[citation needed] From late 2013 through 2014 Bani performed in The Shadow King for which he received a Helpmann Awards nomination.
Four generations of one family take the stage, as Jimi’s grandmother, mother, son and brothers help him spin yarns of totems, traditions and childhood memories".
[8] In early 2022 Bani played George in a State Theatre Company South Australia production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, to acclaim by critics.
[9][10] Later in 2022, Bani and Jason Klarwein staged an adaptation of Othello at Queensland Theatre, set in the Torres Straits.
Bani played Othello as a member of the Torres Straits Light Infantry Battalion during World War II.