Welcome to Country Opening Ceremony
Large-scale ceremony, performance and cultural protocol for thousands.
Curated, performed and produced — from intimate corporate ceremonies to festivals of thousands.
A flagship Welcome to Country opening-ceremony performance produced by Karla Hart Productions. This cut runs under 15 minutes and shows protocol led by senior Elders, performance and ceremony for thousands.
Welcome to Country, smoking ceremonies, traditional dance, song and didgeridoo. Delivered by elders and Noongar performers from Karla's extended network.
End-to-end festival production: programming, talent booking, run-of-show, cultural protocol and stakeholder management. Built for crowds of 1,000 to 10,000+.
Welcomes for conferences, brand launches, NAIDOC and Reconciliation Week activations. Tasteful, on-brand and culturally accountable.
Council and government partnerships, NAIDOC celebrations, regional touring. Includes youth programming and intergenerational performance components.
Hands-on cultural experiences for small groups (10–40 guests). Perfect for team-building, hen's parties and milestone gatherings.
Hire individual dancers, didgeridoo players, MCs or full ensembles. Karla can also be booked solo as MC, host or speaker.
Wardarnji 2024 · Photo by Jessica Wyld
Karla’s biggest annual production. The biggest Noongar corroboree in Perth — over 100 dancers each year, 60% of them children and young adults — performing on Whadjuk country at Fremantle Esplanade.
Wardarnji has grown from a single arts & crafts stall into a full Indigenous business marketplace, drawing record crowds every year. It has opened the Fremantle Festival, featured Mayor Brad Pettitt delivering a Noongar-language address, and now includes contemporary fusion and a youth-led storytelling section with original puppet work.
Fremantle Esplanade · record crowds, expanded marketplace, debut youth choreography. Photographed by Jessica Wyld.
View full 2024 library11th edition — over 100 dancers, 60% under 25. Curated and produced by Karla Hart Productions. Photographed by Jessica Wyld.
View full 2023 libraryLarge-scale ceremony, performance and cultural protocol for thousands.
Perth's biggest Noongar corroboree, led with care across generations.
Story, song and language in a community setting.
A contemporary performance program with cultural foundations.
Cultural event design for civic and community audiences.
Recent cultural performance image supplied for the events page.
Recent event image supplied for the events page.
Festival creative is an extension of festival production. Each year's Wardarnji has its own identity — here's the 2024 set across formats: posters, rockface installations, May Park signage, and outdoor digiboards.
Featured large-scale opening ceremony. Vimeo: vimeo.com/1018134616
New performance work for Fremantle International Street Arts Festival featuring Noongar performers, dancers and singers.
Curated for Black Swan State Theatre Company — honouring native black swan migration to Perth.
Artistic curation of First Nations programming at Yagan Square through Bunuru (the hot season).
Collaboration with ZAP Circus — large-scale outdoor performance bringing Noongar story into circus form.
Outdoor candlelit carols sung in Noongar language alongside traditional carols. Family-friendly community event.
Curated music event featuring Noongar artists alongside contemporary acts.
Weekly dance performance and smoking ceremony at Yagan Square — ongoing for the past 3 years.
Multi-discipline showcase blending First Nations dance traditions with contemporary forms.
Karla-created event with Perth Symphony Orchestra and several Aboriginal dance companies. Spawned multiple follow-on projects.
Karla manages the WA arm of Deadly Funny — was a national judge in 2024.
Performance and Welcome to Country at AFL Indigenous Round matches.
Outdoor candlelit carols sung in Noongar language alongside traditional carols. A bespoke Karla event — can be commissioned and performed in any town in Australia.
A successful corporate tourism event — full Karla Hart Productions delivery: programming, performers, ceremony and run-of-show.
Pre-event briefings on protocol, language and community context.
Respectful coordination with senior cultural leaders and community representatives.
Program shape, talent, music and ceremony designed for the audience.
Run sheets, rehearsals, crew notes and event-ready coordination.
Welcome to Country, dance, song, smoking ceremony and cultural performance.
Clear framing so audiences understand the cultural moment they are part of.
We are a 100% Indigenous company, led by Noongar cultural knowledge and community accountability.
Tell us your audience, your venue and your vision. We'll come back to you within 48 hours with a curated proposal — no obligation.