Bindjareb Pinjarra wows Drama Students

On Tuesday 7 May the Year 11 and 12 Drama students were privileged to view a special one-off performance of Bindjareb Pinjarra at the State Theatre Centre.

Bindjareb Pinjarra is an improvised comedy about the Pinjarra Massacre that occurred on 28 October 1834 and is performed by a cast of three Nyoongar and three Wadjella (whitefella) actors. This event is recorded in Colonial History as The Battle of Pinjarra but to the local Nyoongar people is viewed as a massacre. And therein lies the question the play wishes to raise. By using improvisation each performance of this play is different and individual, just as any record of the original Bindjareb Pinjarra.

Drama Teacher Ms McQuiggin said this was one of the best pieces of theatre she's seen in many years and had a profound impact on her perspective on Western Australia's shared history.

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