At the heart of Lake Joondalup, a Dreaming story arises.

Passed down through the Noongar people for many years, the story of the creation of the stars was told at Lake Joondalup

Now, Noongar theatre maker Ian Wilkes returns with Djoondal as part of Perth Festival to bring a modern twist to a traditional story.

Having previously brought Galup to the Boorloo festival, Wilkes is telling a different type of story with Djoondal.

Although there are many different versions of this Dreaming story, Djoondal revolves around a spirit woman and spirit children becoming the stars.

Djoondal is a spirit woman with long white hair who flicked her hair as she collected the spirit children into the night sky and become the stars while her white hair becomes the Milky Way.

Wilkes said they would gather around at Lake Joondalup where the lake would become their mirror of the stars on the water's surface.

"It's a bit like a cinema complex for Noongars for thousands of years," he said.

"And so we're bringing it back but we're doing it in a bit more of a modern form using lights and lasers and drones and stuff like that.

"Djoondal is based around that story but it's also speaks about our modern issues."

The experience has also been led by Noongar, Yamatji and Wongatha creative and illustrator Rubeun Yorkshire.

Working on Djoondal, Yorkshire said he wants to challenge audiences.

"It's about taking on different kinds of concepts and speaking towards what we want to challenge," he said.

"I feel that with our skills, creatively as a team, we can push forward and introduce different kinds of concepts with lights, lasers, drones and language as well.

"And I understand that there are people that feel challenged with this and we would like to challenge them in a respectful way. But to invite them to come along in the journey to learn and understand."

Djoondal has been led by the Noongar Advisory Council.

Yamatji Nhanda creative and lighting designer of Djoondal Chloe Ogilvie said this show really reflects on the overall Perth Festival theme.

"The story of Djoondal is driven through the theme of the festival as a whole," she said.

"The theme being 'Djinda' (the stars) you can't talk about the stars without acknowledging First Nations people who were the first astronomers but also just the creation of them which is the story we will tell at Joondalup."

Djoondal runs February 10 to 12 at Pinar's Tree, Lake Joondalup. Gates open at 6pm and the show starts at 8pm.