Yellamundie Festival Director in Sydney

Hybrid

Moogahlin Performing Arts is a leading and internationally-recognised First Peoples company. Our key platforms are:

• Creative development, presentation and touring
• Regional programming, including Baiame's Ngunnhu Festival
• International

First Peoples engagement and collaboration

• First Peoples workforce development in the performing arts sector.

We are co-located on Gadigal Land in Redfern/Eveleigh at Carriageworks, and on Ngemba Country, Brewarrina. Yellamundie Festival is a biennial creative development program for First Peoples works for the stage, providing a paid two-week residency, working with expert directors, dramaturgs, producers and performance, and with a work-in-progress showcase to the public, at Carriageworks.

Since its inception in 2013, the Festival has supported 45 National First Peoples and 5 International First Nations works, across playwriting, choreography and composition.

Of these, 19 National and 5 International have gone on to full production in theatres around Australia and overseas, including The Visitors, Healing Scars, The Last Shot,

and Swim. Yellamundie Festival Director is a new, dedicated role with end-to-end responsibility for shaping the future of the Festival and of First Peoples performing arts. Across Festivals 2027, 2029 and 2031, the Director will:

• Develop and curate the program
• Build the funding
• Drive artist outreach and promotion
• Select and support the artists
• Lead the Festival delivery.

The role is Sydney-based (Carriageworks), with potential for hybrid working; part-time, with flexible hours, ramping up to full-time in peak periods; and under the mentorship of Moogahlin Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Lily Shearer, winner of the 2025 Red Ochre Award for Cultural Advocacy and Leadership. Experience we're looking for

• Theatre-making
• Directing; artistic direction
• Creative producing
• Managing budgets and timelines
• Leading creative teams and collaborative practices
• First Peoples arts sector knowledge and connections

You will need deep connection to First Peoples' cultures, protocols, and community-led practices. As such, this is an Identified role: Moogahlin considers that Aboriginality is a genuine occupational requirement, under Section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW).

Applications will be assessed as they come in. A candidate may be appointed at any time.