Theatre Works 2010 Brochure

SEASON 2010 Celebrating 30 years of Theatre Works

Theatre Works wishes to take this opportunity to thank the following organisations for their generous ongoing support Major Funding Partner:

2010 Calendar JAN – JUNE

JULY – DEC

21st to 24th Jan Gentlemen Prefer Blokes (Midsumma Festival)

7th to 25th July An Elephant In The Room (Antipodean Media)

Fri 22nd Jan Theatre Works 2010 & Exhibition Launch

19th to 23th July In The Works: Dawes Point: Astronomy, Cosmology And Mythical Beings (Kerreen Ely-Harper & collaborators)

28th to 31st Jan In The Works: Eavesdrop (Two Blue Cherries)

Local Business Partners:

Mon 15th Feb Theatre Works Birthday Dinner @ Claypots 16th to 27th Mar Selected Works: At The Sans Hotel (Nicola Gunn) 2010 Melbourne Comedy Festival Theatre Works Comedy Festival Hub 14th to 25th Apr Tales From Parkland Avenue (Collaboration The Project) 19th to 23rd Apr In The Works: Anatomy Of Disgust (Liquid Skin) 28th Apr to 15th May Magnormos Season 1 10th to 14th May In The Works: Translation (The Collective Directive) 19th May to 6th June Glimpses (The Winestain Project) 9th to 13th June Professional Actor Studio 09/10 Showcase (Verve Studios)

Theatre Works Identity & Program Design: Famous Visual Services www.famousvs.com

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28th July to 1st Aug 2010 Moving Works: 4th to 22nd Aug Selected Works: Hedda (Ignite Theatre) 30th Aug to 18th Sep Magnormos Season 2 2010 Melbourne Fringe Festival Theatre Works Fringe Festival Hub Sundays – 26th Sep to 28th Nov Theatresports (Impro Melbourne) 13th to 23th Oct Anatomy Of Disgust (Liquid Skin) 27th Oct to 6th Nov Selected Works: Something Blew (2nd Toe Dance Collective) 10th to 20th Nov Performance Season 2010 (Verve Studios) 24th Nov to 11th Dec Selected Works: The Nightwatchman (If Theatre)

28th June to 4th July In The Works: Crime + Punishment (If Theatre) Details above are correct at the time of printing. For up to date information and additional events, go to our website www.theatreworks.org.au

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A Word from the Chair This year, Theatre Works celebrates the 30th anniversary of its foundation and 25 years in our wonderful venue on Acland St in the heart of St Kilda. With the support of our funding bodies, generous sponsors, Melbourne’s arts community and you, our audience, the company has grown and changed while staying true to the ideal of making original, relevant, high quality contemporary theatre accessible to all. Our special mission is to support independent performing artists and companies, who are truly the engine room of the arts. At Theatre Works, we value our local links while we host and promote the very best of contemporary practice across drama, dance, physical theatre and circus. For 2010 our dedicated staff, Board members and expert

industry advisers have selected the most exciting program for your enjoyment. As well as seasons by industry hirers, we are proud to present our flagship company support programs Selected Works and In The Works, themed and curated short seasons and of course our year long birthday celebrations. Do join us for a warm welcome, great performances and excellent wine or coffee before and after the show – a feast for the body, heart and spirit. Yes, Theatre Works!

Alison Richards Chair, Theatre Works

Selected Works Program

In the Works Program

First introduced in 2004, the Theatre Works Selected Works Program was devised to assist and support independent companies in their endeavour to create new, exciting and cutting edge work. Each year, Theatre Works selects the best submissions and offers them the opportunity to realise an exciting public performance season.

This year, five new companies have been provided the opportunity for a week long creative development period in the Theatre Works space.

Participants are encouraged to include an informal showing and feedback session at the end of the creative development. This year’s successful recipients include:

Kicking off the Theatre Works 2010 Selected Works season is the world premier of Nicola Gunn's At the Sans Hotel, a story that moves from sadness to humour, cruelty to tenderness, daylight to twilight. (p.6) In August, we see the return of Ignite Theatre with their new work Hedda, a brutal examination of six peoples’ attempt to find their ideal place in the world. (p. 7).

Our third 2010 Selected Works season brings you an exciting new dance work by 2nd Toe Dance Collective. Something Blew explores the universal themes of love, modesty, sexuality and fidelity and the lifestyle choices we all make. (p.8) If Theatre's The Nightwatchman, by Daniel Keene completes the year’s program of 2010 Selected Works.

The Nightwatchman is a moving, poetic and ultimately life-affirming ode to the human spirit and the memories that define us. (p.9)

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Thu 28th to Sun 31st Jan EavesDrop (Two Blue Cherries) Mon 19th to Fri 23rd Apr Anatomy Of Disgust (Liquid Skin) The premier of this new work will be presented in October 2010 supported

by Theatre Works Mon 10th to Fri 14th May Translation (The Collective Directive) Mon 28th Jun to Sun 4th Jul Crime and Punishment (If Theatre) Mon 19th to Fri 23rd July Dawes Point: Astronomy, Cosmology and Mythical Beings (Kerreen Ely-Harper & collaborators) Please join us in supporting these talented artists as they take part in the 2010 Selected Works and In The Works Program.

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Selected Works: Created & Performed by: Nicola Gunn Designed by: Gwendolyna Holmberg-Gilchrist and Nicola Gunn Sound Designed by: Luke Paulding

Theatre Works presents

At the Sans Hotel

By Nicola Gun

Selected Works: A New Adaptation by: Meredith Penman, Olivia Allen and Ignite Directed by: Olivia Allen Performed by: Meredith Penman as Hedda Designed by: Bluebottle 3

16th – 27th Mar

4th – 22nd Aug

M T W T F S S 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27

M T W 4 10 11 17 18

Dates

Dates

Preview: Tue 16th Mar

Preview: Wed 4th Aug

Season: Wed 17th Mar to Sat 27th Mar

Season: Thu 5th Aug to Sun 22nd Aug

TICKET PRICES

TICKET PRICES

Full: $28.00

Full: $28.00

Concession: $25.00

Concession: $25.00

Group 10+: $15.00 Preview, Tuesday & Matinees: $15.00 2010 Theatre Works Season Pass: $94.00 (ticket to any four of our curated seasons) This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria.

In an old shabby hotel, strewn with familiar remnants, a woman pieces together the fragments of a terrible crime she may or may not have committed. In another room a woman is having a bath. And outside a German woman is wandering in the desert.

A story that moves from sadness to humour, cruelty to tenderness, daylight to twilight.

Nicola Gunn is forging a reputation as a maker of compelling and virtuosic theatre, making tragic and harrowing experiences quite funny.

Hedda

An Ignite Production

Production managed by: Rebecca Etchell

School: $20.00

Theatre Works presents

T 5 12 19

F 6 13 20

S 7 14 21

S 8 15 22

School: $20.00 Group 10+: $15.00 Preview & Tuesday: $15.00 2010 Theatre Works Season Pass: $94.00 (ticket to any four of our curated seasons)

Hedda is a brutal examination of six peoples’ attempt to find their ideal place in the world.

Life and our decisions can lead us to the brink at any time. Hedda examines a timeless question fundamental to existence; how can we find individual purpose and happiness?

From the acclaimed company who brought you Jet of Blood, 3 Short Absurd Works and A Dream Play.

“Theatre that bores into your dreams.” THE AGE This is a 2010 VCE play list production.

“I would watch Nicola Gunn shell peas.” THE AGE “A breathtaking blend of satire and surrealism as if a Magritte painting had shuddered to life... Unforgettable theatre.” TIMES COLONIST

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Selected Works: Directed & Choreographed by: Adam Wheeler & Dancers Lighting & production by: Bluebottle Dramaturge: Luke George

Theatre Works presents

Something Blew

Selected Works:

The Nightwatchman

Written by: Daniel Keene Directed by: Matt Scholten

A 2nd Toe Dance Collective Production

An If Theatre Production

27th Oct – 6th Nov

24th Nov – 11th Dec

M T W T F S S 27 28 29 30 2 3 4 5 6

M T W 24 1 8

Dates

Dates

Preview: Wed 27th Oct

Preview: Wed 24th Nov

Season: Thu 28th Oct to Sat 6th Nov

Season: Thu 25th Nov to Sat 11th Dec

TICKET PRICES

TICKET PRICES

Full: $28.00

Full: $28.00

Concession: $25.00

Concession: $25.00

School: $20.00 Group 10+: $15.00 Preview, Tuesdays & Matinees: $15.00 2010 Theatre Works Season Pass: $94.00 (ticket to any four of our curated seasons)

Something Blew is a response to current lifestyle choices we have noticed. As young people who are in the midst of sexual relationships and finding companionship, we were intrigued by the old English proverb “something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue”. For this work we have explored the facets of what the colour blue represents; Purity, love, modesty and fidelity. Something Blew invites us into a series of complications within relationships regarding confusion about sexuality, perversity, isolation and inner-turmoil. Over the 60 minutes our seven dancers will unfold every portion of how modern society accepts sexual freedom, adultery and betrayal and how this contradicts, neglects and abuses the origins of the ancient saying.

Theatre Works presents

T 25 2 9

F 26 3 10

S S 27 4 11

School: $20.00 Group 10+: $15.00 Preview & Matinees: $15.00 2010 Theatre Works Season Pass: $94.00 (ticket to any four of our curated seasons)

Bill has lived a life amongst the rambling beauty of the old family home. Now he's gone blind, and his children Helen and Michael have returned for a few days to move him away. On the outside Bill is stoic, resigned to his fate, but inside he silently rages against the darkness. Drawn together in a garden full of echoes, the three discover tender memories of a shared past unwilling to release them. A moving, poetic ode to the human spirit and the memories that define us.

Performed by: James Andrews, Ben Hancock, Tyler Hawkins, Madeleine Krenek, Frankie Snowdon, Adam Wheeler & Jorijn Vriesendorp. www.2ndtoe.com

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Moving Works: Dates Season: Wed 28th July to Sun 1st Aug

TICKET PRICES Full: $28.00 Concession: $25.00 School: $20.00 Group 10+: $15.00 Matinees: $15.00 2010 Theatre Works Season Pass: $94.00 (ticket to any four of our curated seasons)

Theatre Works & Liquid Skin presents

Moving works 2010 After a hugely successful 2009 Moving Works season, Theatre Works and Liquid Skin continue their commitment to providing new development and presentation opportunities to independent movement artists.

“MOVING Works is a platform for emerging and independent choreographers, encouraging a dialogue between artists and a growing audience for contemporary dance... The breadth of choreographic style on show in Moving Works makes for more than just great conversation fodder for the trip home.” “... In an age in which it is increasingly difficult for independent practitioners to get a look in, Moving Works created a performance structure within which the above could not only occur, but also, was a thoroughly entertaining night in the theatre. Theatre Works and all involved in each production, are to be congratulated.

As for me, I'm already looking forward to Moving Works 2010.”

Fringe Festival Season: Wed 22nd Sep to Sat 9th Oct

TICKET PRICES Full: $28.00 Concession: $25.00 School: $20.00 Group 10+: $15.00 Preview, Tuesday & Matinees: $15.00 2010 Theatre Works Season Pass: $94.00 (ticket to any four of our curated seasons)

In 2010, Theatre Works will celebrate 30 years since the company's formation and 25 years in its current home in St Kilda.

To celebrate these significant milestones, Theatre Works will be presenting a number of events throughout the year which we would love for you to attend.

Celebrating the new and the old.

THE AGE – Review: Jordan Beth Vincent (July 10, 2009)

ONLINE – Review: Tony Reck (July 13, 2009)

Dates

Happy Birthday Theatre Works!

Theatre Works Fringe Festival Hub Stay tuned for more details of our fabulous Theatre Works 2010 Melbourne Fringe Festival Hub, highlighting some of Melbourne's most exciting new and emerging Women writers, directors, choreographers and designers.

2010 season launch Join us on Friday 22nd of January where we’ll be announcing our amazing 2010 program of new works by some of the best independent companies in Melbourne! Be the first to hear about our 2010 Selected Works, In The Works and Moving Works programs! You’ll be spoiled by our fantastic local sponsors, Claypots Seafood Bar (Gilgamesh Connections) who will be providing our guests with sensational seafood dishes and lovely wine.

And as if that’s not enough, the launch will also unveil the beginning of our yearlong, rotating foyer exhibition, showcasing the company’s history through posters, photos, scripts and other show memorabilia including plays by our founding and early members, Hannie Rayson, Peter Sommerfeld and Paul Davies, just to name a few.

Then, on Monday 15th February, we would love you to join us for a Birthday Dinner at Claypots Seafood Bar to catch up with old and new friends.

Whether your involvement with the company was 30 years, 3 years or 3 months ago, we want you to come and enjoy a fabulous meal, drink some wine and tell us your stories and memories about Theatre Works and the people that have made this company what it is today. These stories, along with the exhibited material will then be published in a retrospective book to be launched later in the year.

That’s got to be something worth celebrating!

For more details, head to the Theatre Works website; www.theatreworks.org.au

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In The Works:

In The Works:

Dramaturgy by: Suze Smith Created & Performed by: Dan Goronszy, Danielle Cresp, Melanie Hamilton, Kelly Alexander

Dates Creative Development: Mon 10th to Fri 14th May

The Collective directive presents

Translation Do we speak the same language?

Drawing from the biblical story of the Tower of Babel and its attendant message of the inadequacies of communication, Translation examines the power of language, both verbal and physical. How is it possible to translate across language barriers? What happens when people miscommunicate and misread the body?

Evolving our sensibility as an ensemble movement theatre company we will create the basis of a promenade style performance.

In The Works:

Two blue cherries presents

Written & Directed by: Lucy Angell and Petra Kalive

Eavesdrop

Dates

A woman stands in a door way. There is a loud rumbling and the walls around the door collapse.

The woman now standing in a shaft of misty yellow light beckons us into her world. We follow and are taken on a journey that challenges our perception of the world as we understand it - because this reality is shaped by silence. We watch as woman teaches us about her unreal world and begins to shape a shared perception - a world where no words are needed and everything is understood.

Creative Development: Thu 28th to Sun 31st Jan

In The Works: Written By: Craig Goddard Designed & Directed By: Rochelle Carmichael Performed By: Trudy Radburn, Simone Litchfield, Rubena Carter, Michael Kopp, Taurus Ashley, Craig Goddard

Dates Creative Development: Mon 19th to Fri 23rd Apr

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liquid skin presents

Anatomy of Disgust A Physical Theatre creation of disgusting magnitude. Watch out! There is a new chef in town‌ Anatomy of Disgust will be centered around a table, set for twelve. Each plate served up, a gluttonous feast, some stirring dish, of the substance and structures of the disgusting, as it pertains to ageing. Over a five course dinner party we will delve into the rich, delicious and sometimes nauseating world of ageing.

Theatre Works is proud to support the premier season of this new work in October. (Wed 13th to Sat 23rd Oct)

In The Works:

If Theatre presents

Written & Directed by: Matt Scholten

Crime + Punishment

Dates

"What if I'm mistaken? What if man, the whole human race isn't really a villain at all...and the rest of it is just superstition, a load of fears being put into people's heads? There are no limits.

And that is how it's meant to be." Raskolnikov, a poor student, commits a sudden, brutal murder and immediately finds himself unable to face the consequences of his actions. Meanwhile, Fyodor Dostoevsky, a compulsive gambler now deeply in debt faces his own turmoils as he writes the greatest crime story of all time.

Creative Development: Mon 28th Jun to Sun 4th Jul

In The Works: Devised By: Kerreen Ely-Harper & collaborators

Dates Creative Development: Mon 19th to Fri 23th July

Kerreen Ely-Harper & collaborators

DAWES POINT: Astronomy, Cosmology and Mythical Beings A multi-disciplinary work based on the notebooks of First Fleet astronomer William Dawes who recorded his encounters between 1788-1790 with the indigenous peoples of the Sydney foreshore area most notably young Gadigal woman, Patyegarang.

The project aims to draw and uncover the clash and coincidence between these two spirits of history. The creative team includes director Kerreen Ely-Harper, actors Jada Alberts and Benedict Hardie, multimedia artist Kate Richards, indigenous performance consultant Lily Shearer and writers Cathy Craigie and Ross Gibson.

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Theatre Works 14 Acland Street Corner St Leonard’s Ave St. Kilda 3182 PO BOX 1205 St. Kilda South Booking Line: (03) 9534 3388 Enquiries: (03) 9534 4879 Fax: (03) 9525 3593

GIFT CERTIFICATES

How to Book at Theatre Works

Why not spoil a loved one with a Theatre Works Gift Certificate! Gift Certificates are available for purchase on-line or by phone. Call the box office 9534 3388 between 10:00am to 3:00pm, Monday to Friday to place your order. Gift Certificates are valued at $50 and $25 and are valid for 12 months from the date of purchase.

Phone: Bookings can be made by calling (03) 9534 3388 between 10am – 3pm, Monday to Friday. Credit Card required at time of booking.

2010 THEATRE WORKS SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS

Door: The Box Office opens 45 minutes before the start of the show. Unless SOLD OUT, a number of tickets are available at the door each night.

Become a Theatre Works 2010 Season Subscriber and save.

Website & Bookings: www.theatreworks.org.au

Enjoy any 4 of our Theatre Works programmed season for only $94.00 (including booking fee) Available over the phone or online only.

Email: gm@theatreworks.org.au

DONATIONS

Theatre Works Staff Operations Manager: Angela Pamic Administrator: Paula Philip Book-keeper: Fleur Brett and a fabulous team of casual Front of House and Technical staff

Theatre Works Board Chair: Alison Richards Deputy Chair: Liam Nankervis Treasurer: Charles Baird Members: Fr James Minchin Paul Myers Sarah Austin Richard Vabre

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Theatre Works is a not-for-profit charitable organisation committed to supporting our exciting Independent Arts Community.

Whether it is a $10 or $10,000 donation, your input will be highly regarded and appreciated and contribute to the ongoing support of our vibrant arts community and the cultural identity and vibrancy of Melbourne.

Help us by making your online tax deductible donation via our website or contact Angela on (03) 9534 4879

SPONSORSHIP If you are interested in supporting Theatre Works, please contact Angela on (03) 9534 4879

Theatre Works Getaway Experience:

(Theatre and Accommodation packages) Enjoy a fantastic night of Independent Theatre followed by luxurious accommodation at the Novotel Melbourne St Kilda.

Situated in the heart of St Kilda, Theatre Works has been supporting innovative arts for 30 years. With an exciting selection of over 35 new performances and events throughout 2010, there is sure to be something for everyone. Now you can enjoy a Stay & Show in St kilda for a very competitive price.

To view the 2010 program and book your package, visit the ‘What’s on’ page of our website: (www.theatreworks.org).

Internet: Online credit card bookings can be made 24 hours a day by visiting www.theatreworks.org.au.

Booking fees apply to all Credit Card purchases.

Food/Drink Theatre Works is a licensed venue and a range of beer, wine, soft drink, coffee and snacks are available pre show, at interval and post show.

Car parking Parking is at a premium in St Kilda. We recommend arriving early and leaving yourself plenty of time for parking. Alternatively, you could use the paying car park at the Prince of Wales Hotel which is located on the corner of Acland and Fitzroy Streets.

Public Transport Theatre Works is easily reached by public transport.

Train and bus services provide regular stops and pick-ups within the Fitzroy and Acland Street shopping precincts, both just a short walk from Theatre Works.

Tram: 16, 79 & 112 Light Rail: 96 Buses: 600, 606, 623 & 246

Theatre/Foyer for Hire For all Hiring enquiries and Venue Hire rates please contact Angela Pamic, Operations Manager on gm@theatreworks.org.au

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