Redfern Renaissance
- 15-24 Jan 26 Downstairs Theatre
Redfern RenaissanceCreative Director Angeline PenrithBack by popular demand
Back by popular demand
With special guest artists
- Venue Downstairs Theatre
- Dates 15-24 Jan 26
- Co-presented with
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- Principal partner of Indigenous theatre
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- Creative Development supported by
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The stories that sparked a movement
The voices that still echo
Redfern Renaissance returns to Belvoir St Theatre for its second year as part of Sydney Festival 2026!
This powerful Blak Out program, curated by Belvoir’s Community Liaison Coordinator and acclaimed Wiradjuri Yuin actor Angeline Penrith (Wayside Bride, Winyanboga Yurringa), honours the storytellers and trailblazers who built the foundations of Black theatre in Australia.
Running alongside Dear Son in the Upstairs Theatre, a production also grounded in First Nations people and storytelling, Redfern Renaissance has grown in 2026 to include six performances of workshops, panels, and live readings.
Join us in celebrating the artists, the stories, and the radical community that sparked a cultural revolution in Redfern, and continue to shape Blak futures through art, activism, and collective memory.
TEAM
- Angeline Penrith
Creative Director
Read full bioAngeline is a Wiradjuri and Yuin woman who grew up in the Redfern/Waterloo community. Making her acting debut at 12 years of age by opening for ABC’s BlackOut, Angeline has gone on to perform in countless film and theatre productions from development to performance. Her theatre credits include Boori Pryors My Girragundji (Canute Productions), The […]
Angeline Penrith
Angeline is a Wiradjuri and Yuin woman who grew up in the Redfern/Waterloo community. Making her acting debut at 12 years of age by opening for ABC’s BlackOut, Angeline has gone on to perform in countless film and theatre productions from development to performance. Her theatre credits include Boori Pryors My Girragundji (Canute Productions), The Dreaming – Wake Up Australia (STC), and Winyanboga Yurringa (Moogahlin Performing Arts). Her Television credits include Cleverman and Black Comedy.
Angeline has also been involved in numerous play readings and workshops for Belvoir St, Yellamundie First People’s Playwriting Festival. and The Sydney Theatre Company, and has worked alongside talented directors such as Chris Canute, Leah Purcell and Andrea James.
As a community advocate Angeline believes in self-determination and revival of culture which she demonstrates in her MC work for NAIDOC at the 2018 Flag Raising Ceremony at NCIE, as well as Yabun Festival. Angeline hopes her performance career sets an example for young Indigenous actors and that she can continue to be a role model through her recent NITV Quit Smoking campaign and future projects.
with special guest artists
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