One last lullaby
For ten years, Bukjeh has carried stories.
Today, we're asking you to help carry them with us.
After years of witnessing unimaginable loss in Palestine, Bukjeh is creating One Last Lullaby a new theatre work that explores motherhood, memory, love and survival through the intimate rituals of a family kitchen. At its heart is a simple but devastating question:
What is the last lullaby a mother sings before everything changes?
Blending theatre, original music, storytelling, shadow puppetry and film, One Last Lullaby invites audiences beyond the headlines to encounter the everyday humanity that continues to exist even in the shadow of war. It is a story about mothers protecting their children, families preserving hope, and communities holding onto culture when everything else feels uncertain.
Created by Palestinian-Australian theatre-maker Aseel Tayah and produced by Bukjeh, the only Palestinian-led arts organisation of its kind in Australia, the work brings together an extraordinary team of artists from Australia, Palestine and the global Palestinian diaspora.
Help us keep the stories alive
Your support will help us bring this work to life.Not only as a theatre production, but as a living archive of songs, stories, recipes, humour, grief, joy and memory.
A gift today helps us continue working with Palestinian artists, gather stories across borders, develop the script, create the music and design, support rehearsals, document the process, and prepare the work for stages in Australia and around the world.
This campaign needs you, to protect our stories before they disappear.
Your support will help Palestinian artists create this work together across borders, preserve songs and memories, complete the next stage of creative development, and bring One Last Lullaby to audiences in Palestine, Australia, and around the world.
Because stories do more than entertain us, they help us recognise ourselves in one another.
If we lose our stories, we lose part of what makes us human. Help us carry this one forward.
For a decade, Bukjeh has brought people together around food, theatre, music and memory. It has worked with children, refugees, First Nations communities, artists, schools and families to celebrate culture, challenge stereotypes and create spaces where people genuinely meet one another.
One Last Lullaby isn't a departure from Bukjeh's work, it is the culmination of everything Bukjeh has been building towards.
Some stories cannot wait. The past few years have transformed the lives of millions of Palestinians. Alongside the devastating human cost, there is another quieter loss: family recipes that will never be cooked again, lullabies that may never be sung, photographs, traditions, jokes and everyday rituals that risk disappearing with the people who carried them.
Over the past few years, creating Palestinian-led work has become increasingly challenging. Public debate has intensified, some partnerships have become more cautious, and funding opportunities that once supported this work have become harder to secure. Yet the need for spaces where people can encounter Palestinian stories with humanity, complexity and hope has only grown.
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