Ian Wilkes

Core Advisory Circle Member - Same Drum

Writer / Performer / Director / Composer / Narrator / Facilitator - Galup Arts Project

Ian Wilkes is a Noongar theatre-maker, dancer and performer and a previous artistic associate for Perth Festival. His directorial credits include Black Swan State Theatre’s York, Perth Festival Djoondal and Karla Bidi, and Yirra Yaakin’s Boodjar Kaatijin. He has performed numerous lead roles including in Yirra Yaakin’s Hecate, Ochre’s Kwongan, CO3’s The Line and Yirra Yaakin’s Honey Spot at the Sydney Opera House. He is a regular performer in the long-running WA show Binjareb Pinjarra and a founding facilitator of Culture 2.0, Yirra Yaakin’s regional youth engagement program. Ian co-wrote and co-directed Ngaluk Waangkiny for Community Arts Network in partnership with ABC, which screened at ImagineNATIVE and won first prize for short film at Bronx Social Justice Matters Film Festival. Ian won Perth NAIDOC Award for Artist of the Year in 2021.