assistance.