One of Dr Rachael Maza AM’s key learnings from almost 18 years at ILBIJERRI, the First Peoples theatre company she has led creatively since 2008, has been learning to trust her gut. The theatre company, in Maza’s words, is ‘in the business of countering those tropes and flipping it on its head. Trawlwoolway, Pakana/Palawa playwright Nathan Maynard and director Rachael Maza in a development of ILBIJERRI’s work in progress, ‘The Line’. ArtsHub will be exploring the First Nations Performing Arts Workforce Development Framework 2025-2030 in detail in the coming weeks. Dr Rachael Maza AM finishes up at ILBIJERRI Theatre Company at the end of 2025.