Helen Gilbert is a leading scholar of postcolonial and indigenous theatre, with a particular interest in arts-based activism on environmental issues. She has taught at universities in Australia, Britain, Japan and Germany and worked with Indigenous performance-makers from various parts of the world to bring their work to festivals and exhibitions in Europe. Her current research, based at Royal Holloway University (London) focuses on water-related eco-activism in embodied arts and protests.
Marrugeku is an Australian intercultural dance-theatre company dedicated to the growth and preservation of Indigenous stories, languages and cultures through the embodied arts of performance-making. Jointly led by Rachael Swain and Dalisa Pigram in a unique creative partnership that has now endured for more than 25 years, the company builds bridges and breaks down walls…
