Black Birds is a performance about home, belonging and most importantly hair. It may not be about everyone’s hair, but everyone is certainly welcome.

Emele Ugavule and Ayeesha Ash have a few things in common; names that seem difficult to pronounce, hair and the colour of their skin. The list could continue but nothing unites them more than their experiences as brown gals with Afros. Is their hair so big because it’s full of secrets? Find out as they discuss, explore and offer a vision for what it means to be a woman of colour in modern day Australia.

Adding spice to the traditional theatrical form and reimagining the rule book, this show blends music, movement, spoken word and real stories to create an intimate, unexpected and at times irreverent performance experience.

WITH

Ayeesha Ash

Emele Ugavule

Sela Vai - Choreographer

Amber Silk - Lighting Designer

Tyler Hawkins - Production Designer

Ben Pierpoint - Sound Designer

Sopa Enari - Dramaturg

Development of this work was supported through Q Lab with The Joan