In Sitting Ganaay, Gamilaroi and Wadawurrung dancer Amelia Jean O’Leary carries her auntie’s story onto the stage: a Yinarr with a digging stick, failed by the community that should have carried her, who curses them frozen into the trees. The solo has its world premiere at Studio One (D8 Theatres), UNSW Sydney, 16–19 September, presented by UNSW Creative Lab for Sydney Fringe 2026.

Three emerging Colombian-Australian artists — Guillermo Robayo Gómez, Dica and Daniela Zambrano — reach back through smoke, song and ancestry in Dancing with the Roots, an intimate and experimental exploration of identity and belonging at Sydney Fringe 2026. Kate Gaul finds a heartfelt, ambitious work whose youth is its great strength — a must-see.