Yandha Djanbay presents a powerful meditation on resilience, connection, and healing. Fusing language with land, and intimate storytelling with audiovisual projection, this work honours proud Gunai woman and multi-disciplinary artist, Kirli Saunders’ relationship with Country as both balm and blessing in times of hardship.
This performance is a celebration of her inherited strength, her identity as a Blak queer woman, and the wisdom found in slowing down, offering an immersive experience of renewal and connection.
About the Artist
Kirli Saunders (OAM) is a proud Gunai Woman who rarely stays in her lane. She’s an award-winning multi-disciplinary artist, writer, singer-songwriter and consultant.
Kirli creates to connect, to make change. Kirli’s eight celebrated books, among others, include Eclipse (Allen & Unwin, 2025), Returning (Magabala, 2023) and Bindi (Magabala, 2020). She was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her contribution to the arts (2022).
Reviews
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She reaches across cultures and generations in a kaleidoscope of messages and images that speak powerfully but gently of the need for action and change.
- Carol Wimmer, Stage Whispers