Shakespeare Memorial Lecture

Presented by Kylie Bracknell 

THE JOURNEY TO HECATE

A Macbeth adaptation in Noongar

Hecate is the first adaptation of a complete Shakespeare play in one Aboriginal language of Australia, a landmark work of both theatre and language restoration. Impacted by colonialism and suppressed until the 1970s, the Noongar language of the southwest of Western Australia is endangered, yet it thrives here in this work. On this occasion, the author/adapter/playwright/poet herself will share the story of her process.

Before premièring Hecate to the world at Perth Festival 2020, Kylie led Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company’s presentation of six Shakespearean sonnets in Noongar at the Globe to Globe Festival 2012 as part of the World Shakespeare Festival (WSF) for the London 2012 Festival which was the culmination of the Cultural Olympiad. Kylie is a 2020 recipient of Australia’s prestigious Sydney Myer Performing Arts Award. She is an accomplished actor, theatre maker, writer, producer, and director from Perth, Western Australia with over two decades experience working in Australia's creative industries, and has long been a face of Indigenous language survival in Australia.

Kylie will share her translations of Sonnets and excerpts and songs from Hecate in this lecture, celebrating the decade-long, shared journey of Shakespeare on the Noongar Stage.

Presented in by the CREATE Centre in collaboration with the Chau Chak Wing Museum. 

The lecture will take place in the Nelson Meers Foundation Auditorium of the Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney.

This event will not be streamed live, but will be recorded and posted after the event to the YouTube channel of the CREATE Centre.