Showcase presentations
Don’t miss out on two very special Australian performances at APAP 2008: Back to Back Theatre’s small metal objects and Australia's Strange Fruit’s Absolute Pearl.
Back to Back Theatre: small metal objects
Under the radar present Back to Back Theatre's small metal objects.
"small metal objects turns the notion of theatre and the everyday inside out. It is a pure, open-hearted, complex and breathtaking production and a unique meditation on human worth." - Sydney Morning Herald
small metal objects unfolds amidst the high volume pedestrian traffic at Whitehall Ferry Terminal. With individual sets of headphones, the audience is wired in to an intensely personal drama being played out somewhere in the crowd.
Gary and Steve are the kind of men who normally escape notice. But here they play an inadvertent but pivotal role in the night of two ambitious executives they've arranged to meet for a transaction. As the intimacy of their situation develops, small metal objects emerges as a sly and luminous depiction of the everyday issues most take for granted.
Driven by an ensemble of six actors with intellectual disabilities small metal objects defies convention, challenges logic and questions the imperative to be ‘normal’.
Director/Devisor
Bruce Gladwin
Devisors
Simon Laherty, Genevieve Morris, Sonia Teuben, Jim Russell
Performers
Simon Laherty, Caroline Lee, Sonia Teuben, Jim Russell
Sound design and composition
Hugh Covill
| Performance times | Fri 11 Jan @ 2.45pm and 6.45pm Sat 12 Jan @ 2.45pm and 6.45pm Sun 13 Jan @ 1.45pm and 4.45pm Mon 14 Jan @ 2.45pm and 6.45pm |
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| Duration | 50 minutes (no interval) |
| Venue | Whitehall Ferry Terminal Manhattan 4 South Street at Whitehall Street |
| Bookings | Tel: 212-967-7555. Tickets are free. To ensure a reservation call 212-967-7555 by 5pm the day before the show, or take a chance and just show up. Unused reservations will be released 15 minutes before the show. Limit of two seats per person. |
| Warning | This production contains coarse language and sexual references. |
| Acknowledgements | Under The Radar Festival 2008 Arts Victoria |
Australia's Strange Fruit: Absolute Pearl
Elsie Management present an excerpt of Australia's Strange Fruit's Absolute Pearl, in association with STREB and 500 Clown.
The performers enter an arena and as though compelled through memory or instinct they ascend poles, entering an interface between mortal and immortal realms.
In this moment the pole becomes more than just a piece of apparatus. Its beanstalk like aesthetic creates a metaphoric pathway. With complex choreographic sequencing an inevitable sense of escalation mounts until till we can no longer perceive any further penetration of this upper ether.
Direction/choreography
Phillip Gleeson
Assistant direction
Benjamin Rogan, Trudy Radburn
Music
Dean Linquey
Costumes
Louise McCarthy
Lighting
Ben Cobham
Photographer
DJL fotografie
Made in collaboration with the performers
Grant Mouldey, Paul Roberts, Sally Smith, Nancy Sposato, Emma Waite| Performance times | 12 January @ 5pm and 8pm |
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| Duration | 15 minutes (entire shared showcase with STREB and 500 Clown: one hour) |
| Venue | S.L.A.M. (Streb Laboratory for action mechanics) 51 North 1st St (btwn Kent and Wythe Aves in the Brooklyn neighborhood Williamsburg) Brooklyn, New York (A bus for round-trip transportation to/from The Hilton Hotel will depart The Hilton at 4pm and 7pm) |
| Bookings | Free admission. Bookings are essential. Tel: 718 797 4577 or email Mira Gibson at mirag@elsieman.org. |
| Acknowledgements | City of Melbourne |
More information
Meet the Australian delegates and pick up a special OzArts Promotional Pack at the Australia Council’s Exhibition Booth (#’s 913 and 915) in Hall of the Americas II.
For all enquiries regarding the Australian presence at APAP 2008, please email Jennifer Barry, project manager: jennifer@keepbreathing.com.au.