A Bee Story

ARC CIRCUS & CLUSTER ARTS

CREATED BY ROBBIE CURTIS & LIZ M c RAE

CHARACTERS / PERFORMERS

Worker Bee is a helper by nature – he’s a happy bee, who loves his job collecting pollen, and gets disheartened when he can’t find enough flowers. He lives to serve Queen Bee, and always picks her up when she is down (literally and metaphorically)!

ROBBIE CURTIS is the Founder and Artistic Director of ARC Circus and is the creator and director of A Bee Story.

Curtis is an Australian performer and choreographer who has worked extensively for over ten years nationally and internationally, performing, teaching and choreographing. He has worked for companies including Cirque du Soleil, Circa, Circus Oz, Legs on the Wall, Cirque de Paname, Australian Ballet, Australian Opera, Theatre of Image, Shaun Parker Co., and Footnote Dance Company. He is internationally recognised for his unique style of mixing dance and circus and has been an artistic consultant at the National Institute of Circus Arts. He has performed in notable theatres around the world, and at every major Australian festival.

Queen Bee fancies herself as a very serious and important leader – much in the style of Elizabethan or Shakespearean monarchs. She is very proud and believes she can do anything, but actually can only succeed with the help of her support staff, especially Worker Bee!

LIZ Mc RAE is the co-creator of A Bee Story and is a musician and comedian. She has taught all levels of flute and plays piccolo and saxophone.

McRae is a juggler, clown, and also serves as General Manager of ARC Circus. She holds both a Bachelors and a Master’s degree from the University of Sydney, and she has worked in management all over the world, including Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Myanmar, Indonesia, Japan, the UK, and the USA. She is passionate about entertaining and empowering kids, and in between being the Queen Bee in A Bee Story, is currently the Executive Director of Iraqi Children Foundation.