The guidelines and application form for Nexus-supported visual arts exhibitions in the Nexus Gallery for 2011 are now open online.
Nexus will be accepting completed application forms until 30 August 2010.
For more information, or to discuss an application, please email nexus@nexus.asn.au
Download 2011 exhibition guidelines / proposal form here or visit the Nexus website.
Patch Theatre Company is having an open rehearsal of The Fastest Boy in the World before it heads off for a season at the Arts Centre in Melbourne.
Featuring a four-piece pop-rock band, the show is an engaging mix of story, action, live music song and video exploring childhood perceptions of time and identity.
When: Friday July 30 at 1.45pm
Where: The Forge, Marryatville
Cost: FREE
No need to RSVP. Just turn up.
Salisbury
Urban Myth Theatre of Youth runs theatre workshops in Salisbury in partnership with The City of Salisbury. If you are aged between 12 and 25 and live within the The City of Salisbury area, call Kate Walker on (08) 8253 9928 for more information.
Barossa
Urban Myth has established a workshop group operating from the Barossa Arts and Convention Centre. Workshops run in conjunction with school terms. If you are in the Barossa area and aged between 12 and 26, call Jo Buck on (08) 8561 4299 for more information.
MoFo
In March 2004, Urban Myth Theatre of Youth was deeply saddened by the loss of one of our most ardent and talented members, Ben Philpott. In 2005, they established the MoFo Scholarship in honour of Ben.
The MoFo scholarship offers places for disadvantaged members of our community to attend Urban Myth workshops free of charge. We accept nominations from community organisations that know a young person who would benefit from joining Urban Myth but may not have the opportunity without assistance.
City of Unley
The City of Unley Scholarship Program started in 2005, when Unley Council provided funding to assist disadvantaged young people living in the Unley area to attend Urban Myth workshops free of charge. As part of the scholarship, it is specified that the young person must be new to the company, aged between 12 and 25 and from the Unley council area.
If you are interested in applying for one of these scholarships, contact Lisa on (08) 8272 3036 or email us info@urbanmyth.asn.au
Windmill Theatre's adorable little tree top is busy packing his favourite sunnies and togs, ready for his upcoming trip to Florida! Our fabulous show Grug has just been invited to showcase at the International Performing Arts for Youth in 2011, following hot on the heels of last year's hit show for tots, Plop! Missed the little fella or just can’t get enough of our good friend Grug? Check out the YouTube clip, or for more details on IPAY, click here.
Windmill Theatre's 2010 Artist in Residence project has students and teachers from five Adelaide secondary schools uniquely involved in current production Fugitive. The students have the exclusive opportunity to spend time in the rehearsal room to watch the director shape the production, the actors develop their characters, and the behind the scenes action from page to stage. Click here to read more about the project.
Join South Australian playwright Sean Riley and Urban Myth Theatre of Youth for a three-hour master class in writing for the theatre.
Structure, character, theme and the importance of good story telling will be the focus of the workshop and will give you the tools to begin your writing journey.
If you are aged 26 or under and interested in script writing, this is a rare opportunity to work with one of Australia's best theatre talents. It is also a perfect workshop for anyone intending to submit a script for the 2011 Out Of The Boot season run by Urban Myth.
Urban Myth's writers projects have inspired three State Theatre Young Guns Awards and have seen 14 plays produced through the Out Of The Boot program.
Date: Sunday 1 August 2010
Time: 11am - 2pm
Cost: $30
To book call Lisa on (08) 8272 3036 or email admin@urbanmyth.asn.au
As part of Ignition 2010, Australian Dance Theatre and the Adelaide Festival Centre's inSPACE program are inviting people of all ages to rework the official Ignition poster as a piece of display art.
Reworks might include using the poster to create a sculpture or deconstructing the poster using graphic design techniques. The reworkings of the poster will be displayed in the Adelaide Festival Centre's foyer during the Ignition program.
All artworks must be sent to:
Australian Dance Theatre, 126 Belair Road, Hawthorn, South Australia, 5062 by 11 August 2010.
A PDF file of the poster is available on the Australian Dance Theatre website
Australian Dance Theatre and inSPACE are presenting Ignition from 18-21 August at the Adelaide Festival Centre's Space Theatre. See here for more information.
Join Restless Dance Theatre's Youth Ensemble and guest teacher Daniel Jaber for a class that facilitate an exploration of connected bodies moving fluidly in and out of the floor, movement manipulation techniques, vocal work and partnering to guide each dancer to direct their own dance/theatre scene.
A series of tasks and exercises will be followed with group discussion and individual reflection.
When: Thursday 6 – 8pm | 22nd & 29th July 2010
Where: The Restless Studio
Places are limited to 20 only so book in fast
Book yours today by calling (08) 8212 8495 or email philip@restlessdance.org
ShoGo was lucky enough to talk to Stephen House, the director and performer behind Bakehouse's Theatre's Appalling Behaviour, which tackles the issue of homelessness.
Stephen is no stranger to travelling overseas and exploring other worlds for his artistic pursuits.
One experience in particular inspired him to highlight the often invisible world of homeless people.
"A homeless person once said to me, no-one hears me, it is like I speak another language," he said.
"This really stuck in my mind and made me want to draw attention to this marginalisation.
"I like telling the underdog story, or stories that are not always told."
For a month in the winter of 2005, Stephen rented a cheap room in Le Marais, Paris, spending most of his time just observing people on the streets or handing out with them and hearing their stories.
"We often have one-dimensional images of homeless people, but what I discovered is that homelessness was just one condition or part of their life, and not necessarily the defining one," he said.
"Homeless people are just like you and me: they laugh and cry and sleep and eat and have the same needs as anyone else."
The character Stephen portrays in Appalling Behaviour is not meant to represent all homeless people, but a very specific person.
"There are complexities around the character's homelessness, complexities such as his wandering lifestyle, his fragile mental condition, his drug and alcohol abuse, and him in general just being a very vulnerable human being."
Stephen said that while these are dominant issues that he has come across while exploring homelessness, he is not intending to imply that all homeless people experience these exact conditions or in the exact same way.
He just wanted to give life to a fully-fleshed character.
Stephen is looking forward to returing to the Bakehouse Theatre after sellout season for Miss Blossom Callahan and Borrowed Time.
"I love working there, because of the incredible access to audience to performance possible in smaller venues."
See ShoGo's What's On page for more information about Appalling Behaviour.
Feast and Urban Myth Theatre of Youth have joined forces for a creative development of a new Aussie play exploring Youth and Queer culture for the 2011 Feast Festival and they want YOU to be a part of it.
Directed by Simone Avramidis, weekly workshops begin 21 July 2010. There will be a performance of the 'work in progress' as part of the 2010 Feast Festival.
If you are aged 17-26 and are keen to be a part of this development or want to extend your theatre making skills, jump on board and give Urban Myth a buzz on (08) 8272 3036 or email ad@urbanmyth.asn.au
Workshop Time: Wednesdays, 7pm – 9pm
Cost per 10 week term
Early Bird price: $135 full, $110 concession
Regular: $165 full, $140 concession
Get ready for the funniest, juiciest most disturbing theatre experience of 2010 as Brink Productions’ hilariously unsettling Harbinger, by Matthew Whittet, has its world premiere on August 31 at Space Theatre.
Harbinger, directed by Chris Drummond and starring Nathan O’Keefe, Alex Menglet and Yael Stone follows the story of characters Maddy and Chris after they meet in thrilling circumstances and embark on a journey into the night.
It is a rare and thrilling treat when contemporary blood-soaked horror disgraces the stage, and Harbinger does just that. Harbinger premieres at the Space Theatre on 31 August and plays through to 11 September (previews from August 27). Tickets are available through BASS on 131 246 or www.bass.net.au.
Vitalstatistix theatre workers, Tamara Lee (actor) and Michael Allen (director) are taking their award winning, one-woman show, A Solitary Choice, to this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is widely acknowledged to be the biggest arts festival in the world and takes place every August for three weeks in Scotland’s capital city. The Fringe will mark the international debut of A Solitary Choice, which will be shown in a space called the Drawing Room from 6-29 August at 12.45pm every day.
All proceeds to the two Adelaides performances of A Solitary Choice, which was penned by local theatre identity Sheila Duncan, will go towards taking Lee and Allen to the Fringe event.
Red Carpet is a series of events run by the State Theatre Company of SA for people in their 20s and 30s that give guests access to behind-the-scenes action and afterparties for their fabulous performances. Come along and see romeo&juliet on Friday 20 August and then enjoy drinks, nibbles and tunes at the next exclusive Red Carpet afterparty with the cast and director of romeo&juliet.
Visit the State Theatre Company of South Australia site for more information about Red Carpet.
The best things in life are second hand bargains…
Vitalstatistix Theatre Company knows how to put smiles on dials in the depths of winter, and The Vitals Book, Zine and Crafty Affair is an event full of everything one could want on a chilly Sunday. A mountain of second hand books, CDs, DVDs, vinyl records, cool art and craft stalls, a gourmet sausage sizzle, great coffee, cakes and a flowing bar in the beautiful, heritage listed Waterside Workers Hall in Port Adelaide
Vitals has collected so many books this year that books will be replenished at midday so that the early risers aren’t the only ones who get first dibs on some absolutely spiffing things: from Stephen King to Margaret Atwood, cookery books to encyclopaedias of music, and lets not forget the dozens of magazines, comics, CDs, DVDs and vinyl records (Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison anyone?) up for grabs.
This year, Vitals will also welcome writer Clementine Ford to the book fair, who’ll be selling a ‘straight-from-the-top-of-her-dome’ haiku on the topic of their choice. Got someone’s birthday coming up and don’t know what to get them? Want to impress a love interest but are poetically challenged? Come on down to the book fair and buy them a haiku.
It’s all for a good cause too. The book fair is Vitalstatistix Theatre Company’s biggest fundraiser of the year and money raised will go towards the development and presentation of new work. And remember - to keep our planet happy, please bring your own bags.
WHAT: The Vitals Book, Zine and Crafty Affair (second hand books, art and craft stalls, food, coffee and great company)
WHEN: Sunday, July 18th, 10am-4pm
WHERE: Waterside Worker’s Hall, 11 Nile Street, Port Adelaide
HOW MUCH: Voluntary gold coin donation
MEDIA CONTACT: Olivia Power, 8447 6211 or development@vitalstatistix.com.au
Come back for more laughs and tears with the State Theatre Company of South Australia's three or four play mini-subscriptions.
The following four shows are part of this subscription season: Entertaining Mr Sloane (2 - 25 July 2010), romeo&juliet (6 - 29 August 2010, God of Carnage (17 September - 10 October 2010) and The Give and Take (29 October - 21 November 2010).
Four play evening subscription $192 (save $44)
Three play evening subscription $150 (save $27)
For further details and prices or to subscribe visit statetheatrecompany.com.au or call (08) 8231 5151.
Patch Theatre Company has published its first children's book, to coincide with its Special Delivery national tour.
Created by Patch Artistic Director, Dave Brown, and Holly Baulderstone, Dan the Delivery Man is a wonder-filled, humorous story about finding friends and fun in ordinary places.
The book is linked to the premise of Special Delivery, which is also about the delivery man and how he is lured out of the busy-ness of his daytime world back into the mysteries and possibilities of childhood.
Playing in the July school holidays, Special Delivery will be a special treat for kids aged 4-8. Copies of Dan the Delivery Man will be available for purchase at the show for $5.
See the What's On page of ShoGo for more information about Special Delivery.
Restless Dance Theatre will feature on Channel 7's Sunrise Program tomorrow morning at 6.48am. It is a short feature on current RDT show, Beauty.