David Milroy has been a musician, writer and theatre director. He has worked as a tutor with AbMusic, an Aboriginal Corporation formed in 1986 to support and nurture Aboriginal musicians in Western Australia and was the first Artistic Director of the Yirra Yaakin Nyoongar Theatre from 1995-2003. Milroy's music has featured in films (Blackfellas, Exile and the Kingdom) and as the theme to a number of radio programs (ABC Radio National's Speaking Out program). In Sistergirl and Dead Heart for Black Swan Theatre Company and Perth Theatre Company's production of Wild Cat Falling he provided the musical direction.
Milroy's theatrical involvement has also included writing and directing a number of plays in Perth including including King Hit, 'Runumuk' and One Day in '67.' With Sally Morgan, he co-wrote and directed 'Cruel Wild Woman' and Barking Gecko's production of 'Own Worst Enemy' for the Festival of Perth.
In 2011, David Milroy was nominated for the Western Australian Citizen of the Year Award in the category of Arts, Culture and Entertainment, for his long standing contribution.
Waltzing the Wilarra
2011
Strawberry Hills
:
Currency Press
,
2011
Z1733011
2011
single work
musical theatre
'Charlie, Elsa and Fay take you on a musical journey back to 1940's post-war Perth. Against a backdrop of curfews, and the fear of arrest for consorting, white and black manage to form their own club. For a night they can forget their worries and experience rare happy times singing, dancing, listening to music, and with a little luck, romance. Forty years on, as the club faces demolition, our three characters meet once again to stage a musical reunion and protest in an attempt to save their old stomping ground.' (From the publisher's website.)
