Kylie Farmer

Kylie Farmer (also known as Kaarljilba Kaardn)[1] is an Aboriginal Australian actress. She has played Juliet in a run of Romeo and Juliet with the Australian Shakespeare Company,[2][3] featured in the 2010 revival of The Sapphires,[4][5] appeared in Rima Tamou's film Sa Black Thing which is an episode of the SBS TV series Dramatically Black, performed in the theatre production Aliwa!,[6][7] appeared in Muttacar Sorry Business[8] and is the face and narrator of the NITV series Waabiny Time.[9]

Noongar language and culture has featured strongly in Farmer's career. She spent 11 years with Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company, an Aboriginal-led theatre company based in Perth, in the heart of Noongar boodjar (country).[10] In 2012, she was part of the cast from Yirra Yaakin which translated Shakespeare's sonnets into Noongar and performed them at the Globe Theatre in London.[11] She is a strong advocate for Aboriginal languages, with appearances at TEDxManly[12] and on the ABC program ''Q and A''.[13][14] In addition, Farmer has taught language through music to young Noongar people in country towns, through Community Arts Network's Noongar Pop Culture project[15] and through early years television series Waabiny Time.[16][17]

References

  1. ↑ Frank, Lillian (12 January 2008), "Heaven on a beanbag", Herald Sun
  2. ↑ Woodhead, Cameron (21 January 2008), "Stars shine through the parsley", The Age
  3. ↑ Dennehy, Luke (12 January 2008), "Right royal spot of romantic tragedy", Herald Sun
  4. ↑ Boland, Michaela (19 January 2010), "Second life for acclaimed show", The Australian
  5. ↑ Blake, Jason (29 May 2010), "Sass, soul and old-school panache in musical gem", Sydney Morning Herald
  6. ↑ Banks, Ron (28 July 2000), "Tale Of Survival", The West Australian
  7. ↑ Giffiths, Gareth (28 July 2000), "Escape from degradation", The Australian
  8. ↑ "Driving home safety message", Eastern Suburbs Reporter, 17 February 2009
  9. ↑ Felton, Christopher (23 July 2009), "Pingelly girl relives stories in the sand for TV show", The West Australian
  10. ↑ Higson, Rosalie (5 July 2011). "Actress's new role close to the heart". The Australian. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  11. ↑ Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company. Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company https://yirrayaakin.com.au/2016-what-s-on/news/yirra-yaakin-to-perform-at-shakespeare-s-globe-london/. Retrieved 5 November 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ Farmer, Kylie. "Keep Our Languages Alive". YouTube. TEDx. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  13. ↑ ABC Broadcasting Corporation (19 September 2016). "Q and A". Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  14. ↑ Brooks, Emily (5 September 2016). "Q&A: Shakespeare's Sonnet 127 Was Read In An Indigenous Language And It Was Awesome". Huffington Post. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  15. ↑ Community Arts Network. "CAN WA Noongar Pop Culture: Meet Kylie Farmer". Vimeo. Community Arts Network. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  16. ↑ Waabiny Time. "Waabiny Time". L'unica Productions. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  17. ↑ Australian Children's Television Foundation. "Waabiny Time - series 1 Trailer". YouTube. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

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