Touring Program - Regional Arts Victoria

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Regional Arts Victoria
2016 and 2017
Touring and Engagements Program
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Contents
Tours and Engagements available in 2016 and 2017
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Sankofa | Asanti Dance Theatre
The Future Postal Service | Maybe ( ) Together
In Between 2 | Performance 4A in partnership with Multicultural Arts Victoria
The Trouble with Harry | MKA
Boy Out of the Country | Larrikin Theatre
Death by Soprano | Isabel Hertaeg
Aussie Aussie Aussie | Circus Trick Tease
Miles & Simone
Dave Arden, Gunditjmara/Kokatha Songman & Storyteller | Dave Arden in partnership
with Multicultural Arts Victoria
SuperGirly | Lab Kelpie
Loose Ends | Jens Altheimer
Wind in the Willows | La Boite Theatre Co
Boredom Protection Policy | Rod Quantock
My Life In Boxes | Gravity Dolls
Waking Up Dead | Held Productions
The Ballad of Backbone Joe | The Suitcase Royal
6D | The Listies
Tours and Engagements available only in 2017
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Yours Truly | Annalisa Kerrigan
Slapdash Galaxy | Bunk Puppets
Town Folk | Damian Callinan
Coranderrk | Ilbijerri Theatre Company
The Witches | Griffin Theatre
Tracksuit | Rachel Leary
Intimacy | Ranters Theatre
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Sankofa
Asanti Dance Theatre
Tagline: An unforgettable experience of African music,
dance and culture fused with the contemporary
influences of Australia.
Short Synopsis: An unforgettable experience of African
music, dance and culture fused with the contemporary
influences of Australia. Directed by Appiah Annan
(Sidney Myer Creative Fellow) and joined by
international guest artists from Ghana, West Africa.
Sankofa draws on the ancient Adrinkra symbol from
Ghanaian traditional beliefs that teaches before one
can move forward one must look back to the past.
Asanti Dance Theatre are internationally recognised as
leaders in traditional music and dance, acrobatics and
Afro-contemporary dance choreography and
performance.
First presented at the prestigious Malthouse Theatre
(Melbourne, Australia) in December 2012 to standing
ovations, Sankofa was the company’s debut work in
this genre. Having follow on seasons at the Drum
Theatre and Footscray Community Arts Centre Sankofa
has continued to impress audiences in and around the
city and regional areas in Australia.
Artistic Director: Appiah Annan
Artform: Afro-contemporary Dance
This is a remount of existing work.
Production Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYZQfgqcL2o
Available: 2016 and 2017
Touring: April 2016 - September 2016
Duration: 60 mins
Interval: N/A
Max No Perf Per Week: 6
Min Break Between Perf: 60 mins
Remount: $6000 + GST
Weekly Fee: $12000 + GST
Per Show Fee: $3500 + GST
Royalties: NA
Describe APRA obligations: NA
Presenter Reference
Name: Greg Hordacre (Director)
Venue: Drum Theatre
Telephone: 03 8571 1601
Mobile: 0402 423 599
Email: [email protected]
Artist: Appiah Annan Image: DWV Photography
Producer / Artistic History and Background:
Directed by Appiah Annan (Sidney Myer Creative
Fellowship recipient, and one of Australia’s leading
African drum and dance practitioners), this highly
energetic drum and dance ensemble present an
unforgettable experience of African music, dance and
culture fused with the contemporary influences of
Australia.
They are internationally recognised as leaders in
traditional, modern and Afro-contemporary dance
choreography and performance.
First presented at the Malthouse Theatre in December
2012 to standing ovations, Sankofa was the
company’s debut work in this genre. Having seasons at
the Drum Theatre and Footscray Community Arts
Centre Sankofa has continued to impress audiences in
and around Melbourne and regional Victoria.
Producer Contact
Name: Belinda Annan
Phone: 0415 726 886
State: VIC
Performance History
Malthouse Theatre
Drum Theatre
Footscray Community Arts Centre
2012
2012
2014
Personnel
The touring party consists of 6 artists and 1 technician
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Sankofa
Asanti Dance Theatre
Marketing Selling Points:
We often find pop up performances and pre show
busking is highly effective. International guest artists
from Ghana, West Africa is also a big draw card. Asanti
are the only company in Australia exploring this genre.
Asanti have worked extensively throughout regional
Victoria with schools and councils, performing at
festivals and events and teaching workshops.
They are known for their ability to engage the
community, creating a safe and supportive
environment for people to participate.
Sankofa presents an inspiring new genre of work to
Victorian audiences.
Show can be adapted to suit a range of different
venues including theatres, outdoor stages and town
halls
Sponsors and other acknowledgments:
Multicultural Arts Victoria
City of Melbourne
Victorian Multicultural Commission
The Australia Council for the Arts
Sidney Myer Fund
Community engagement activities:
POST SHOW 'JAM'
On conclusion of the show we often run a short
interactive session getting the audiences to do simple
dance movements, clapping and call and response
singing. It’s a great way to involve the audience and
break the 4th wall.
Duration: 10 min
Participants: All audience members
DRUM WORKSHOPS
These can be implemented in a formal workshop
environment or in a communal area (town square,
shopping centre etc). We provide drums for
participants.
Duration: Up to 90 min
Participants: Up to 100 per session
DANCE WORKSHOPS
Dance workshops can be facilitated in African dance,
Afro-Funk, Gumboot Dancing (Body percussion), Afrocontemporary or BoomSa (our new Afro- aerobics
program).
Duration: Up to 90 min
Participants: Up to 100 (space dependent)
Content Warnings/Audiences to avoid:
N/A
Technical Rating: Very high/High/Medium/Low
*Depending on venue and bump in time.
Theatre Formats:
The work has been presented in black box theatres and
proscenium arch theatres to date. Please note however
that the show is versatile and simply requires enough
space for the dancers to dance. Our dancers are used
to dancing on a variety of different surfaces and in a
variety of different settings.
Bump-in time: 12 hours
Bump-out time: 2 hours
When can you perform after bump-in? The next day is
the preferred set up however the show can be bumped
in the day of performance.
In-Brief Lighting Requirements
See attached in tech rider. Please note this plan is
adaptable and can be changed to suit the venues
lighting rig.
In-Brief Audio Requirements
See attached in tech rider. Please note this plan is
adaptable and can be changed to suit the venues
audio capabilities.
In-Brief Staging and Set Description
Stage consists of a variety of drums and instruments
upstage. Large canvas print hung from the upstage fly.
It is essential that a space no smaller then 6x6 metres
is left clear for the dancers. A large woven wooden
‘nest’ is set centre stage at the opening of the show
and either attached to a fly system or removed by the
dancers (depending on bump in time and venue
capabilities).
Min. stage width: 9m
Min. stage depth: 8m
Min. stage height: 4m
Min wing space: 1m
Fly system required? Yes
Orchestra Pit Required? N/A
Effects Required? N/A
Piano Required? N/A
The performance itself can be adapted to an outdoor
setting, much like the way performances happen
traditionally in Africa.
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The Future Postal Service
Maybe ( ) Together
Tagline: An installation. An intervention. And one big
game of post!
Short Synopsis: The Future Postal Service is a high
energy and big thinking mail delivery game, capturing
the thoughts of children and delivering them to adult
passersby.
Short Review: “Brilliant installation”, “Made my day!”
“Fantastic idea. Lovely to see the looks on strangers
faces’ when they read the letter. Loved it!” – Adult
feedback book.
“Everything was awesome!” - Postie
Produced By: Maybe ( ) Together
Created By: Alex Desebrock, Troels Lindenbjerg & Dan
Goronszy
Artform: Outdoor installation for children.
This is an existing work.
Web Links:
http://maybetogether.com.au/the-future-post-office/
Touring: March 2016 - October 2016
Duration: We perform for 2 hours, break for 1 hour,
perform for 2 hours.
Max No Perf Per Week: 5 days
Min Break Between Perf: n/a
We are offering this work as a minimum 2 day
presentation. (eg weekend)
2 day performance: $9100
This does not include travel time, travel costs,
accommodation or per diems.
Royalties: N/A
Describe any APRA obligations:
n/a
Industry Reference
Name: Emer Harrington
Venue: Arts Centre Melbourne
Contact:
[email protected]
Performance History
Venue Year
Presenter/Venue
April 2014
Federation Square
Jan 2015
Arts Centre Melbourne
Feb 2015
Perth International Arts Festival
March 2015
Darebin Kite Festival
Photo by Sophie Reid
Company History and Background:
Maybe ( ) Together presents works spanning live art,
performance, online, street art and public
interventions. Led by Alex Desebrock, the works always
ask big questions of the audience, the artists and the
world at large.
We are social artists & we make tourable work so that
we can share with as many people as possible.
Regional Victoria is our next area of focus.
Contact
Name: Alex Desebrock
Phone: 0434 410 934
State: VIC
Personnel
The touring party consists of 4 people
Name
Role
Confirmed Touring?
Alex Desebrock Creator/Performer
Dan Goronszy Creator/Performer
Sharyn Brand Stage Manager
Y
Y
Y
This is the core team.
Depending on dates, other performers can be Renae
Shadler, Luke O’Connor & David Pidd.
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The Future Postal Service
Maybe ( ) Together
A child-only game. Big thinking. Activation of Public
Space. Random Act of Kindness.
“Connecting children and adults one delivery at a time”
Key Audience and Marketing Notes:
Children & Families are the key audience.
The secondary audience is adults walking past work.
n/a
n/a
In-Brief Visual Requirements
n/a
Marketing Package Included:
Promo Video. Draft Press Release. Images. Company &
Artist Bios.
Active Instagram and Twitter hashtag use:
#futurepostalservice
Outdoor space with shade.
Possible Marketing at Additional Cost:
n/a
Fly system required? n/a
Orchestra Pit Required? n/a
Effects Required? n/a
Piano Required? n/a
Dan and Alex can visit community to run a children’s
workshop prior to event.
The work itself is also interactive and engages directly
with children and adults.
This work is for children aged 5+
Marketing Links:
Images:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rm7rz9fovwmzvdx/AAC8
2-t5eEaGB_w7KDAyqIOGa?dl=0
Video:
https://vimeo.com/maybetogether/futurepostalservice
Technical Brief:
We bump the set in and out each day.
Bump in takes 2hours first day, 1.5hours second day.
Bump out takes up to 1 hour.
We can perform within community festival setting, or in
public space. If a public space it needs to be near good
foot traffic of adults walking past.
Technical Links:
Tech rider:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lcmp8bugjrdodwc/FPS_T
echRider.pdf?dl=0
Min. stage width: we require min 2.5x2.5m for each of
the four stations. See Tech rider for details.
Other Issues/warnings:
The cubby requires 300kg of sandbag ballast to be
supplied.
We require a FOH & 2 volunteers.
All other requirements are in tech rider.
Crewing Requirements
Each day we require a FOH & 2 volunteers from bumpin to bump-out.
This is a total of 8 hours per day.
Total Crew Hours: 8
Crew Notes: must have Working with Children Check.
Freight Notes:
Within Victoria we can pack the set in a hired Transit
Van or tour with our own standard van & small car.
Beyond Victoria we require freight of a 2 pallet crate.
Freight Vehicle: Transit Van.
Tourpack & technical pics/documents:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lcwv14btz4ozyty/AAC7Jy
b1xBa_v1blsYImw3dya?dl=0
Theatre Formats:
Outdoor level space with shade. We have performed on
grass and concrete.
Bump-in time: 1.5 to 2 hours
Bump-out time: 1 hour
When can you perform after bump-in? Immediately.
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In Between 2
Performance 4A in partnership with Multicultural Arts Victoria
Tagline: In between two cultures, two generations and
two musicians are the powerful stories and songs of
contemporary Australia.
Short Synopsis: Chinese-Australian MC and spoken
word artist Joel Ma (Joelistics) and Filipino-DutchAustralian producer and songwriter James Mangohig
(Sietta) explore the soundtrack of their mixed heritage
through music, storytelling and images.
Short Review: “In Between Sounds will surprise you,
when modern hip hop lands in your lap as if delivered
by a 60s beat poet… it will cause your heart to swell
just so that it can contain the beauty and emotion of
powerful storytelling about love, life and this land –
Australia.” Liz Trevaskis, presenter ABC Darwin
Written By: Joel Ma & James Mangohig
Directed By: Suzanne Chaundy
Starring: Joel Ma/James Mangohig/Caiti Baker/
Artform: Theatre/Music
This is a re-imagined existing work built specifically for
a confirmed project or tour.
Web Links:
http://www.performance4a.org.au
http://www.joelistics.com
http://www.elefanttraks.com/artists/sietta
Touring: March 2016
Duration: 75 mins
Interval: N/A
Remount: $13,275 + GST
Royalties: 12.5%
Music will be mostly original and performed live. If any
non-original material is performed it will be short
excerpts only.
Industry Reference
Name: Georgie Sedgwick
Venue: Darwin Festival
Contact: [email protected]
Performance History
Darwin Festival
Mapping Melbourne
2014
2014
James Mangohig and Joel Ma. Photo by Cesar Rodrigues
Performance 4a is the leading producer of
contemporary Asian Australian performance. At the
heart of all its acclaimed multi-artform works is great
storytelling. Its most recent production, Yasukichi
Murakami – Through a Distant Lens, sold out its
seasons at Darwin Festival 2014, and Griffin Theatre
Company Sydney (2015). The Serpent’s Table was the
hit of Sydney Festival 2014. Stories Then & Now
(2013) played to capacity audiences at Carriageworks
Sydney and OzAsia Festival Adelaide.
Contact
Name: Annette Shun Wah
Phone: 0423 052 355
State: NSW
Personnel
Name
Joel Ma
James Mangohig
Caiti Baker
TBA
TBA
Suzanne Chaundy
William Yang
Annette Shun Wah
TBA
Role
Confirmed Touring?
Performer
Yes
Yes
Performer
Yes
Yes
Performer
Yes
Yes
Musician
No
Yes
SM/Operator
No
Yes
Director
Yes
No
Dramaturg
Yes
No
Dramaturg
Yes
No
/Producer
Lighting Design No
No
Darwin Festival
Multicultural Arts
Victoria
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In Between 2
Performance 4A in partnership with Multicultural Arts Victoria
Reveals the personal stories that fuel the music of
these two very articulate, successful recording artists.
Joelistics’ album Blue Volume was named by Sydney
Morning Herald in its Top 20 albums of 2014.
Joelistics and Sietta have strong fan bases, so this is a
good cross-over to young hip hop audiences, and Triple
J listeners.
Culturally diverse work – appeals to Asian Australian
audiences, particularly Chinese and Filipino.
Media release; bios; production and marketing images;
video trailer. Poster and flyer templates to be provided
at a later date. Merchandising also available – CDs, Tshirts.
Music workshops suitable for high school Years 11/12.
Additional fee to be negotiated.
Some coarse language
Marketing Links:
Trailer – https://vimeo.com/123531438
(Password is IB2)
Marketing materials:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pygi2tr229b7pj8/AAD6u
2BjVH037wqrGwx5vQeba?dl=0
Technical Brief:
Combination of spoken word and live music piece
featuring extensive use of photographic image
projections, some video and live DJ.
Theatre Formats:
Ideally suited to Black Box and studio spaces.
When can you perform after bump-in? 2
Digital Projector and Screen. Pls advise if screen is
fixed or moveable. We will advise positioning.
Require provision of 2 x stools, 1 x trestle table, 1 x
guitar stand.
Other “staging” = screens provided by production
Min wing space: 0m
Bump In
Lighting: 2 crew for 6 hours
Sound: 1 crew for 3 hours
Staging: 1 crew for 3 hours
Other: AV op crew for 3 hours
Performance
Lighting: 1 crew for 1.5 hours
Sound: 1 crew for 1.5 hours
Other: AV op crew for 1.5 hours
Bump Out
Staging: 1 crew for 1.5 hours
Other: AV op crew for 1.5 hours
Total Crew Hours: 31.5
Crew Notes: May be possible for Company Stage
Manager to AV operate (will call cues for all)
Freight Notes:
Stage Manager will travel with gear
Freight Vehicle: Van
TBC – It is not envisaged that any requirements fill fall
outside of a standard rig and we can be very flexible
according to spaces. Any special colour required will
be provided by production
3 x Vox mics – handheld radio plus stands, D.I lines for
acoustic guitar and computer (5), mixer, speakers, fold
back
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The Trouble With Harry by Lachlan Philpott
MKA: Theatre of New Writing
Tagline: How far would you go to protect the world
you’d made?
Short Synopsis: Harry Crawford seems an ordinary,
decent bloke to the neighbours. He and wife Annie are
bringing up a boy and they all seem happy enough…
until a strange girl comes knocking. Then the trouble
begins. But how does it end in murder? And the
revelation of something even more shocking?
The Trouble with Harry written by Lachlan Philpott rips
back the curtains on the true case of Eugenia Falleni,
aka Harry Crawford, the notorious ‘Man-Woman’
murderer of 1920s Sydney. Challenging the notion of
the innocent woman duped, this new large-scale
production examines concepts of perversion and
complicity, of secret lives and secret deaths.
Short Review: ‘An eloquent example of what grown-up,
gender-conscious theatre is capable of achieving...’ ~
Irish Theatre Magazine ‘An unerring sense of
narrative...searingly poetic...’
Culture Northern Ireland
Written by: Lachlan Philpott
Billings: MKA : Theatre of New Writing
Performer/s: Maude Davey, Caroline Lee, Elizabeth
Nabben, Daniel Last, Emma Palmer & Dion Mills
Creative team: Alyson Campbell (Director), Eugyeene
The (Set & Costume Designer), Rob Sowinski (LX
Designer), Chris Wenn (Sound Designer)
Production Links:
http://www.mka.org.au/apam2014
http://www.mka.org.au/program/futureproductions/th
etroublewithharry
https://twitter.com/mkatheatre
Touring: April 2016
Duration: 90 mins
Remount: $14,871.76 + GST
Weekly Fee: $9,287.66 + GST
Royalties: 23%
Describe APRA obligations: None
Presenter Reference
Name: Beau McCafferty
Venue: Northcote Town Hall
Founded in 2010, MKA: Theatre of New Writing is
Australia's premiere international new writing theatre
company. A champion for new performance writers, the
company opens its doors not just to playwrights and
poets, but designers, choreographers, composers,
installation artists and actors. The more urgent, bold or
challenging the script, the better. MKA has since
staged 20 unique multi-award winning productions and
tens of thousands of punters have seen our work as it's
toured Australia and overseas building relationships
with organisations like Playwriting Australia, HotHouse
and Courthouse Arts and the Melbourne Writers
Festival.
Producer Contact
Name: John Kachoyan
Phone: 0407 143 999
State: VIC
Performance History
Northcote Town Hall
2014
Darebin City Council/MKA/Melbourne Festival
Personnel
The touring party consists of 8 people. Creatives
attached include Green-Room award winning designers
Rob Sowinski and Eugene The.
Name
Anni Finsterer
Meredith Penman
Dion Mills
Emma Pamler
TBC
TBC
TBA
Ketura Budd
Role
Confirmed Touring?
Harry
No
Annie
Yes
Man
Yes
Woman
Yes
Harry
No
Josephine
No
Tech Manager No
Stage Manager Yes
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The Trouble With Harry by Lachlan Philpott
MKA: Theatre of New Writing
Part who-done-it part history play this is a story of
humanity, gossip and sexual identity. It’s true-crime
nature is expertly blended into a theatrical and
dramatic experience. Hooks in particular are the
existing historical interest, books and articles about
Eugenia, true photos from the Police Museum (very
intriguing) and the plays high calibre, award-winning
writer behind hits like Silent Disco
The key audience for TTWH is curious, historically
interested and open. This is a beautiful, intriguing story
that appeals to a broad range of theatre goers and
new-comers alike beyond a specific LGBT crowd.
MKA has prepared cast-led workshops on gender
identity and history which can be tailored to various
demographics. MKA has an established New Writing
workshop engaging local audiences & artists in our
processes and equips them for their own playwriting.
Education kits for schools available.
Not suitable for children. Contains adult themes and
mild language but suitable for High Schools.
Marketing Links:
http://www.mka.org.au/apam2014
http://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/events/discoveri
ng-eugenia
Technical Brief:
The Trouble With Harry is a modular, moveable set that
requires sharp lighting and timing for sequences. There
is minimal rigging or over-head work.
Technical Rating: Medium
Theatre Formats:
Suitable for Proscenium arch, black box and town hall
spaces with existing lighting rig
When can you perform after bump-in? 2 hours
metal framed units on wheels - various designs to
make up doors, bars, windows, pictures, walls, beds
etc. (max frame height 2.5m, max frame width 3m - but
in smaller sections for transportation) Metal framed
table, 4 metal framed chairs, 4 metal framed bar stools
(all matching the set) 1.5m x 0.8m trolley
Min wing space: 1m
Fly system required? No Orchestra Pit Required? No
Effects Required? No
Piano Required? No
Wardrobe Requirements: Laundry/dryer with ironing
Other Issues/warnings: Smoke/haze machine required,
flashing light effects
Bump In
Sound: 1 crew for 1 hour
Staging: 1 crew for 1 hour
Performance
Bump Out
Total Crew Hours: 15
Crew Notes: The set is modular but lighting will need to
be pre-rigged and elements (i.e. tungsten bulb hung).
Freight Notes: The show design is established but not
yet packed for Australian touring given we are prepremiere.
Freight Vehicle: 1 tonne truck. To be driven by SM or
TM.
Over-head rig, basic warm and cool washes. Footlights
a bonus.
2 x Microphones and stands, basic mixing desk.
Bare stage – no blacks – exposed bricks were possible.
3 banks of footlights with various floods, birdies, and
pinspots (DSL, DSC, DSR). A single hanging enormous
industrial tugsten filament light bulb CS at 3m height. 7
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Boy Out of the Country
Larrikin Theatre
Tagline: A witty ensemble drama about a pair of
country boys' feud over a girl, the family estate and
their ageing mother's independence.
Short Synopsis: Helmed by a veteran cast of five,
featuring Jane Clifton, regional Victoria's desperate
economic underbelly is sliced open for all to see. A
family homestead, worthless for generations, is
suddenly rezoned as part of a regional residential
estate to accommodate an ever increasing urban
sprawl. Written by award winning playwright Felix
Nobis, the play uses a combination of subtle humour
and wit to showcase country- town Australia in a highly
entertaining light.
Photo:Sarah Walker
Short Review: A play infused with the vitality of Aussie
idiom and melodrama that crackles with
understatement and wit (The Age); Touching, funny,
raw, bittersweet, the play is at once uniquely Australian
and thematically universal (Australian Book Review);
...really hits home. This is a must tour (Richard Mitchell,
6 PAC)
Presenter Reference
Name: Mary Lou Jelbart
Venue: Fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane,
Melbourne Vic 3000
Contact:03 9662 9966
[email protected]
Written By: Felix Nobis
Directed By: Felix Nobis
Starring: Martin Blum, Christopher Bunworth, Jane
Clifton, Matt Dyktynski, Amanda LaBonte, Bang Mango
Cools
Artform: Theatre
Founded in October 2004 Larrikin Ensemble Theatre
brings together the combined talents, expertise and
experience of artistic director Chris Bunworth and
producer Wolf Heidecker. They create ‘comedy with a
conscience’ for the national and international market
place.
Production Links:
facebook - Boy out of the Country: reviews & news
http://www.boyoutofthecountry.com/
https://vimeo.com/80885079
Producer Contact
Name: Wolf Heidecker
Phone: 0413 555 630
State: Victoria
Touring: May 2016 - June 2016
Performance History
Venue
Year Presenter/Venue
Fortyfivedownstairs 2013 Fortyfivedownstairs
Duration: 95 mins
Interval: NA
Personnel
Per Show Fee: $2,184.00 + GST
Royalties: 10%
Describe APRA obligations:
None - i.e. original script directly licensed to producer
by playwright/director; original music/improvisations
performed live by composer as part of cast
Name
Role
Touring?
Martin Blum
Chris Bunworth
Jane Clifton
Matt Dyktynski
Amanda LaBonte
Bang Mango Cools
Wolf Heidecker
Richard Lyford-Pike
Actor
Actor
Actor
Actor
Actor
Musician
Tour Manager
Stage Manager
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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Boy Out of the Country
Larrikin Theatre
Marketing Selling Points: Humorous , Educational, It's
about us now in regional Australia
No strobe lights, no smoking, no weapons
Farmers, Students, Baby Boomers, Civic Leaders,
Lovers of the bush poetry of Banjo Paterson - Links to
the local social and economic realities of the respective
community via available media outlets.
Press Release, Company Bios, High Res Photos and
Production Collateral (Posters, Flyers, etc), Promo
Video, online marketing and social media.
Performance
Lighting: 1 crew for show call 3 hours
Tour-publicity could be provided by TS Publicity
($5,000)
Q&A after show
Frequently coarse language
Marketing Links:
facebook - Boy out of the Country: reviews & news
http://www.boyoutofthecountry.com/
Bump In
Bump Out
Total Crew Hours: 8 (+ 3 hours LX/Operator per show)
Crew Notes: producer provides a touring stage
manager who would be able to supervise Bump /In,
focus and plot.
Freight Notes:
Tech staff to travel in freight vehicle
Freight Vehicle: Light Van
Technical Brief:
Simple set, standard lighting
Technical Rating: Low
Theatre Formats: Proscenium Arch; Black Box; Thrust;
Town Halls
Bump-in time: 4.5 hours
Bump-out time: 2.0 hours
When can you perform after bump-in? 2.0 hours
standard rig in cold and warm, plus downstage
sidelight corridor. 10-12 specials, plus possible 4
toured pracs
musician is using his own PA-system
1 Office desk, 3 chairs, 1 bed, 1 arm chair, 1 side
table, duckboards/divider
Min. stage width: 8.0m
Min. stage depth: 8.0m
Min. stage height: 3.0m
Min wing space: 2.0m
Fly system required? Flybar to hang 2 pracs downstage
(only if possible)
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Death By Soprano
Isabel Hertaeg
Tagline: Sopranos must die, it's the rules of opera. An A-Z
cliff-notes to operatic demise, with props, costumes, an
impressive set of pipes and a higher death toll than a Jean
Claude Van Damme film. Catering to the Opera-Curious and
the seasoned Operaphile. Appreciation of opera not
required.
Short Synopsis: Death By Soprano satirically catalogues
operatic death scenes in an A-Z, cabaret romp through
Operatic Occupational Hazards.
Death By Soprano is a cabaret work and accompanying
photographic exhibition. The project is created with a great
love of opera, although it also embraces a loving
irreverence for her occasionally over-inflated ego.
Utilising slapstick, absurdism, dark-clowning and a healthy
dose of prop-humour, Death By Soprano portrays the final
moments in the lives of operatic heroines.
The show is created specifically for 'non-opera'
demographics, particularly comedy, cabaret and festival
audiences but also caters for lovers of classical music.
Short Review: "Looking for a good Melbourne Fringe
show? Try DEATH BY SOPRANO - opera's most morbid
moments celebrated with gusto, glee, great stagecraft and
an excellent voice." Richard Watts: RRR, Artshub.
3RRR Smart Arts Interview: http://www.rrr.org.au/whatsgoing-on/news/death-becomes-her/
Written By: Isabel Hertaeg
Directed By: Don Bridges
Designed By: Derek Ives
Starring: Isabel Hertaeg, Jo Abbott
Artform: Opera Cabaret
Remount of existing work
Web links:
www.DeathBySoprano.com
www.facebook.com/DeathBySoprano
https://youtu.be/ImJ2RlqqGts
Touring: May 2016 - June 2016
Duration: 75 mins
Interval: Optional Interval: 15 mins.
Min Break Between Perf: Day of vocal rest required
between performance days. Option to provide an alternate
show between performance days.
Weekly Fee: $6,000 + GST
Per Show Fee: $2,000 + GST
Royalties: 10%
Describe any APRA obligations: Theatrical context licence
Hertaeg and Georgia Laughton.
Not for Archival Use
Image courtesy of Isabel
Industry Reference
Name: Richard Watts, 3RRR, Arts Hub
Contact: 0433 369 089
Performance History
Melba Spiegeltent, Melbourne Fringe, 2014
Natimuk Hall, Nati Frinj Festival, 2013
La Mama, Explorations, 2013
Isabel Hertaeg (Actor/Soprano) is a cabaret artist of
international esteem. Isabel’s work has been described as
‘The Rarest of things... Theatre that mattered’ Arts Hub;
‘Radical, transgressive chic’ The Guardian, UK; ‘Gutsy and
Likeable’ Cameron Woodhead, The Age 2014.
As Soprano for Opera in the Air Isabel has performed opera
in regional Victoria on top of grain silos, on mountains,
cliffs, quarries and rooftops. Isabel’s cabaret work, La
Petite Mort presented several successful seasons in
Australia and overseas and was listed as 'Adelaide Fringe
Top 3 Shows' Adelaide Magazine, 'Best Bets of the
Melbourne Fringe' The Age, 'A truly original, delightful,
accomplished show' The Scotsman and 'Hot Pick' ABC
Classic FM's Limelight Magazine.
Death By Soprano enjoyed sell-out seasons at La Mama,
Nati Frinj, Perth Fringeworld and successful seasons at
Promethean, Adelaide Fringe and the Melba Spiegeltent,
Melbourne Fringe. The show is created specifically for
'non-opera' demographics.
Opera for regional, 'non-opera' audiences is a passion of
mine and features through my work; most notably in Opera
in the Air presented at Dookie Earthed 2014, Feeling the
Ceiling, Nati Frinj, 2011 and Death By Soprano, Nati Frinj
2013.
Contact
Name: Isabel Hertaeg
Phone: 0409162351
Email: [email protected] State: Victoria
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Death By Soprano
Isabel Hertaeg
Personnel
Name
Isabel Hertaeg
Jo Abbott
Anna Pidgeon
Role
Confirmed Touring?
Producer/Artist
Yes
Artist
Yes
Production Manager
Yes
Non-Touring Contributors:
Don Bridges: Director
Derek Ives: Dramaturg/Design
Jethro Woodward: Audio Design
Publicist TBC
'Interested in Opera but not sure you could sit through
several hours of a foreign language? Then this is the show
for you! **** 4 Stars Adelaide Theatre Guide
Death By Soprano is a show created for the 'opera-curious'.
Our target audiences are festival audiences; comedy,
cabaret, theatre and music theatre lovers as well as diehard classical music aficionados.
Death By Soprano is educational by nature and would
appeal to high school music students. While Death by
Soprano is not generally recommended for young children,
our youngest punter, Bram - Age 9 described it as 'Like
Death Metal' and 'Twice as good as Nitro Circus'.
Generic press release, company bios, hi-res production and
marketing images, poster and flyer templates, production
video, a radio advertisement.
A Publicist can be engaged at additional cost.
The show lends itself towards educational purposes and is
suitable for secondary school students. Educational and
community workshops in music, drama and photography
are available as accompaniments to the performance and
exhibition.
Contains depictions of violence. Not suitable for young
children: Parental Advisory to age 15.
Marketing Links:
Dropbox containing examples of a poster, press release,
images, radio add and marketing strategy.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k0yw94qade3ec4t/AACBbO
piJiJz7HvmQj374RR6a?dl=0
Technical Brief: Death By Soprano requires grid access to
hang 4 small rigging systems: 2 x bucket drops, 2 x ‘fly
systems’. (Max 5kg load - no live loads)
Theatre Formats:
Death By Soprano is a flexible show that can be tailored to
fit various venue sizes and styles. It fits best in a black box
space of 100-300 pax, we have also presented in the
Melba Spiegeltent, The Natimuk Hall (a 250 seat prosc
arch) and La Mama Theatre.
When can you perform after bump-in? Day 1, matinee
Lighting design is simple: 6 specials, general wash, front
and back lighting.
Approx: 12 parcans, 4 x profiles, 6 x MR16, 4 x phrenal
2 channel desk: laptop playback and PA
1 x headset mic: Shure SM35 or equivalent
Projector and screen required. Company can provide by
arrangement.
Stage: Piano and small table SR, Costume box and small
table USL
‘Rigging’: 2 x bucket drops rigged DSL, 2 x wimple fly
system rigged to overhead lighting bars centre stage or run
from in house fly systems.
Min wing space: 1m
Fly system required? If possible - our touring system can be
rigged to over stage lighting bars. (Max 5kg load.)
Orchestra Pit Required? No
Effects Required? Hazer, mirror ball.
Piano Required? Yes. Tuned to Concert Pitch. Grand
preferred, upright acceptable.
Death By Soprano uses confetti. Theatre will need to be
vacuumed after performances.
Electrics used: Standing lamp, Fan – Tested & tagged.
Naked Flame: One Candle placed on a table, lit for approx.
10 minutes.
Prop Gun: Very obviously a prop. Locked away between
shows.
Bump In: Staging: 1 crew for 4 hours/ Venue Lighting 1
Tech 4 hours
Performance Sound: 1 crew for 2 hours
Bump Out Staging: 1 crew for 2 hours /Venue Lighting 1
Tech 2 hours
Technical Links:
Designs will be available after remount period.
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Aussie Aussie Aussie
Circus Trick Tease
Tagline: Circus, beer and tricks on the barbie.
Short Synopsis: Aussie Aussie Aussie is a tongue-in cheek
political satire concerning different ideas of the evolving
Australian identity. Told from the perspective of a 5th
generation Australian, an American expat and an Iranian
applying for citizinship. The show features awe inspiring
acrobatics, beer can juggling, aerial keg, 3 meter high
handstands and (of course) standing on heads.
The work is highly inspired from our previous RAV tour and
is targeted at a regional audience… both established and
new Australians.
Short Review: “...a heart warming acrobatics act
demonstrating possession of grace, beauty, agility and
strength in equal measure.” The Scotsman (Scotland)
Directed By: Malia Walsh
Designed By: Tim Tropp
Starring: Malia Walsh, Farhad Ahadi
& Shannon McGurgan
Artform: Circus/Physical Theatre
This is a remount of an existing work
Web Links:
www.circustricktease.com
Multiple videos available on website
Touring: March 2016 - June 2016
Duration: 1hr, 10 mins
Interval: Optional, 15min
Min Break Between Perf: 3hrs
Royalties: NA
APRA obligations: TBC
Industry Reference
Name: Sarah Stewart
Venue: Garden of Unearthly Delights
Contact
Name: Malia Walsh
Phone: 0417 234 275
State: Vic
Photo credit: Katie Harmsworth, Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Circus Trick Tease is an award winning company with a
strong love of their country. After years of multiple trips to
the UK, US, NZ and Asia, we have discovered there is
nothing sweeter than touring our back yard.
Please see our website for a more detailed CV.
Performance History of Rural Areas
Venue
Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre
Williamstown Town Hall
Warrnambool Entertainment Centre
Wesley PAC
Colac COPACC
Kyneton Town Hall
Bendigo, Heathcote RSL
Bendigo, Elmore Mem Hall
Tallarook Mechanics Institute
Performing Upper Yarra Arts Centre
Buchan Hall
Mansfield Perf Arts Centre
Bernie Arts and Functions Centre
Melton Shire Council
4 week regional tour, Wales UK
4week regional tour, NZ
Newman WA
Year
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2011
2012
2013
Personnel
Name
Role
Confirmed Touring?
Malia Walsh
Performer
Yes
Farhad Adadi
Performer
Yes
Shannon McGurgan
Performer
Yes
Kiri Pederson
Stage Manage Yes
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Aussie Aussie Aussie
Circus Trick Tease
- The work touches on relevant and heated issues such as
immigration, discrimination and heritage.
- We all have strong human-interest stories.
- All Australian soundtrack
- We do really great press shots.
- Our previous RAV tour sold out majority of venues.
- CALD Audiences
- Rural Communities
- Circus, dance and theatre audiences
- 30-60 year olds
- Strong comedic elements
- People who like Australian rock and roll
- Hi res images
- Hi res poster and flier template
- 30 sec promo video
- Bio’s and human interest stories
All of the above will be easily accessible at our website
from Aug.
Additional: We intend to do acrobatic tricks next to town
icons to create social media interest and a possible
calendar/postcard.
We are available (and super flexible) for whatever you can
dream up,
Circus workshops available for schools and adult classes.
Skills available are Acrobatics, Hula Hoops, Clowning and
Human Pyramids available.
Our show is an adult show and contains adult themes.
However, it is tongue -in-cheek and not offensive or
obscene. Many children come to our past work and parents
often say they see worse on television.
Marketing Links: (from previous work)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-fWqUIJBvg
http://www.fringereview.co.uk/fringeReview/3460.html
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/comedy/longway-to-the-top-for-troupe-founder-20100410-rzw7.html
New trailer will be made post final development and
available in hi res for television commercials.
NB. Performers need 1.5hrs prep after bump in.
NB. 15min stage clearance in the case of a festival.
Lighting, Audio and Staging Requirements
All show requirements available after our final development
in August.
Our requirements will not be outrageous, standard
theatrical lighting with 4-6 specials, sound system, 1-2 mic
leads and a DI.
The Aerial (swinging Keg) aspect of our show can be
interchanged with an impressive ground based act if your
venue doesn’t support an aerial rig.
Our company has a firm belief of working with venues. If
you have a strange stage or unusual lighting rig, we
welcome the challenge.
Min. stage width:
Min. stage depth:
Min. stage height:
Min wing space:
4m
3m
5m
Optional
No Fly system, Orchestra Pit or Effects Required
Bump In
Performance
Bump Out
Crew Notes: Bump in/out staging crew optional.
Freight Vehicle: Tarago with trailer
Technical Brief:
We are very flexible with lighting, able to work with venue
operators to create something that works best in your
theatre. Our specific lighting design is available upon
request. Our touring party includes a stage manager who
will call the show.
Technical Links:
Available on our website from September 2015
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Miles & Simone
Miles O’Neil and Simone Stewart
Tagline: Heartbreaker country and folk music
Short Synopsis: When they perform, they cast a spell of
lonesome roads and oceans filled with heartbreak.
However, in between songs, their long friendship
shines through and they find it hard to stop cracking
jokes and telling stories.
Short Review: “What more can I say, Miles & Simone
are sublime” Sometimes Melbourne
Written By: Miles O’Neil and Simone Stewart
Starring: Miles & Simone
Artform: Music
Pierre Baroni
Web Links:
Milesandsimone.com
Touring: June 2016
Duration: 10-90 (flexible as its music)
Interval: NA (however, can play two sets)
Min Break Between Perf: 1 hour mins
Royalties: NA
The songs are registered with APRA
Industry Reference
Name: Ian Pidd
Venue: The Falls Music and Arts Festival
Contact: [email protected],au
Performance History
2014 Brunswick Music Fest
2014 Adelaide Cabaret Festival
2013 Arts Centre Melbourne - Speigeltent
2013 Mullumbimby Folk Festival
2013 Brisbane Powerhouse World Theatre Festival
2012 Melbourne International Arts Festival
As well as these, Miles and Simone have played
numerous music venues, around the country on tour.
Having been programmed in The Melbourne
International Arts Festival, The Brisbane Powerhouse
World Theatre Festival, The Adelaide Cabaret Festival,
The Famous Spielgeltent and supporting the likes of
Clairy Browne and the Banging Rackettes, Tinpan
Orange and Harry James Angus, Miles and Simone are
a much loved Australian musical duo.
They are dear friends and have been for quite some
time. Both Actors and musicians by trade, they met
during a production of Summer of the 17th Doll and
have been collaborating on various projects ever since.
Miles is a musician, actor and founding member of
internationally renowned band and performance group
The Suitcase Royale. Simone is an opera singer,
cabaret star and creator of the critically acclaimed
cabaret The Lovebirds.
Contact
Name: Miles O’Neil
Phone: 0410583534
State: Vic
Personnel
Name
Role
Confirmed Touring?
Miles O’Neil
Singer/musician
Yes
Simone Stewart Singer/musician
Yes
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Miles & Simone
Miles O’Neil and Simone Stewart
Heart-warming and heartbreaking music
16-100
Can play promo spots
Workshops
None
Marketing Links:
Website: milesandsimone.com
Twitter: @milesandsimone
Youtube videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTC57QLh5xs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVe8gJYxvPk
Bump-in time: 1 hour
When can you perform after bump-in? As soon as
soundcheck done
Bump In
Staging: NA crew for NA hours
Other: NA crew for NA hours
Performance
Bump Out
Lighting: 1 crew for 1 hour
Total Crew Hours: 8
Freight Notes: NA
Freight Vehicle: NA
Simple wash
2 mics
1 Di for guitar
Fold back wedges
NA
NA
Min. stage height: NA
Min wing space: NA
Fly system required? NA
Orchestra Pit Required? NA
Effects Required? NA
Piano Required? NA
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Dave Arden, Gunditjmara/Kokatha Songman & Storyteller
Dave Arden in partnership with Multicultural Arts Victoria
Tagline: Dave Arden, Gunditjmara/Kokatha Songman &
Storyteller
Short Synopsis:
The Dave Arden Gunditjmara/Kokatha, Songman &
Storyteller Show is a full band performance of 12
original songs and stories. The show takes the
audience on a journey into his two countries, of the
Gunditjmara & the Kokatha tribes, telling his story of
his family’s journey over four generations, delving into
the hope, joy and struggle of his tribal and urban life.
Short Review: The Dave Arden Gunditjmara/Kokatha,
Songman & Storyteller is great way to tell not only our
personal song lines, but that of our clans & tribes.
The more indigenous performers that get the
opportunity to tell their story the better.
Kutcha Edwards,
Proud Mutti Mutti, Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung
Boonwurrung Man
Written & Directed By: Dave Arden
Artform: Music and Theatre
This is a new work built prior to a remount of existing
work
Web Links:
Link to footage from showcase at Footscray Community
Arts Centre- http://www.daveaarden.com/#!the-davearden-show-promo-dvd/c1glv
Dropbox link https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6evjslvgjn2rnkm/AAA5Y
qRE0nAwhBitKKVz0q_La?dl=0
Touring: July 2016 - September 2016
Duration: 70 mins
Interval: N/A mins
Royalties: NA %
All songs original, registered with APRA
Industry Reference
Name: Lydia Fairhall – Creative Producer
Venue: Footscray Community Arts Centre
Contact: (03) 9362 8872 / [email protected]
Performance History
Footscray Community Arts Centre 2014
Dave Arden
Dave Arden has a proud history of touring extensively
Internationally & Nationally with noted Indigenous
Australian Artists and Band’s such as a former front
man for Koori Youth Band, and Guitarist & Vocalist with
Bart Willoughby and Mixed Relations in the 80’s and
Guitarist & Vocalist with Archie Roach and the late
Ruby Hunter in the 90’s and again in 2007 to 2010.
And also as a Co-Music Director & Performer for the
Black Arm Band in 2006 to 2010.
Dave Arden is a Kokatha/Gunditjmara Storyteller &
Songman. Dave comes from the Kokatha peoples of
the West Coast, South Australia. & The Gunditjmara
peoples in South Western, Victoria. His poetic songs
are inspired by a deep passion of love for country,
Dave’s upbringing and his family with whom he shares
a special, spiritual & cultural connection.
Dave Arden is now on a new stage & journey with his
solo career
Contact
Name: Dave Arden
Phone: 0488 377 639
State: VIC
Personnel
Name
Role
Confirmed Touring?
Dave Arden
Director/ Lead Vocalist YES
Violet Arden
Producer & Co-director YES
Tim McCormack Road Manager & Tech YES
Nick Karasavvidis Drummer
TBC
Mickey Chan
Lead Guitarist
TBC
Lucas Taranto Bass Player
TBC
Finlay Francois Keyboards
TBC
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Dave Arden, Gunditjmara/Kokatha Songman & Storyteller
Dave Arden in partnership with Multicultural Arts Victoria
This show represents a collective history between
indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. From freedom
fighters to Irish settlers, Gunditjmara soldiers in the world
wars to a new generation of culture keepers and leaders,
these important stories are interwoven with song and
music.
Using their existing networks, Dave and Violet Arden will
liaise with local Aboriginal communities to ensure they
have access to the show in each of the regional areas it
tours to.
These stories are relevant to all Australians. As we’ve seen
with the successes of productions and artists such as
Black Arm Band, Archie Roach and Bangarra Dance
Theatre, the wider public want to hear them.
Multicultural Arts Victoria will provide marketing support
through creating and distributing media releases,
Electronic Press Kits and designing and printing poster
template.
Paid advertising in local press
Dave will undertake cultural workshops in the local
community in schools, prisons and various community
organisations, covering Aboriginal history, cultural
awareness and song writing.
Projections contain images of Aboriginal people who have
deceased
Marketing Links:
http://www.daveaarden.com
Freedom Called ft. Paul Kelly
http://youtu.be/SAmWnxuK8n0
Screen and projector required for projections (slideshow of
images)
Band set up with projector
Min wing space: N/A
Fly system required? no
Orchestra Pit Required? no
Effects Required? no
Piano Required? no
Drum riser required
Bump In
Lighting: 1 crew for 2-3 hours
Sound: 2 crew for 2-3 hours
Performance
Bump Out
Lighting: 1 crew for 30mins
Sound: 1 crew for 30mins
Crew Notes: Company Stage Manager will assist theatre
techs in show set up
Freight Vehicle: Hire Van
Technical Brief:
Stage Plan attached
Theatre Formats:
Check stage plan –basic band set up with video projections
on a screen
When can you perform after bump-in? Straight away
Simple warm wash lighting with spotlight on lead
vocalist/storyteller
PA for basic 5 piece band – Stage Plan available
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SUPERGIRLY: Return of the Pop Princess
Lab Kelpie / Lulu McClatchy
Tagline: SuperGirly is here to give pop music the
lashing it deserves!
Short Synopsis:
An all-singing, all-glamour laughfest that skewers all
those headline-grabbing celebs and pop-singers right
through their shallow hearts and to the tune of their
own songs - all delivered by an adorably insane
character who secretly wants to be one of them!
Joined by her personal man-slave “Bradley Cooper” in a
side-splitting night full of music and comedy that will
have you screaming, laughing and wincing all at the
same time!
“A pop epiphany!” (The Guardian Australia)
“It’s a big call, but this could be the funniest live show I
have ever seen.” (Weekend Notes)
Created and Written By: Lulu McClatchy
Co-Conceived with: Lyall Brooks
Starring: Lulu McClatchy and Lyall Brooks
Artform: Comedy, Cabaret, Theatre
This is a remount of an existing work.
Web Links:
www.cyberpaddock.net.au/production/2413
www.labkelpie.com/touring
Touring: August 2016
Duration: 120 mins
Interval: 20 mins
Royalties: 12%
The producers will cover APRA obligations.
Presenter Reference
Gary McMahon
Chapel off Chapel
(03) 8290 7000
Performance History
Premiere: Chapel off Chapel, 14 performances, 2014
Return: Chapel off Chapel, 3 performances, 2014
Previous SuperGirly projects have sold out shows in
Edinburgh Fringe, Just For Laughs Montreal and on the
West End. SuperGirly has supported Elton John on his
Australian tour, appeared on ABC’s Spicks and Specks
and hosted her own BBC comedy series in the UK.
Image by Sarah Walker. Design by Lab Kelpie
Producer History and Background:
Lab Kelpie was created to become a trusted, long-term
provider of accessible, high-quality theatre in both
metro and regional areas. We attract new theatre-goers
with shows they will understand and enjoy, while still
challenging those whose experience or appetites
demand it. They have produced both sell-out seasons
of this project as well as 2013’s commercially
successful season of Neil LaBute’s Fat Pig.
www.labkelpie.com
Lulu McClatchy has produced several UK tours of
SuperGirly, a West End season at the New
Ambassadors Theatre, and four sell-out Edinburgh
shows: SuperGirly World, SuperGirly: Busting Out,
SuperGirly: Two-Faced and SuperGirly Greatest Hits.
Producer Contacts
Lyall Brooks
0408 59 59 39
[email protected]
State: VIC
Lulu McClatchy
0400 79 88 22
[email protected]
State:VIC
Personnel:
The touring party consists of 4 people; all are
confirmed touring.
Name
Lulu McClatchy
Lyall Brooks
Douglas Montgomery
Jessie White
Role
SuperGirly
“Bradley Cooper”
LX / Tour Manager
SM / Sound / Wardrobe
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SUPERGIRLY: Return of the Pop Princess
Lab Kelpie / Lulu McClatchy
• An act with past international success - and
celebrity stories!
• Performers with recognisable profiles and a wealth
of experience.
• A non-stop night of pure entertainment.
• Terrific bar-earner!
SuperGirly has delighted audiences all around the world.
You don’t have to be pop-culture-savvy; the material is
written and delivered so that even if you don’t “know” the
song or celebrity, you will get the jokes. There are even
some classic songs such as “Fever” and “I Still Call
Australia Home” parodied.
“A show you can bring your girlfriend, boyfriend, best friend
or Great Aunt Betsy to.” (Lip Magazine)
Couples, groups of mums, footy clubs, randoms who
walked into the wrong theatre - they’ve all experienced
SuperGirly and come out RAVING!
Our marketing - for all previous projects - is quirky, clickable
and highly effective. As well as access to our bank of
images, posters, banners, bios, interviews and other
collateral, we will work with each venue to tailor and deliver
the marketing materials you need, and can even
collaborate on the rollout of a marketing plan that works
and is on brand for both of us.
Workshops and guest classes in comedy/playbuilding are
available for community groups if sought, but ultimately
this is “event” theatre for presenters - slightly ridiculous,
completely hilarious, purely entertaining.
We recommend a PG/M16+ rating (strong language).
Marketing Links:
Technical Brief:
• Medium (C) Technical Rating
• Most aspects (furniture, scaff, prac lights, hazers)
will travel with the production.
• Flexible staging available. We invite presenters to
discuss your specific space queries with us.
• Basic 24-channel design provided for pre-rigging
• Rig on which scaff pipes can be under-mounted,
for hanging prac lights, curtains and kabuki drop
(TBC)
• An EXCELLENT quality PA suitable for live vocal
performances
• Input for wireless receiver and iPad or similar.
• Producer supplies mics, stands and iPad.
A contained “room” delineated by red velvet curtains: 5m
wide at US “wall” opening to 7m DS. Front curtain hides
stage until kabuki drop in opening number. Large old-style
theatre-light sign hung DS of kabuki curtain.
Set consists of chaise longue, a 2mx1m L-shaped wet bar,
large cane peacock chair, 2 side tables, 2 bar stools, small
pouffe, prac floor lamp and prac table lamp. Several prac
chandeliers and mirror ball hang from grid. Refer to images
in links.
Min wing space: 1.5m
Fly system required? Not essential but can use.
Bump In
Across venue (lighting, sound, staging)
At least 1 crew for 6 hours
Performance
Sound: 1 crew TBC for 4 hours
Bump Out
Across venue (lighting, sound, staging)
At least 1 crew for 4 hours
Total Crew Hours: 14 hours
Freight Notes:
Freight Vehicle: 3.5-tonne van (Mercedes Sprinter or
similar)
Technical Links:
Theatre Formats:
Quite flexible. Pros Arch, Black Box, Thrust.
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Loose Ends
Jens Altheimer
Tagline: A kooky off the wall story, set in a wondrous and
unpredictable tinkering heaven
Short Synopsis: Loose Ends is a touring family show,
combining custom-built contraptions, puppetry, circus,
shadow projection, music and transformed objects to a
visual theatre extravaganza.
It is a story about friendship, fake values, loss and
perseverance, settled in a whimsical world of halfmechanised thingamabobs and headstrong puppets.
Built from hard rubbish or op-shop treasures, the set is a
celebration of the capricious: household items are
transformed and given new uses and contexts, thus
offering a humorous and surprising new look at things.
Cute puppets get heart-broken and turn into naughty
baddies, a model train creates magic moving shadows,
Elmo loses his fur and wacky contraptions appear: off-beat
rules!
The show will have an educational post-show component,
as well as offering the opportunity to be combined with
different workshops prior to or after the performance.
It can travel with its own technical equipment and can be
performed in all kind of (also remote) venues.
Written By: Jens Altheimer
Directed By: Jens Altheimer
Designed By: Jens Altheimer
Starring: Jens Altheimer
Artform: Visual Theatre, Object Theatre, Circus
This is a new work built prior to a confirmed project or tour.
It will open 22th September 2015 at the Shirley Burke
Theatre in Kingston.
Web Links:
Support Material
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ebgzi99544quuxg/AABC6m
A_9TVTlm_J7F978dOXa?dl=0
WIP Teaser: https://vimeo.com/124080851
Touring: September 2016 - October 2016
Duration: 60 mins
Interval: NA
Min Break Between Perf: 45mins
Remount: $0 + GST
Royalties: NA
Describe any APRA obligations: NA
Industry Reference
Name: Marisa Cesario
Venue: Kingston Arts Centre
Photo: Melinda Ballard
Performance History
Show will open 22. September 2015 at the Shirley Burke
Theatre in Parkdale
Jens Altheimer, who relocated from Europe to Melbourne in
2009, is a performer, director and teacher in theatre and
circus, trained at the Lecoq International School of Theatre
in Paris.
Zealous frontman of his one-man shows, quirkologist,
established collector, inventor and transformer of
thingamabobs and other wondrous oddities of day to day
life.
Jens Altheimer is currently touring his prior production
“Squaring the Wheel” nationally and internationally. By the
end of 2015, the show will have had approx 260
performances. It was the 2013 winner of “Best
Presentation for Children” at the Adelaide Fringe Festival.
http://squaringthewheel.blogspot.com.au
He also has been running workshops and community arts
projects with different organisations (Creative Victoria,
Artplay, Theatre Kimberley) and as an extra component on
his tours.
Contact
Name: Jens Altheimer
Phone: 0419 031 021
State: VIC
Personnel
Name
Jens Altheimer
Tom Strode
Role
Confirmed Touring?
Performer & Producer Confirmed
Technician
TBC
The project brings to theatres and communities an unusual
and popular mix of strange mechanisms, quirky puppetry
and circus, bridging between art, science and education.
It encourages a creative approach to tinkering, inventing
and thinking out of the box.
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Loose Ends
Jens Altheimer
Innovative, interactive and fun theatre
Highly visual, interactive and inclusive
Community engagement through the possible combination
with creative tinkering workshops as well as physical
theatre and circus workshops
Special school- tailored educational workshops
Designed for touring to urban and remote venues: can be
travelling with its own technical gear to allow performances
in unequipped, single phase venues
Families, Schools
(to be prepared)
High res pictures
Trailer
Website
Curriculum related teacher’s resource pack to allow
schools to follow up the tinkering / technological elements
of the show
Facebook page
Templates for flyers and poster
Workshop program in three different areas:
-
Creative tinkering (several proposals)
Physical theatre
Possibility of black out or evening show
Min. stage depth: 6.5m
Min wing space: - m
(all measurements tbc)
Fly system required? No
Piano Required? No
Bump In
Lighting: 2 crew for 2 - 4hours
Staging: 0 crew for hours
Other: 0 crew for hours
Performance
Lighting: 0 crew for hours
Sound: 0 crew for hours
Staging: 0 crew for hours
Bump Out
Lighting: 0 crew for hour
Sound: 0 crew for hour
Circus
The workshops are flexible in length and the age of
participants
Children and adults activities possible
Creative tinkering workshops can culminate in a public
showing of the created materials
Freight Notes: To be defined yet
Marketing Links: to be prepared
Freight Vehicle: Show travels in a 1 t van
Technical Brief: Set will consist of 4 tables on wheels, a
contraption, also on wheels and two retro fitness
machines.
Technical Links: not available yet
Theatre Formats:
Blackbox/ stage theatres
Town halls (the company provides their own sound and
lighting equipment where necessary)
Bump-in time: 2 - 4 hours (yet to be defined)
When can you perform after bump-in? 10 min
General wash, 8 profiles, 10 pars, 4 fresnels
We connect our laptop and mic to the existing house PA
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Wind in the Willows
La Boite
Tagline: A fresh new take on a classic tale of adventure and
fun featuring one of Australia’s most loved performers.
Short Synopsis: This is a charming, classic tale of
adventure and discovery, in a brand-new one-man
adaptation - starring Luke Carroll (Play School, Black
Diggers). Kenneth Grahame’s rollicking tale of four
woodland creatures is one of the true enduring classics of
children’s literature and writer/director team Maxine Mellor
and Kat Henry have given it a fresh coat of paint. Join
Ratty, Mole, Badger and the incorrigible Mr. Toad on their
journeys, trials and misadventures around the river, the
Wild Woods and beyond. Featuring a magical set with
plenty of surprises throughout, and playful costuming and
props,
The Wind in the Willows will take badgers (small and large)
on a heartfelt and humorous adventure that explores
humanity, time and the value of friendship these summer
school holidays. For children aged 4 - 12 and anyone who
enjoys messing about in boats.
Short Review: “Fun, full of life…The adults are having just
as much fun as the kids.” Aussie Theatre
Written By: Kenneth Grahame in a new version by Maxine
Mellor
Directed By: Kat Henry
Starring: Luke Carroll
Art Form: Children’s Theatre
Production Links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAA6cKrezio&feature
=youtu.be
Duration: 60 mins without interval
Interval: NA
Min Break Between Perf: 2 hours
Per Show Fee: na
Royalties: 12%
Describe APRA obligations: all original music
Presenter Reference
Name: James Fischer
Venue: Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre
Image by Dylan Evans
History and Background:
La Boite has always had a strong relationship with regional
and remote Australia. Since 2006
La Boite has had a relationship with a number of
communities in the Surat Basin, collaborating with schools
and communities to create performances grounded in the
local community.
Touring work to regional Australia continues to be an
important part of our work
Contact
Name: Glyn Roberts Program Manager
Phone: 07 3007 8622
State: QLD
Performance History
La Boite 2015 La Boite Theatre Company
Penrith 2015 Joan Sutherland PAC
Name
Luke Carroll
TBA
TBA
Andrew Cory
Role
Cast
Touring Tech
Stage Manager
Community
Engagement
Confirmed Touring?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Reimagined classic of children’s literature brought to life by
one of Australia’s most loved performers.
Children between the ages of 4 and 10 and their families
Trailer: 30 Sec and 2min cinema and online-ready trailer
Exceptional print-quality free Production and Rehearsal
photography
Poster, flyer and print advertisements
Social media posts and campaign material
Media release with existing review quotes.
Activity books, for merchandise and program material
Print advertising
Additional merchandise
Comericals for TV and radio.
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Wind in the Willows
La Boite
1. Post-show Q&A with actors
2. In-schools or community performances
3. Workshops
4. Writing workshops with Maxine Mellor
No
Min wing space: 1m
Effects Required? See staging description
Piano Required? No
Marketing Links:
password: willows15
Other materials on request
No
Technical Brief:
The set consists of 3 staging sections or ‘islands’, Island 1
dimensions are 4800mm deep and
4800mm wide, Island 2 - 2400mm deep and 3100mm
wide, Island 3 – 1500mm Deep and
1300mm wide. The set pieces rake from 600mm high to
400mm high over the three islands.
Island 2 contains a small wooden boat. All pieces are
constructed in sections with plywood
frame and plywood floor. Please see set plans attached for
further details. Set contains minor
automation (flowers) built into the set. These are controlled
via a dimmer channel. Set
Electrics – TBC.
BUMP IN
2 x Lighting Technicians x 4 hours
1 x Sound Technician x 2 hours
2 x Staging Technician x 4 hours
(Sound and one Staging Technician could be the same
person)
All Personnel to assist with unloading the truck
Will provide schedule closer to date.
Technical Links: Can be provided on request.
Theatre Formats:
Technical Rating C – Theatres with stage size of 10m x 8m
(can be adapted for some smaller venues). No fly tower
required. Some rigged snow and leaf drops. Can be
adapted for most rigs.
Bump-in time: 4 hours (to set up at a pre-rigged venue)
Bump-out time: 3 hours (to pack up after the show)
When can you perform after bump-in? 1 hour after
PERFORMANCE
No Operating Technicians required
Everything operated by Touring Production Manager/Head
Technician
BUMP OUT
1 x Lighting Technician x 3 hours (not set back to standard)
2 x Stage Crew x 3 hours (not set back to standard)
(All Personnel to assist with loading the truck if required)
Freight Vehicle: 3.5T Truck
Standard rig but can be reconfigured to the most simple of
lighting capabilities.
1x Mac Pro running QLab software
1x Motu UltraLight
1x Shure Wireless Mics with receivers
na
1 x DMX Snow Machine (1200mm wide x 250mm deep)
1 x Leaf Drop – Details TBC
1 x Steering Wheel Drop – Details TBC
1 x Weather Balloon on rope and pulley. (Moon/Sun)
Flowers – 12 Volt Car antennas and DMX relay controls
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Boredom Protection Policy
Rod Quantock
Tagline: Political Comedy by Australia’s “National Treasure”
Rod Quantock
Short Synopsis: Rod Quantock's stand-up comedy show
"Boredom Protection Policy" debuted in 2002 at Trades
Hall Melbourne to critical and popular acclaim. The 75
minute show (or 120 mins with an interval) is a solo show
about contemporary politics and society from Australia’s
longest serving comedian Rod Quantock. In this
incarantion, Rod revisits the issues that dominated self and
scoeity thirteen years ago and applies a 2015 lens. His
passion hasn’t waned a bit.
Short Review:
The Age, August 5 2002, Reviewer: Helen Thomson
“Of course, Rod Quantock and his audiences are anything
but bored by our border protection policy… His subjects are
many: Andrew Bolt, the World Economic Forum, George
Bush and his Axis of Evil, Warracknabeal's passionfruit
sponges, tram conductors and, of course, Tampa,
Woomera, Philip Ruddock and, saved for a wonderfully
comic act of revenge at the end, John
Howard…Occasionally brilliant observations only whet our
appetite for more, like the description of Ruddock's
"cryogenic charm". So he sends us off at interval, having
laughed mightily for nearly an hour but without a clue
where it might all be leading. In the second half, however,
he reveals a clever thread of connectedness in all the
muddle… Once again, Quantock delivers telling blows to
the right with disarming humour, cunningly disguised
intelligence and idiosyncratic charm.”
Written By: Rod Quantock
Starring: Rod Quantock
Artform: Stand-up Comedy
Web Links:
http://www.quantock.com.au
Touring: September 2016 - November 2016
Duration: 120 mins
Interval: 20 - 30 mins
The Age Newspaper
Industry Reference
Name: Susan Provan, Director
Venue: Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Contact: 0418 376 970
Performance History
This show: Trades Hall Melbourne, 2002
In general: Rod has been on stage for 47 years. Literally.
Nelly Thomas is a performer, director and producer who
has been working in the comedy industry since 2002.
She’s mounted several of her own shows and directed and
produced many more both locally and internationally.
Highlights include producing Rod Quantock for the 2014
Melbourne Fringe, Directing Stella Young for the 2014
Melbourne Comedy Festival, Directing Maria Bamford for
the 2006 Melbourne Comedy Festival and performing in 14
festivals with her own shows. See: www.nellythomas.com
Contact
Name: Nelly Thomas
Phone: 0413 583 447
State: Vic
Personnel
Name
Rod Quantock
TBA
Role
Performer
Tech
Confirmed Touring?
Confirmed
Per Show Fee: $n/a + GST
Royalties: 10%
none
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Boredom Protection Policy
Rod Quantock
• Forty seven years on the stage
• A frequently described “national treasure”
• Accolades as long as his patience with his home
country is short
Rod Quantock has a committed and loyal niche following of
people who are interested in politics, society and the
environment and, indeed, anyone who likes smart and
funny comedy. Despite stereotypes to the contrary, there is
an enormous audience of people who fit into those
categories in rural Australia. Issues like climate change,
refugee resettlement and reconciliation (to name a few of
Rod's favourites) are not theoretical considerations for
rural Australians - they represent lived experience. Rod
speaks to these issues.
Besides, whether people remember him from his "Captain
Snooze" days or just want to check out the "funny old
Pinko-Commie", when Rod arrives in town, audiences
come. Rod also gives very good press which makes him a
publicist’s dream.
Rod’s age makes him attractive to the 40+ demographic,
but his contemporary, cutting and anti-establishment
politics appeal to younger generations.
High res Images and press quotes are available and ready
to go. The poster will need to be re-designed to reflect
contemporary issues.
Small stage large enough for a human and a chair.
Min wing space: 1m
Fly system required? no
Orchestra Pit Required? no
Effects Required? no
Piano Required? no
n/a
Total Crew Hours: If the venue has basic lights, a mic and a
stage our tech will set everything up. This production really
is as low-tech as one can get. As long as people can see
and hear Rod, he’s happy.
Freight Notes:
n/a
Freight Vehicle: If Rod has small items/props he’ll bring
them in his Subaru
Rod is open to talking to local school students about
climate change (which he regularly does in Melbourne and
around the country).
Limited coarse language.
Marketing Links:
http://www.quantock.com.au
Technical Brief:
Very low-key. Rod literally needs a stage, some basic lights
and microphone. No AV or any other special requirements.
Bump-in time: 10 mins
Bump-out time: 10 mins
When can you perform after bump-in? Immediately
Basic wash. Spot if available but not necessary.
Basic sound system with hand-held mic.
n/a
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My Life in Boxes
Gravity Dolls
Tagline: My Life in Boxes unpacks the story of a
pathological hoarder. How long can you hold onto
something, and to what end?
Short Synopsis: Faced with her own morality and
armed with a brave face, Elise welcomes the
volunteers to help pack down her hoard. As her world
shifts beneath her, life-defining moments are animated
with magical realism and memories take on new
meanings in her final stages of life.
Exploring themes of grief, guilt, gender-equality and
happiness, My Life in Boxes unfolds between the past
and the present, the ground and the air, in a unique
theatrical experience coloured by circus, movement
and text.
Short Review:
‘Unexpected, distinctively unique and layered with joy,
comedy, love, grief and loss’ Rip It Up - Cordelia Woods
Written By: Tarah Carey
Directed By: Maude Davey
Designed By: Gravity Dolls
Starring: Tarah Carey & Tim Rutty
Artform: Theatre-Circus
Web Links:
http://www.gravitydolls.com/projects-3/my-life-inboxes/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/GravityDolls/818980511463153
https://twitter.com/Gravity_Dolls
https://www.youtube.com/user/gravitydolls
Touring: October 2016
Duration: 60 mins
Interval: NA
Min Break Between Perf: 3 hours
Remount: $8990.50 + GST
Royalties: 9%
Two songs with base APRA fee. All rights have been
available for seasons to date.
Photo by Sarah Walker
Performance History
2014 The Substation
2015 The Melba Spiegeltent
2015 The Lotus Palace
Melbourne Fringe
Adelaide Fringe
Gravity Dolls is a collaboration between Tim Rutty and
Tarah Carey. The pair was first introduced in 2012
when a mutual work and study place brought them
together. After developing respect and appreciation for
each other’s work, the pair investigated the possibility
of collaborating to blend their passions for theatre and
circus. This passion sparked a vision to create stories
that encompass the entire performance space,
challenging the laws of gravity and invoking a sense of
magical realism in their play, and thus, the name
Gravity Dolls was born.
Contact
Name: Tarah Carey
Phone: 0408 074 158
State: VIC
Personnel
Name
Tim Rutty
Tarah Carey
Stage Manager
TBC
Role
Confirmed Touring?
Performer
Yes
Performer
Yes
Stage Manager Yes
Tech
Yes
Industry Reference
Name: Anna Pidge
Venue: The Melba Spiegeltent
Contact: 03 9676 0300
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My Life in Boxes
Gravity Dolls
A beautiful, intriguing story with global themes, coloured by
circus, movement and text expertly blended into a unique
theatrical experience.
This show has a simple lighting design - most states can be
achieved with general washes and minimal side lighting /
specials.
The main target market for MLIB is adults aged 18-35 with
a strong secondary market in seniors. Beyond this the show
will resonate with romantics, the socially conscious,
feminists, environmentalists as well as lovers of theatre
and people who have suffered loss.
Use of quality in-house sound system to play sound from
our laptop.
Generic press release, company bios, hi-res production and
marketing images, poster and flyer templates, a 2 min
promo video
Edit of promo for TV commercial – approx. $300
Short interview/ doco series with key creatives – approx.
$1000
Community Engagement Activities:
Workshops for acting, circus or physical theatre.
A curated story telling evening where members of the
public are invited to share their stories behind their
household treasures.
Infrequent course language
Subject matter and themes may be inappropriate for young
children
Marketing Links:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1i27p73ihoaggeb/AAD8M5
GI7WQcTcn51hgkaFG9a?dl=0
Technical Brief:
My Life in Boxes has a modular moveable set and requires
a minimum of two rigging points. Gravity Dolls have a
freestanding rig if rigging in the venue is not possible.
Technical Links:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n79zoa6na2ef14d/AACiixP9
SVXbX1b1w7vksOrGa?dl=0
Theatre Formats:
Thrust, Flexible, Intimate Spaces, Cabaret Spaces, Town
Hall, Black Box
Bump-out time: 90mins
When can you perform after bump-in? The evening of the
first day.
Our set is comprised of a table and large-scale origami-like
cardboard boxes that fit together like lego. The stage is set
with the table in the centre, an archway (made of boxes)
behind it and the remaining boxes piled to conceal the
table. During the performance the boxes are moved and
the arch pulled apart. It is a flexible design that is easily
adapted.
Min wing space: N/A
Show is designed for in the thrust with movement through
the audience. We can work with the venue on how to best
achieve this in their space
Bump In
Performance
N/A
Bump Out
N/A
Total Crew Hours: 4
Crew Notes: A tech and stage manager are touring with the
show. They will bump in, operate the show and bump out. If
the venue requires a tech to be present for bump in,
performance and/ or out this would need to be added on.
Freight Notes:
Minimum freight: The boxes and table collapse for travel.
The freestanding rig collapses to 2m sections.
Freight Vehicle: A minivan or wagon with similar boot
capacity.
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Waking Up Dead
HeLD Productions
Tagline: How do you grieve for someone you shared a life
with, when that life was a lie?
Short Synopsis: Waking Up Dead explores the story of an
ordinary woman whose husband disappears and is then
found to have been murdered. Through the investigation of
his death, it becomes clear that he led an elaborate secret
life.
Following such shocking events, how does the woman go
on with her life? If so much of her life and identity was built
on secrets and half-truths, how does she know who she is?
With the use of a giant drawing-board, in a beautifully
rendered, intimate atmosphere, the woman recreates key
memories of her lost relationship, grappling with the
complex nature of love, identity and betrayal.
Short Review: ‘…an organic work that has been launched
with integrity by three consummate talented women for a
thinking audience. Beautiful acting and clever direction and
an extremely interesting story all come together strongly.’
Susan Sandow, Stage Whispers
Written By: Trudy Hellier
Directed By: Susie Dee
Designed By: Callum Morton
Starring: Caroline Lee and Ian Moorhead
Artform: Theatre
A remount of existing work
Web Links:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/arts/theatrereview-waking-up-dead-fortyfivedownstairs/story-fni0fcgk1227048953446
http://performing.artshub.com.au/newsarticle/reviews/performing-arts/mark-brandi/waking-updead-245709
http://theatrepress.com.au/2014/09/07/review-carolinelee-in-waking-up-dead/
Touring: November 2016
Duration: 58 mins, no interval
Royalties: 13%
Image: Callum Morton
Following a successful season of Waking Up Dead at
fortyfivedownstairs theatre in Melbourne in September
2014, and a remount in a private home in February 2015,
HeLD Productions is committed to enabling a wide variety
of audiences to experience this wonderful show. It is an
ideal touring work, being flexible and compact, and it tells a
compelling, moving story which has relevance for anyone
who has experienced the depth and complexities of longterm relationships.
Contact
Name: Trudy Hellier
Phone: 0423014232
State: Victoria
Personnel
Name
Caroline Lee
Ian Moorhead
TBC
Role
Confirmed Touring?
Performer
Y
Snd/LX Op/Performer
Y
Stage/Tour Manager
N
Strong story, bold design, broad appeal
Waking Up Dead won the RE Ross Trust Script
Development Award; Trudy Hellier has been nominated for
a 2014 Green Room Award for Best Writing in Waking Up
Dead
The key target audience for Waking Up Dead are people
who are middle-aged or older; people who are living in and
have lived through long-term relationships and marriages;
people who have experienced the complexities, difficulties
and joys of sharing a life and a history with another person.
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Waking Up Dead
HeLD Productions
3.5 minute video, Publicity Images, Flyer,
Press Release, Facebook/Twitter
Waking Up Dead is extremely flexible. It has two formats,
one large and one small, and thus can be performed in
traditional black box/studio theatres, in galleries, or in
other medium-sized or small spaces for example libraries,
halls, stately homes and also private homes.
We believe this offers an exciting possibility for the work to
go out into the community in new and interesting spaces
which makes the work very accessible and encourages
engagement with the work and with theatre in general.
Marketing Links:
Short Promotional Video https://vimeo.com/122497656
Password: WUD
Preview article:
http://artsreview.com.au/waking-up-dead/
Dropbox:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rpz6dm74mreth8v/AAC8D6
U4VbCHGOAA4gjDM7CZa?dl=0
Technical Brief:
Waking Up Dead is performed on a vinyl roll which is
supported from behind by wooden flats/wall. The vinyl roll
is drawn on through the course of the performance with
charcoal.
There is a sound operator/performer who sits at his sound
desk by the side of the stage.
The show can be staged in two formats.
Large: the large vinyl roll is 4 m W, 4 m D and 3 m H
Small: the small vinyl roll is 2 m W, 2 m D and 2.5 m H
Theatre Formats:
Black box theatres, gallery spaces, heritage houses, large
private homes. Max 250 people
Not suitable for traditional proscenium arch theatres or
spaces with a raised stage
One wall. Ground-supported via traditional bracing.
1x timber header attached to top of wall
White vinyl roll attached to top of wall, runs down facia and
out onto the floor. Vinyl size = (large format) 4m wide x 4m
deep x 3 m high; (small format) 2m wide x 2m deep x 2.5 m
high
1x trestle table & chair – for operator
1x aluminium ladder – used during show
1x small metal trolley
Min. stage width: Large 6m; Small 3m
Min. stage depth: Large 8m; Small 5m (measurements
include room required for wall support)
Min. stage height: Large 4m; Small 3m
Bump In
(time is based on a pre-rig having taken place)
No crew required during performance
Bump Out
Freight Notes:
Waking Up Dead can tour in a transit van with roof racks
able to accommodate the large 7m long vinyl sheet
When can you perform after bump-in? 2-3 hours
Basic LX design. No more than 9 LX cues.
Heavy top light wash (1x colour). Front wash and some high
side support. A few specials.
LX plan flexible depending on venue infrastructure. LX desk
required onstage ideally, but could be operated with inhouse operator
Basic FOH L&R mix. Small sound desk on stage, two
powered speakers
Show operated onstage via Q-lab / Mac laptop by touring
sound designer
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The Ballad of Backbone Joe
The Suitcase Royale
Tagline: Junkyard theatre comedy
Short Synopsis: Bringing a suitcase full of Junkyard
theatre, visual trickery, dark humour and rag’n’bone
live music. The Ballad of Backbone Joe tells a
hilariously daft and gruesome tale of a murder set in a
small country town, in their unique, comedic, Mighty
Boosh-esque style.
Undefeated bare-knuckle boxer Backbone Joe has a
right hook “as quick as a spun tea-bag” but repeated
blows to the head have left him a bit slow to process
little details. Like, did he really kill his wife by throwing
her off a bridge? Abattoir owner and fight promoter
Messy Dimes Dan is only too happy to fill in the blanks.
Can Detective Von Trapp ease poor Joe's troubled
mind?
When they are not performing, operating their own
lights and triggering primitive visual effects, the actors
morph into musicians, pick up drums, guitar and
double bass and rattle off foot-stompin' street blues
from side of stage.
“Wallace and Grommet meet David Lynch, five
stars.” Montreal Gazette
“like an inspired collaboration between Nick Cave and
the League Of Gentlemen” The Guardian
“Every once in a while a show has the power to beguile
its audience with the sheer breadth of its originality.
They are superb, four stars.” The Scotsman
Written By: Miles O’Neil, Joseph O’Farrell (JOF) and
Glen Walton
Directed By: The Suitcase Royale
Designed By: The Suitcase Royale
Starring: Miles O’Neil Joseph O’Farrell (JOF)
Glen Walton
Artform: Theatre/music
Web Links:
www.thesuitcaseroyale.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tJWui0A-PI
Touring: November 2016
Duration: 60mins
Interval: NA mins / NA
Min Break Between Perf: 2 hour
Remount: $ 4000 + GST
Weekly Fee: $ 20,000+ GST
Royalties: NA% / NA
The songs are registered with APRA
Industry Reference
Name: Angharad Wynne-Jones
Venue: Arts House
Performance History
2015 NZ Festival of Colour
2014 NZ Arts Festival
2011 Brisbane Powerhouse
2010 Sydney Theatre Company
2010 Soho Theatre London
2010 Edinburgh Festival
2009 Rufestshpiele Festival Germany
The Suitcase Royale is an award winning comedymusic-theatre ensemble from Melbourne, Australia that
have been creating and performing work globally since
2004.
They have extensively toured the international and
national comedy and theatre scene and in 2010
recorded and released a self-titled album. They are
recipients of The Best Performance Award Melbourne
Fringe Festival, The Golden Gibbo Award Melbourne
Comedy Festival, they have been nominated for 5
Green Room Awards (winning 2) and were nominated
for a Total Theatre Award for Innovation at the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival. They have sold out seasons
at the Soho Theatre in London where they were named
both The Guardian’s Pick of the Week and Time Out
Critics Choice for their production The Ballad of
Backbone Joe.
Suitcase Royale also offer a night of bent and broken
rockabilly tunes in their band form, Royale Riot.
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The Ballad of Backbone Joe
The Suitcase Royale
Primal drums, grinding upright bass, cracking guitar
and the twang of a banjo bring that old time sound
kicking and screaming onto the dance floor.
Contact
Name: Joseph O’Farrell (JOF)
Phone: 0400277006
State: Vic
Personnel
Name
Miles O’Neil
Joseph O’Farrell
Glen Walton
Pickle Henning
Tom Salisbury
Role
Confirmed Touring?
Performer
Y
Performer
Y
Performer
Y
Sound operator
Y
Technical & Stage mngr Y
Multi award winning
Globally and critically acclaimed company
Junkyard Theatre at its best
Theatre, storytelling, puppets, and bring your best
dancing shoes.
Enjoyable for audiences of theatre/comedy/music.
Yes
Musical Performances
Community engagement activities: Junkyard Theatre
workshops for University and Youth
DI For Acoustic Guitar
1 Di for guitar
foldback wedges
AV Projector
A set comprising of three 2x1 flats
And a box 2x2x1m
Various props
All supplied.
Min. stage height: 3 m
Min wing space:
Bump In
Performance
Bump Out
NA
Freight Notes:
Set driven by touring party
Venue to incur all fuel and insurance costs
Marketing Links:
www.thesuitcaseroyale.com
Freight Vehicle: Large van or small truck
Venue to incur hire costs.
When can you perform after bump-in? As soon as done
Simple wash, 8 specials, blue wash, red wash.
3 vocal mics
drum mics
DI for double Bass
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The Listies 6D (It’s twice as good as 3D)
The Listies
Tagline: An award winning comedy show for kids
Short Synopsis: The award-winning Listies star
in 6D (It's twice as Good as 3D), a kids’ comedy show
all about the movies. Expect haunted backpacks, ninja
nans, vomiting puppets and fully automatic toilet paper
guns. Best of all an actual movie is made at every
performance with a helmet mounted GoPro!
While stuffed full of all the high-brow things that kids
love (like fart jokes and vomiting) The Listies ensure
that audiences of all ages laugh as many times as they
can. The silver screen is about to turn brown.
This show is six dimensions of fun:
1. Raucous
2. Cheeky
3. Interactive
4. Irreverent
5. Hilarious
6. Kids entertainment like you’ve never seen.
Warning: This show is rated S for Stupid
Short Review: Winner, Best Production for Children,
Sydney Theatre Awards, 2013
"The Listies teach children that the theatre can be a
wonderful and exciting place. If your kids have never
been to the theatre before, do them a favour and make
this their first experience. It's something they will never
forget."
The Scotsman
Written, Directed and Starring: The Listies (Richard
Higgins and Matt Kelly)
Artform: Kids, Family, Comedy
Web Links: www.thelisties.com
Touring: September 2016 – May 2017
December 1-24th 2016, The Listies are unavailable
Duration: 60 mins
Interval: NA
Per Show Fee: $3,300.00 + GST
Royalties: NA
Describe any APRA obligations: None
Photo credit: Andrew Wutke
Industry Reference
Name: Mary Harvey
Venue: Darebin Arts and Entertainment
Contact: 03 8470 8478
Performance History
Northcote Town Hall
2013-14 City of Darebin
Aotea Centre
2014 Aotea Centre NZ
Busan Comedy Festival 2014 Busan South Korea
Sydney Opera House
2013
Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 2013
The Powerhouse 2013 Brisbane
Over the past five years The Listies audiences have
been growing nationwide, and their profile is about to
get a considerable boost over the next two years. In
line with this, they are now ready to offer their next low
cost, high satisfaction touring production The Listies
6D for venues of all sizes.
The Listies 6D has already undertaken several sell-out
seasons in major metropolitan venues and is already
available for one-off performances. The experience of
touring LOL in 2015 (over 40 venues in 7 states) has
taught the company much about how to produce lowcost, high value shows for this market.
Contact
Name: Matt Kelly
Phone: 0402262808
Email: [email protected] State: VIC
Personnel
Name
Matt Kelly
Rich Higgins
Gemma Fletcher
Role
Confirmed?
Performer
Yes
Performer
Yes
SM/Tour Manager
Yes
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The Listies 6D (It’s twice as good as 3D)
The Listies
Family fun in the tradition of Monty Python, The Goons
and the young ones
Key Audience
Children and Families
Marketing Notes:
The company maintain on-going conversation with their
audience members and fans through e-newsletters,
social media and good old fashioned snail mail. Over to
the next two years, on top of their usual performance
schedules, this company will have created a new show
for the Sydney Theatre Company and a co-production
between The Malthouse (Melbourne) & the Sydney
Opera House. They will make appearances on ABC 3
and Penguin Publishing will release The Listies’
book, ICKYPEDIA, and support them on a nationwide
publicity tour.
Yes. Photos, posters, web add and press release.
Min wing space: 1m
Orchestra Pit Required? Nope
Effects Required? Smoke Machine, Disco ball
Piano Required? Nope
Bump In
Performance
Materials tailor to specific venues and locations
Bump Out
Nope
Crew Notes: The company travels with a stage
manager/sound operator
Technical Brief:
The show is designed to be bumped in quickly,
requiring basic venue crew and technical facilities.
Freight Notes:
All items can travel on checked-in luggage as excess
baggage or alternatively can fit into a full size van or
4WD.
Technical Links:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jwlrckddnc7d4dw/Tech%
20Specs%206D.doc?dl=0
Freight Vehicle: see above
Theatre Formats:
Proscenium Arch, Black Box, Thrust
Can you perform after bump-in? Yes
Show can be made to fit standard with minor
adjustments and the addition of 4 specials.
2 x Good quality radio headset mics
1 x hand held radio micro
Audience access to the stage
On stage power
The set made from lightweight aluminium tubing and is
constructed by the touring party in just under 1/2 an
hour.
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Contents
2017 Touring and Engagements
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Yours Truly | Annalisa Kerrigan
Slapdash Galaxy | Bunk Puppets
Coranderrk | ILBIJERRI Theatre Company/ Belvoir
The Witches | Griffin Theatre Company
TRACKSUIT | Rachel Leary
Intimacy | Ranters Theatre
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Yours Truly
Annalisa Kerrigan
Tagline: Winner Best Production Victorian Dance
Awards, critically acclaimed dance
Short Synopsis: A powerful, graceful dance
choreographed by Paul Malek and inspired by love
letters in the time of war. This show received standing
ovations and critical acclaim at its first performances in
2014. Poignant choreography and beautiful music,
remembering not just the fallen, but those that were
left behind. An exceptional locally produced show that
will never be forgotten.
Short Review: "Sublime -Jayden Hicks and Lauree
Malek shone like flawless diamonds on stage and left
me with tears in my eyes" Dance Australia
"Thrilling. Powerful. Outstanding." The Age.
Written and Directed By: Paul Malek
Designed By: Chris Curran
Starring: Jayden Hicks (Green Room nominee Best
Male Dancer, Victorian Dance Awards nominee
Favourite Male Dancer)
Artform: Dance
This is a remount of existing work built specifically for a
confirmed project or tour
Web Links:
Website:
www.yourstrulytour.com
Preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ8fXPNJdKo&feat
ure=youtu.be&list=UUcFA5ItvNwif02yxlgO-L7A
Preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5VQJB83Lac&fe
ature=youtu.be&list=UUcFA5ItvNwif02yxlgO-L7A
Available: 2017
Touring: March – May 2017
Duration: 45 mins show or 2 x 40 min brackets. If Local
Honour Roll Call is added please add enough time for
list to be read out to the beginning of the show, 2-5
mins.
Interval: 20 mins / NA
Weekly Fee: $8014.56 + GST (minimum excludes extra
crew member - please add if budget allows.)
Per Show Fee: Negotiable
Royalties: 8%
Industry Reference
Name: Graeme Russell
Venue: Her Majesty’s, Ballarat
Performance History
Theatreworks 2014 Paul Malek
Producer Annalisa Kerrigan has toured nationally on
multiple regional tours with Ireland, Celtic Whispers,
Vienna, City of my Dreams, Spirit of Celt etc. She has
always been regional tour specific, and has chosen this
show because "it is so beautiful I felt I had a vocation
to tour it". She is respected for her ability to get shows
into theatres quickly and efficiently and out again, and
for providing moving, easily toured material that is
suitable for general audiences.
Contact
Name: Annalisa Kerrigan
Phone: 0412 907 879
State: VIC
Personnel
The touring party consists of 6 min people with
preference for 1 crew member if budget allows.
Name (all dancers subject to date confirmation)
Jayden Hicks (Nominated Best Male Dancer
Greenroom Awards) Principal Dancer
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Yours Truly
Annalisa Kerrigan
Award Winning Dance, locally created in Melbourne
Extremely good television, radio and pictographic
appeal for media.
Minimum 3 colour washes.
6 fixed spots
1 follow spot if budget allows (not essential)
Strong community engagement activity where an
Honour Roll Call can be read by local schoolgirl/boy at
the beginning of the show.
PA system with USB/digital input
Target audience is 20s plus
Secondary target audience are dance groups,
educational (history of Australia at war) school groups
Demographic age 12 plus, Male/Female all
backgrounds
This is a dance on the theme of war and love, mateship
on the front and the women who stayed home and
waited - it is dramatic but it does not use mature
language. The music is soft rock/alternative, but is not
offensive to a general public audience.
Media friendly EPK with professionally cut footage for
television commercials (can be cut to suit regional
requirements) and hi res photos
Soundtrack can be provided for radio media
Established Social media
Cast and Creatives available for interviews etc.
Local Town Honour Roll Call dedication and Last Post
recording at beginning of show, by cast member or by
local student. Local school would be contacted to see if
they would like a parent-accompanied school member
to be involved in the actual roll call and collection of
local names to be read.
Marketing Links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ8fXPNJdKo&feat
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5VQJB83Lac&feat
Technical Brief:
For touring ease, specifications are kept simple. Basic
lighting rig, music is pre-recorded, three separate rises
required. Sprung floor appreciated but any normal
stage floor would be acceptable. Cyc (provided) with
approximately ten metre drop can be adjusted for
width/height. Rear projection if possible
Rear Projection if possible but not necessary eg for
outdoor performance
3 rises of 2 x 2 are arranged P to OP at the rear of
stage. Each plinth has a few pieces of furniture (chair,
table)
Min. stage depth: 6 m
Min. stage height: 6 m
Min wing space: No wings required
Effects Required? No, although haze would be
appreciated if possible
Piano Required? No
Bump In
Lighting: 1 crew for 2-3 hours
Staging: 1 crew for 2 hours (could combine sound and
stage 3 hours total)
Performance
Lighting: 1 crew for 45 mins (short show) or 1 hour 40
minutes (40 plus 40 with 20 minute interval)
Sound: 1 crew as above
Bump Out
Lighting: 1 crew for minimum required for in house
reset
Sound: 1 crew for minimum required for in house reset
Staging: 1 crew for minimum required for in house
reset
Total Crew Hours: Short show: approx 11-12 hours;
Long show: approx 11-12 hours
Freight Notes: Would require a van for 6 people plus
trailer for cyc, table, 3 chairs
Theatre Formats:
Any
Bump-in time: 3 hrs preferred/ 2 hours min
Bump-out time: 1 hour max
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Slapdash Galaxy
Bunk Puppets
Tagline: Shadow puppets in space!
Short Synopsis: Slapdash Galaxy is the tale of Sam and
Junior: two brothers who flee their barren planet, and
embark on an epic journey across the galaxy. Using
the contents of your cleaning closet, the award winning
Bunk Puppets creates a unique shadow puppet
universe made from bits of rubbish, old toys and
household objects. The shadow puppetry is performed
in front of the screen, so the audience gets to watch
the transformation from household objects into
shadow silhouette characters. A delicious theatrical
journey full of imagination, odd-ball aliens and riveting
D.I.Y. special effects made. Come play in the dark!
Short Review: “Bunk Puppets brand of shadow
puppetry and storytelling is wonderfully impressive,
insanely inventive, madly loveable, and has the power
to transform an audience of mostly adults into
maniacally giggling children. For just under an hour,
you enter a magical realm where a cluttered stage full
of household items and puppets comes to life to tell
the story of ‘two brothers on a trip across the stars’ as
they flee their war-torn planet in search of a new home,
accompanied by special effects and epic soundtrack.”
- Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
Written By: Jeff Achtem
Directed By: Jeff Achtem
Designed By: Jeff Achtem
Starring: Hamish Fletcher
Artform: Family Theatre & Puppetry
This is a remount of an existing work for a confirmed
tour.
Web Links: www.bunkpuppets.com
www.facebook.com/pages/BunkPuppets/106564726064409
Available: 2017
Touring: April - July 2017
Duration: 55 mins
Interval: no internal
Royalties: NA
Describe any APRA obligations: N/A
Industry Reference
Name: Jenny Simpson, CEO Awesome Arts
Venue: Awesome Arts, Perth WA
Contact: 08-9328-9666
[email protected]
Performance History
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, UK, Aug 2013
National tour, United Kingdom, June 2013
London Southbank Festival, UK, July 2013
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, UK, Aug 2012
Adelaide Fringe Festival, Aus, Feb-Mar 2012
Bunk Puppets creates imaginative and playful theatre
shows using shadow puppets made from bits of
rubbish and household items. Slapdash Galaxy is the
company’s third one-man show, following Swamp Juice
and Sticks Stones Broken Bones.
Contact
Name: Jeff Achtem
State: VIC
Personnel
Name
Role
Confirmed Touring?
Bindi Green
Tour Production mngr
N
Hamish Fletcher Performer
Y
Marketing Selling Points: shadow puppetry, family
audiences, recycling materials, puppets from junk
The show is very visual, and uses minimal text.
Slapdash Galaxy is a show for all ages. While it is great
for family audiences, it genuinely appeals to adults as
well.
Posters, flyers, high-resolution images, on-line
promotional video for social media, web content for
presenter’s social media networks
TVC available, please inquire.
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Slapdash Galaxy
Bunk Puppets
Shadow puppetry workshop, please inquire.
Content Warnings/Audiences to avoid: N/A
Marketing Links:
www.bunkpuppets.com
Technical Brief:
In all cases, the venues MUST be capable of a neartotal blackout. As a guideline, when all the lights are
off, it should be too dark to read a book on stage.
Slapdash Galaxy is a very flexible show, and is
adaptable to a wide variety of technical set-ups.
Technical Links: N/A
Theatre Formats:
Pros Arch, Black Box, Flat Floor Hall
When can you perform after bump-in? First possible
performance: Day 1 matinee (2 pm)
Lighting console should be able to program a minimum
of 25 lighting states. Once programmed, the company
road manager operates the show. Generally, we use
the lighting rig of the venue.
Performance
Other: 0 crew for 0 hours
Bump Out
Total Crew Hours: 6.5 hours
Crew Notes: N/A
Freight Notes: Normally, no gear freight is required.
The company will fly, or drive with all show gear.
(7 x suit cases)
Freight Vehicle: A 1 tonne van is usually best suited.
The company will drive the van.
Performer will wear a headset wireless microphone
(producer supplies). Music playback from laptop.
Generally, we use the sound amplification system of
the venue.
In-Brief Visual Requirements: N/A
large (2m x 2m x 2m) cardboard cube, some free
standing screens.
Min. stage width: 6.0 m
Min. stage depth: 4.5 m
Min. stage height: 4.0 m
Min wing space: 0m
Piano Required? No
The performance uses a hazer (smoke effects)
Bump In
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Coranderrk
ILBIJERRI Theatre Company/ Belvoir
Tagline: A definitive story from our neglected
Indigenous history.
Short Synopsis: Victoria, 1881: the men and women of
the Coranderrk Aboriginal Reserve take on the
Aboriginal Protection Board in a pioneering fight for
justice, dignity and self-determination.
Short Review: “What is theatrically compelling here is
the way in which the company gradually claims
ownership of a piece of the past that, before this show,
had slipped from memory.” – John McCullum, The
Australian (2013)
Written By: Andrea James & Giordano Nanni
Directed By: Isaac Drandic
Designed By: Ruby Langton-Batty & Ralph Myers (Set &
Costume), Damien Cooper (LX) & Ben Grant (Sound)
Starring: Katie Beckett, Jack Charles, Mathew Cooper,
Melodie Reynolds-Diarra, Bjorn Stewart, and Colin
Kinchela
Artform: Theatre
This is a remount of existing work
Web Links: ilbijerri.com.au/event/coranderrk
Available: 2017
Touring: March – June 2017
Duration: 70 mins
Interval: NA
Royalties: 14%
Industry Reference
Name: Beau McCafferty
Venue: Darebin Arts Speakeasy program
Contact: 0425 803 543
Performance History
Northcote Town Hall - Darebin Arts - 2014
Upstairs Theatre – Belvoir – 2013
ILBIJERRI is Australia’s leading and longest running
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Theatre
Company. We create challenging and inspiring theatre
creatively controlled by Indigenous artists. Each year
we travel to national, regional and remote locations
across Australia, and the world. Our collaborative
relationships with communities and artists are at the
heart of our creative process and all our work
empowers and enlightens our audiences.
Contact
Name: Simeon Moran
Jack Charles performs in Coranderrk. Photo by Gary Heery
(2013)
Personnel
Name
Role
Confirmed/Touring?
Katie Beckett
Performer
Yes
Jack Charles
Performer
Yes
Colin Kinchela Performer
Yes
Bjorn Stewart Performer
Yes
Melodie Reynolds-Diarra Performer
Yes
Mathew Cooper Performer
Yes
Brock Brocklesby Stage Manager
Not Confirmed
Glenn Dulihanty Production Manager Not Confirmed
Isaac Drandic
Director
Confirmed I Not touring
High quality Indigenous content
Local Victorian story
Strong connections with school curriculum
Consistently sold out in Victoria.
Secondary school students –the play is likely
to be on VCE Drama Playlist.
Young people who are politically engaged and
are interested in Indigenous rights.
Local Indigenous audiences.
Trailer, Photos, Press release, Education kit
Publicist, Combined advertising
School workshops and post show Q&As
Marketing Links:
vimeo.com/125765084
Technical Brief: The CORANDERRK set consists of a
large projection screen that is rigged approximately
5.5m upstage from the setting line. We tour with all
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Coranderrk
ILBIJERRI Theatre Company/ Belvoir
video equipment associated with the production. All
projectors and screens would need to be rigged on
venues fly lines or studio grid.
We require a standard lighting rig.
CORANDERRK, will be touring all video equipment
associated with the production. All projectors and
screens are to be rigged on venues fly lines or studio
grid.
Theatre Formats:
Proscenium or Studio
Touring company to provide:
1 x Barco CLMR10+ 10,000 lumen Video Projector (or
similar)
1 x 0.85 wide angle Lens
3.4m (h) x 4.8m (w) projection screen
1 x Apple Mac Pro Tower QLAB Playback computer
(same as Audio – runs both Video and Audio)
1 x 50m DVI Cable
When can you perform after bump-in? Afternoon 2nd
day
The production has been plotted on an ETC ION LX
Console, the show file will be provided prior to arrival of
the company. The company will be touring the listed
effects equipment.
The touring company will supply:
• 3 x 500w floods on H-stands
• 1 x 1500w Megastrobe
The venue to supply:
• Lanterns as per LX Plan
• Dimmers for control of in-house equipment and
touring set electrics
• DMX patch from control to in house dimmers
• Gels as per LX Plan
The venue is to provide a good quality audio system,
which is evenly dispersed to all seats in the house.
Front fill should be used as required.
The company will be touring its own playback system
(QLAB).
A FOH mixing position is required in the auditorium
approximately 2m x 1.5m deep.
House paging system to dressing rooms should be in
working order.
Headset communications system will be required to be
supplied by the venue.
1 x Stage Management desk (Master station and
paging system)
1 x Lighting control position
1 x OP
1 x PS
Touring company to provide:
• 1 x Apple Mac Pro Tower QLAB Playback computer
(L+R Output)
• 1 x Motu Ultralite MK3 Sound Devices
Set consists of a screen – a worn down calico cloth,
matte black stage floor, 7 x wooden chairs and period
style bell to be installed in the venue
Min wing space: n/a
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers should be
advised that the production contains images of
deceased people
Bump In
Performance
Bump Out
Crew Notes: Full day bump in day one, day two tech
rehearsal and performance.
Freight Notes: Freight will travel with company
Freight Vehicle: 3 tonne truck
Venue to provide:
• Working FOH PA system
• Audio Mixing Console with a minimum 8 Channels
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The Witches
Griffin Theatre Company
Tagline: The Witches By Roald Dahl based on the stage
play by David Wood
Short Synopsis: Brave boys and girls are in for a wicked
and wonderful time with this bubbling concoction,
based on David Wood’s adaptation of the Roald Dahl
classic.
When one little boy unwittingly stumbles into the
annual meeting of witches, he hears their nasty plan to
get rid of all the children in the world – by turning them
into mice! It’s going to take smarts and sneakiness to
stop them and not get squished in the process.
Think you can outwit a witch and outrun a mouse?
Then grab a seat in the front row for The Witches, as a
mind-boggling and madcap one-man show.
Short Review: “…really funny… I recommend this show
to Roald Dahl fans, and anyone over 5 years old.
..Older kids will love it.”
★★★★ Bill Blake (aged nine) TimeOut Sydney
Written By: By Roald Dahl based on the stage play by
David Wood
Directed By: Lucas Jervies
Designed By: Hugh O’Connor
Starring: Guy Edmonds or Scott Sheridan
Artform: Children’s Theatre
This is a remount of existing work
Web Links:
www.griffintheatre.com.au/whats-on/the-witches
Available: 2017
Touring: June – July 2017
Duration: 45 mins
Interval: NA
Max No Perf Per Week: 8 - 10
Min Break Between Perf: 1 hour
Per Show Fee: N/A
Royalties: 15%
Licence required for 2 tracks
Industry Reference
Name: Simon Hinton
Venue: Merrigong
Pictured: Guy Edmonds
Photo credit: Brett Boardman (Griffin Branding)
Performance History
Malthouse
2014 Malthouse Theatre
The SBW Stables 2014 Griffin Theatre Company
Subiaco Arts Centre 2015 Barking Gecko
Mandurah PAC 2015 MPAC
Riverside Theatre 2015 Parramatta Riverside
Monkey Baa Theatre 2015 Monkey Baa
Illawarra PAC
2015 Merrigong
Peacock Theatre 2015 Mona Foma
For more information visit - griffintheatre.com.au
Contact
Name: Karen Rodgers
Phone: 02 9332 1052
State: NSW
Personnel
Name
Role
Guy Edmonds or Scott Sheridan Actor
Chris Page or Damien King Production Tour Manager
NB The Director may travel to the first venue TBC tour
schedule
Roald Dahl classic
Madcap one-man show
Great reviews to utilise (see Griffin webpage)
Reinvigorates and engages the children’s sense of
imagination
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The Witches
Great for primary school groups, Great for many ages –
Gen X and Y remember from their youth and come on
their own or bring young ones. There are strong
grandparent themes so they often bring their
grandkids. Upsell merchandise opportunities with windup mice and Roald Dahl book
30 second teaser video, High res. Rehearsal shots,
High res. Production shots, Social media shots (behind
the scenes) Key image in B+W and colour, Reviews
Possibilities: Children’s activities including Photo Booth
in foyer, Workshops, Q&A sessions
Ages 5+ when with parents (under 5 a little young for
the content)
For school groups we recommend Year 2+
Marketing Links:
Griffin web page with copy, reviews etc..
http://www.griffintheatre.com.au/whats-on/thewitches/
Dropbox with images, logos etc
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/i1kvnjvtpgjf32o/AABBtz
GaVj9U2j7Fa3ncCKdsa?dl=0
Youtube Promo video (can be edited to add
dates/logos for small fee)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kztqftUV8&index=4&list=PL0ak319oE_XoyBRtqoZYXSUt7YyF0a
q0s
FYI wind-up mice for sale at around $1.20 – Griffin sold
for $5 each – great after show sales
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Wind-Up-ClockworkMetal-Mouse-Kids-Baby-Traditional-ClassicsToy/1895675537.html
Technical Brief:
See Attached Tech Specs
Technical Links:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/i1kvnjvtpgjf32o/AABBtz
GaVj9U2j7Fa3ncCKdsa?dl=0
Theatre Formats:
Flexible
When can you perform after bump-in? Midday of
second day
•Access to professional, venue-appropriate lighting
equipment including:
•6 x 12 channel 1.2K Dimmer Racks (minimum)
•ETC Ion / Geo / Eos series console able to receive
midi control.
•1 x strobe units.
•Smoke machine, with an outlet pipe able to be
positioned under or above a centre, second row seat.
Ability to receive MIDI control from Qlab setup
Sound is operated from front of house by the
Production Manager. The operating position needs to
be located within close proximity to the Lighting
Operation position. Playback is from a MacBook Pro
running Qlab.
Professional, full range, 2-channel stereo sound system
appropriate for space and capable of significant SPL
(100db without distortion at ops).
High-quality, professional sound desk with minimum 2
ins (L/R from Laptop Audio Interface).
All necessary cable and drive for the above
The set consists of one rigged “kabuki drop” cloth and
mechanism. This is rigged approx. 2m from the
upstage end of the stage. Positioned around the stage
are a number (depending on venue) of trap
mechanisms which hide an army of wind-up
mechanical mice. These are pre-wound before the
show and then released during the performance to run
across the stage. There is also a wooden trunk
containing small props onstage, used by the performer
to sit and stand on during the show.
Min wing space: 1m
Fly system required? n/a
Orchestra Pit Required? n/a
Effects Required? Smoke machine as below
Piano Required? n/a
Bump In
Bump Out
Freight Notes: Two boxes
Freight Vehicle: Small Van
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Town Folk
Damian Callinan
Short Description:
Town Folk tears up the Town Planners blueprints and
gets under the foundations to find out ‘who’ are the
bricks and mortar that make up your town. Comedian
Damian Callinan comes to town with film-maker John
Cherry to capture local identities on camera, work the
brave ones into the show and create a moving tapestry
from the human fabric of your community.
Picture - Gary from the grain silo changing jobs with
Gwen for the Tourist Info Centre; local Prep kids
discussing what they would change of they were the
Mayor; the amateur drama group making an advert for
the town or 87year old Nancy talking through all the
events she’s been to at the Town Hall.
With film and stills combined with live segments and
audience interaction the show will create more town
pride than a Category 2 Tidy Town Award.
Key Creative Personnel:
Damian Callinan [comedian & presenter] & John Cherry
[Film Maker – Intafusion Films], Zillah Morrow –
Tour/Stage Manager
Artform: Comedy, Documentary
This tour is a Community Engagement exercise with a
performance outcome
Available: 2017
Touring: July – September 2017
Royalties: 10%
About this engagement activity:
Having toured the country with ’Road Trip’ in 2014
Damian is open to suggestions on how we can best
celebrate the ‘Town Folk’ in your community. The show
could be incorporated into an existing festival or
celebratory theme.
Here are some vide links form ‘Road Trip 2014’ that
inspired the drive towards the ‘Town Folk’ format.
Moora Mavericks Footy Training – Moora, WA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0yST_ekiTE
Wirrapunda Foundation – Kwinana, WA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsVsXk5eGgs
John Cherry & Damian Callinan – on location ‘Road Trip’ –
Moora, WA 2014
Contact
Name: Damian Callinan
Phone: 0418308503
State: Vic
Town Folk will be produced and performed in one
weeklong block. The touring week will look roughly like
this …
Monday – Travel Day & Creative
Tuesday – Creative Day
Wednesday –Shoot Day 1
Thursday – Shoot Day 2
Friday – Edit Day 1 & Creative
Saturday – Edit Day 2, Rehearsal w locals & Show
Sunday – Day Off
The advantages of this model are plentiful
• A week long immersion with the community
• Snow ball effect of a week within the
community to grow an audience via
community interaction and involvement and
co-ordination with local media.
• Enabling the opportunity to use locals in the
production of sketches [film & or stage] to be
used in the shows content.
Web Links:
www.damiancallinan.com.au
https://www.facebook.com/roadtripwithmickeyddamia
ncallinan
Fiona Wilkes Whipcracker – Taree, NSW
http://youtu.be/a4X416bAq7s
Craft Gaol – Geraldton, WA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zFNKMt1C4Y
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TRACKSUIT
Rachel Leary
Tagline: A comedic exposé of Australia’s most
controversial clothing item.
Short Synopsis: Tracksuit. Trackie. Trackie Dacks.
Part homage, part trackiepedia, the show follows the
tracksuit through time from Olympic glory to Saturday
afternoon lawn mowing, gangster symbol and ‘I
wouldn’t be seen wearing one outside the house’. It
asks: ‘Can we celebrate our most comfy daks’, ‘Who
loves trackies, who hates them and why?’
‘Tracksuit’ is currently in the later stages of
development. It will undergo further development in
mid-2015 and will be tour ready by the end of 2015.
Audience Feedback:
‘I wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your show...
really, it was great. I am in such a good mood this
morning. The show made me feel good!
Brilliant show! Still buzzing in my head about it.
‘Rachel Leary - you’ve done it again!
‘It explores the way we present ourselves to the world
and our concern about what other people think of us
and it got me thinking about that for days.’
Written and performed by: Rachel Leary
This is a new work built prior to a confirmed project or
tour.
Web links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61yHh_CDDkE
This link shows a clip of the work during the
development season.
http://www.cyberpaddock.net.au/production?p=1496
(previous touring production)
http://www.rachel-leary.com
Available: 2017
Touring: September – October 2017
Duration: 60 - 80 mins
Per Show Fee: N/A
Royalties: 7%
Describe any APRA obligations: TBC
Industry Reference
Name: Steve Donelly
Venue: Riverlinks, Shepparton
Photo by Ralf Rehak
Rachel Leary is an independent theatre maker,
character comedian, performer and writer. Her solo
show 'Everything Must Go' premiered at La Mama
Theatre in 2011. In April 2013 the show toured to thirty
regional Victorian venues. In April/May 2015 it will
tour for 7 weeks in Victoria and in QLD. Her new work,
‘Tracksuit’ was presented as part of La Mama’s
Explorations program in October 2014.
As a theatre maker Rachel has an interest in objects
that have been, and are, a part of our everyday lives
and our relationship to these things. Her work seeks to
find the remarkable in the apparently unremarkable, to
celebrate and to give voice to that which is considered
‘ordinary’.
Her writing has appeared in publications such as:
Island, Southerly and Forty Degrees South Short Story
Anthology. She has won awards in several literary
competitions and was commended in The Age Short
Story Competition 2011. In 2014 she received an
Australian Society of Authors Mentorship.
Contact:
Name: Rachel Leary
Phone: 0431 683 547
State: VIC
Performance History:
(2014) TRACKSUIT
La Mama Explorations Season, October
(3 night development season)
(2013) EVERYTHING MUST GO
Victory Hall, Tatura, Riverlinks, Greater Shepparton City
Council
Dookie Community Centre, Riverlinks,
Greater Shepparton City Council
The Lighthouse Theatre, Warrnambool, The Lighthouse
Theatre
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TRACKSUIT
Rachel Leary
Mortlake Soldiers Memorial Hall, The Lighthouse
Theatre
Timboon District Hall, The Lighthouse Theatre
West Gippsland Arts Centre, Baw Baw Shire Council,
Warragul
Trafalgar Public Hall, West Gippsland Arts Centre, Baw
Baw Shire Council
Heywood Community Hall, Portland Arts Centre
Casterton Town Hall, Portland Arts Centre
Dunkeld Memorial Hall, Hamilton Performing Arts
Centre
Cavendish Soldiers Memorial Hall, Hamilton Performing
Arts Centre Shirley Burke Theatre, Parkdale, Kingston
Arts Centre The Forge Theatre and Arts Hub,
Bairnsdale, The Forge Theatre and Arts Hub
Rosebud Secondary College, Southern Peninsular Arts
Centre
The Cube, Wodonga
Gisbourne Mechanic's Institute, Macedon Ranges Shire
Council
Kyneton Town Hall, Macedon Ranges Shire Council
ESSO BHP Wellington Entertainment Centre, Sale
Stawell Entertainment Centre, Stawell Regional Arts
Mansfield Performing Arts Centre, Arts Council of
Mansfield
The Capital, Bendigo, The Capital
Phee Broadway Theatre, Castlemaine, The Capital
Heathcote RSL Public Hall, The Capital
Elmore Memorial Hall, The Capital
Pyramid Hill Memorial Hall, The Capital
Robinvale Community Arts Centre, Swan Hill Town Hall
Performing Arts and Conference Centre
Lake Boga Community Centre, Swan Hill Town Hall
Performing Arts and Conference Centre
Cohuna Memorial Hall, Swan Hill Town Hall Performing
Arts and Conference Centre
Mt Beauty Country Club, Upper Kiewa Valley Regional
Arts Inc.
(2015 APRIL/MAY) EVERYTHING MUST GO (National
Tour)
x6 Victorian venues
x16 QLD venues
Personnel:
The touring party consists of x2 people (performer +
tech)
Sport – fashion – identity – history (Australian history) museum/exhibition aspect
Women 18-60
Girls 12-18
Suited to Facebook, blogs, social media, forums for
discussion.
The production will appeal to people who wore and
remember the tracksuits of the 70s and 80s. It is also
appealing to young people and to young adults who
have an interest in fashion and identity. The production
could be marketed to high schools (an education pack
can be made available)
A marketing package will be provided after a full
season has taken place (end of 2015). Package will
include: image for poser, DL, video footage, and
reviews. Also Facebook page and website.
Marketing Links:
Marketing material provided for previous production:
http://www.cyberpaddock.net.au/production?p=1496
Publicist (cost tbc)
Residency in which community members are engaged
in performance such as a tracksuit fashion parade
and/or other aspects of the production. Audio-visual
component also drawn from that community.
Mini residency in which community members are
engaged through interviews (audio snippets to be
presented within the performance).
Technical Brief:
Bump-out time: 1.5 hours
Venue standard rig
Venue standard PA
TBC (projection likely)
Crewing Requirements:
Bump In
Bump Out
Total Crew Hours: 4.5
Freight Vehicle: 1 tonne van
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Intimacy
Ranters Theatre
Short Synopsis: Based on real life encounters with
strangers on a Melbourne street, Intimacy gives a
powerful and complex view of how simple interactions
can generate immense depth of human insight. How
much of ourselves are we prepared to show? Why is it
sometimes easier to be honest with a total stranger
than with someone we know? Is this really honesty or
just another performance? Through a series of intimate
and diverse conversations, Intimacy gives a candid and
sometimes disquieting portrait of contemporary life
where personal anxieties are never far from the
surface.
Short Review: “Intimacy is a stunning psychological and
theatrical achievement.” Emer O’Kelly, Irish
Independent
Photo credit: Jorge Izalde
Written by: Beth Buchanan, Adriano Cortese, Raimondo
Cortese, Paul Lum and Patrick Moffatt
Directed by: Adriano Cortese
Adapted from the original design by: Anna Tregloan
Adapted from the original lighting design by: Niklas
Pajanti
Starring: Beth Buchanan, Adriano Cortese, Patrick
Moffatt
Artform: Drama
Ranters Theatre creates distinctive contemporary, textbased theatre productions that excite, challenge and
inspire. The company is an award winning performance
ensemble making original work that responds to the
social and psychological facets of contemporary life.
The work is about people, relationships, emotion and
the complexities of human behaviour. Established in
1994, Ranters Theatre has created over 15 critically
acclaimed productions, toured extensively since 1999,
and has been programmed in numerous international
arts festivals.
This is a remount of an existing work
Available: 2017
Touring: August 2017 - September 2017
Contact
Name: Robina Burton
Phone: 0438 845 939
State: Victoria
Duration: 70 mins without interval
Personnel
The touring party consists of four people
Royalties: 10%
Name
Patrick Moffatt
Beth Buchanan
Adriano Cortese
Industry Reference
Name: Matt Scholten
Venue: Benalla Performing Arts Centre
David Franzke
Web Links: www.ranterstheatre.com
Role
Confirmed Touring?
Performer
Confirmed
Performer
Confirmed
Performer/
Confirmed
Director
Sound Designer/ Confirmed Operator
Performance History
2014 Festival Theaterformen, Braunschweig, Germany
2013 Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal
2013 Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimaraes, Portugal
2012 Noorderzon Festival, Groningen, Netherlands
2011 Dublin Fringe Festival, Ireland
2010 Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne International Arts
Festival
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Intimacy
Ranters Theatre
The Ranters ensemble consists of well-known artists Adriano and Raimondo Cortese, Beth Buchanan and
Patrick Moffatt who will help to drive both marketing
and local engagement strategies.
Ranters Theatre will provide high quality press and
promotional tools, including:
• Biographies and CVs of the company and company
members
• 6 minute promotional video
• High quality images to generate a poster / flyer
• Array of positive press clippings from both Australian
and international media plus endorsements from
previous presenting partners
Awards:
2010 Victorian Green Room Award
Best Ensemble
Best New Writing for the Melbourne Stage
Best Sound Composition
2010 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award
Shortlisted
The company has completed several workshop
developments with young people in regional Victoria in
Castlemaine in 2013 and 2014 and with further
workshops in Bendigo and Heathcote in 2015. We
have also made shows with non-professional
performers where they make a performance in their
own home for family friends and then travel to their
neighbours to see their performance. We would also
like to explore the option of combining the production
of Intimacy with workshops and community
performances like the above in order to deliver a longer
Ranters residency style as part of any tour.
Marketing Links:
6min promotional video:
Support material:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/m29rdl8jjj6qvj1/AABlN
mYF8qe0H8jvjoEVlxrSa?dl=0
Technical Brief:
The show is very simple to tour technically. We can
work with the existing set up. The presenter needs to
supply three chairs and a screen for the live portrait
projections used in the show. The fees quoted are
based on working with a venues existing equipment.
The show can Bump in and play that evening but we
would prefer two days if possible to do a detailed
rehearsal and get to know each location and assist in
marketing. The show is best served by being performed
in an intimate space.
Bump-in time: 8 hours, if pre-rigged
When can you perform after bump-in? Same day
Lighting plan will be provided but in general works with
existing house/venue stock.
The standard House/Venue speaker system is
adequate. No extra equipment required.
Presenter to provide:
1 x Projection screen. Projection area: 1900mmw x
2800mm
Producer will provide:
1 x Stand for LED display sign
1 x Red LED running display sign (approx 1000mm x
300mm)
Black floor for the playing space. Black curtains around
the playing space depending on the size of the space.
Presenter to supply:
3 x typical industrial office chairs.
1 x guitar
Min wing space: N/A
Piano Required? No
Other Issues/warnings: None
Bump In
Performance
Bump Out
Freight Notes:
No freight required. Costumes etc will travel with the
touring party.
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Regional Arts Victoria
2016 and 2017
Touring and Engagements Program
You can jump on board any of our touring projects!
Register your interest:
www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2246436/Performing-Arts-ExchangePresenter-Interest-Survey

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