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Kyle Morrison
Artistic Director
Starting in 1993 with Black Swan’s production of WAITING FOR GODOT, Kyle has been in the theatre industry since the age of eleven, working primarily as an actor for companies such as deckchair, Barking Gecko, Yirra Yaakin and Sydney Theatre Company. For the past three years Kyle has been developing his directorial skills with IN THE NYITTING TIME and MUTTACAR SORRY BUSINESS for Yirra Yaakin, then gaining an Australia Council Skills and Arts Development grant to work as an assistant director to Angela Chaplin (for deckchair Theatre’s MEMMIE LE BLANC), Wayne Blair (Sydney Theatre Company’s ROMEO AND JULIET), Tom Gutteridge (Black Swan’s FEMALE OF THE SPECIES) and Wesley Enoch (Company B’s YIBIYUNG). He was appointed Artistic Director of Yirra Yaakin in March 2009.
Fred J. Lyons
General Manager
Originally from Jamaica, with a Military background, Fred has extensive West Australian experience working in both a management and mentoring capacity with Indigenous organisations. Fred has considerable (award-winning) expertise in the management of Perth’s largest Recreation Centres and was for three years, Operations Manager of the Zanzibar International Film Festival (the second largest in Africa). As well as involvement with the internationally acclaimed Kimberley-based film LIYARN NGARN (2007). Fred is also an Australian Writers Guild member (script writing) and has considerable arts-based experience in both administration and creative development.
Greg Ross
Partnership Manager
Greg Ross is well known to the business community in his past life as the long-term Marketing Manager of the Barbagallo Group and CEO of the iconic Dowerin GWN Machinery Field Days. However it’s his love of theatre which drew him to take on the Marketing Manager role at Yirra Yaakin, more recently taking on the role as Partnership Manager. As well as acting, he’s a past finalist in the Maj Monologues Script Writing Competition and a guest lecturer at WAAPA.
Andrea Fernandez
Marketing Manager
Andrea’s been involved with theatre from the age of 11. She studied acting at Kaff Theatre under Wilson McCaskill, then went on to complete an Advanced Diploma in Film and Television, working on Short Films and TV. She did a three year stint in Sydney, working for an online advertising agency and later with the Austereo network in media sales. Andrea returned to Perth in 2009, and is currently completing a Bachelor of Marketing and the Media degree at Murdoch University and continuing with her love of acting.
Amy Hammond
Production Manager
Amy Hammond is a graduate of WAAPA’s Advanced Diploma in Stage Management for Performance Course and The Bachelor of Arts - Performing Arts course (Production and Design). She is the first Aboriginal student in 20 years to graduate from the Diploma course and the first ever to receive the BA. Since moving to Perth from country NSW, Amy has worked on over 30 theatre productions, many events, several festivals and two Films, plus an International tour, as well as a National tour and several state/regional tours.
Amy’s passion for both Aboriginal Theatre and her Community has lead her to volunteering her time to local Aboriginal festivals and events. This includes Assistant Stage Managing the Opening Ceremony for the Perth International Arts Festival, Stage Managing the NAIDOC Perth 2008/09 Opening Ceremony and 2008 NAIDOC Perth Ball.
Sally Richardson
Project Manager
Sally is an award winning writer/director/dramaturg and producer across the performing arts industry in Australia. Her work includes projects across theatre, contemporary dance, circus, puppetry, to major corporate events, community projects and consultancy. She is the artistic director of Steamworks Arts Productions and this years representative dramaturg at The 2010 New Visions, New Voices Festival at the Kennedy Center for performing arts in Washington DC.
Sally has worked with Yirra Yaakin on and off over many years acting as a dramaturg and script advisor. She was also director of Alice, created with Alice Haines for Yirra Yaakin, which toured nationally and internationally. She is currently the dramaturg and project manager for Waltzing the Wilarra by David Milroy.
Vida Karabuva
Vida has worked as a journalist, editor and educator/mentor for newspapers across Australia and Asia. Her most recent role prior to joining Yirra Yaakin was as the Executive Officer of Gumala Enterprises – the business arm of Gumala Aboriginal Corporation, which represents the interests of three Traditional Owner groups in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Her long-standing involvement in the arts has included roles as the inaugural co-ordinator and co-founder of the Australian Serbian Film Festival, which is now in its 10th year, as producer of a unique interactive theatre piece for Kulcha Multicultural Arts of WA, and playing the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet – in the first theatre production to be staged in Yangon, Myanmar in more than two decades.
Vida firmly believes in the power of theatre to inspire, provoke and educate, and for this reason looks forward to bringing more high-quality thought-provoking Indigenous theatre to communities and young people across WA and Australia through her current role at Yirra Yaakin.
Carolyn Lewis
Office Manager
Carolyn has a degree in Adult Education and has previously worked as Co-ordinator of Student Services at TAFE’s & Universities Indigenous Student Centres across Perth and interstate educational facilities. Carolyn has excellent skills in lecturing, mentoring, tutoring and supporting people, helping them achieve their best in their chosen field. She enjoys the mystery and creative theatrical world of the Arts.
