We have just completed our third week of Malka Training in Portland and going by the comments from our work shoppers it has once again been a resounding success. For this of you who don’t know what The Malka is it is a five day intensive workshop in Lateral Violence where the Koorreen Team are training front line workers to go back into their communities and create a program to help stop the gossiping and lateral violence they are...

Koorreen was abuzz on Monday May 27 2013 when it was announced that Richard was to be awarded the Australian Council for the Arts – National Indigenous Arts Award 2 year Fellowship. Congratulations Richard from the Koorreen Team. Richard travelled up to Sydney to receive the award along with his co awardees, Actor David Gulpilil (Red Ochre Award), Photographer Rhonda Dick (2013 Dreaming Award) and Glassworker Jenni Kemarre Martiniello (2...

It has been a busy start to the New Year.Richard and Shane have just completed a week of Lateral Violence workshops in North West Victoria. Please follow the link below to read what the ABC local have been saying about the visit. http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/02/05/3683835.htm

In November 2012 Richard Frankland’s latest play was presented as a work in progress as part of the La Mama’s annual Exploration Season. The story revolves around an Australian Indigenous Family living with the day on day repercussions of Lateral Violence. We have posted a snippet of the play for your viewing along with some dialogue from Richard and some of the cast member http://youtu.be/O5esN-BYn4Q If you are interested in staging...