PERFORMANCES

PERFORMANCES Theatre of Masks... Dance... Puppets...

Performances are structured as Theatre-in-Education (TIE) and Theatre for Festivals & Special Events.

Theatre-in-Education (TIE) performances are designed to suit particular age groups from Pre-Primary to Upper Secondary (K-12), and are thoroughly engaging, educational and entertaining. Dynamically interactive, TIE performances are generally bilingual and cultural specific with hands-on audience participation and Question & Answer component.

Available TIE performances below suit specific curriculum themes and topics.

Theatre for Festivals & Special Events are original innovations of contemporary Australian cultural hybridity through explorations of current social trends and issues.

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Theatre-in-Education performances currently touring Australian schools...

(AP1a) Awakening of the Myth - Dance of Dewi Murni & Jauk (20mins) (AP1b) Awakening of the Myth - The Rescue of Princess Sita (20mins)

Exploring Indonesia ~ Bali and Java PART ONE - Mask Dance Exploring Indonesia ~ Bali and Java PART TWO - Puppetry

Performed in English & Indonesian

(AP2) Dreaming and the Stolen Memory (50mins)

Exploring the historical link between Indonesia & Australia

Performed in English & Indonesian with some Makassan & Yolngu

Video Clip available soon

(AP3) Zanni! (40-50mins)

Commedia dell arte - Italy’s almost forgotten improvised performance style of the giullare

Performed in English with some Italian

Theatre for Festivals and Special Events performances currently available...

(CP051) Storm in a Skull (90 mins)

Contemporary (Hybrid) Australian Theatre

The things we choose to remember or to forget are intrinsic to who we are.

A satirical 'play' on memory that proposes reflections and confusions with reality and fantasy. Funny, perverse, sweet, quirky, exotic, confronting and weird, this original theatre performance highlights interesting blending of renaissance Italian commedia and timeless Indonesian wayang styles.

Inspiring and daring audiences to engage, Storm in a Skull responds to social and political issues with unpretentious cultural diversity that is uniquely Australian.

Performed in English with Spanish & Indonesian

(CP021) Droplets... (20 mins) Extended Version (50mins)

Contemporary Dance Theatre

Explores displacement, domestic violence, racial and cultural stereotypes

One woman's journey of new beginnings to reclaim self-respect

Extended version performed in English with Indonesian & Portuguese

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