IMAGE: JADA ALBERTS, THE LEAD ACTOR IN NAKKIAH LUI’S FIRST FULL-LENGTH PLAY THIS HEAVEN WHICH WAS PERFORMED AT BELVOIR STREET THEATRE IN SYDNEY EARLIER THIS YEAR. PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRETT BOARDMAN (IMAGE COURTESY BELVOIR STREET THEATRE)

Nakkiah is a Western Sydney based artist who grew up in Dhurag community. In 2014 Nakkiah will join the next batch of artists for temporary Democracies to respond to the Airds site. As an emerging playwright Nakkiah was also invited earlier this year to be one of four leaders in Indigenous arts to deliver a talk for broadcast on Radio Nationals Awaye! program. You can listen to the podcast here: Nakkiah Lui: Stories that Offend your Mother.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/awaye/awaye-anniversary-lecture-nakkiah-lui/4881740