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- Location:
- Melbourne, Australia, 3182
- Phone:
- 03 9534 4879
- Mon - Fri:
- 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
7:00 pm - 12:00 am - Sat - Sun:
- 7:00 pm - 12:00 am
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Sunday, September 20 at 7:30pm - The Forest of Gongs
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Tomorrow, November 26 at 2:00pm - CIRCUS WORKS
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Wednesday, December 2 at 7:30pm - CIRCUS WORKS: Master Class Series
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Thursday, December 3 at 2:00pm
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1 wk to go!
George is jetsetting 2 Adelaide 2day 2 check out Gravity & Other Myths rehearsals, Parasouls' Lilikoi is co-hosting Derek Guille’s show [774 ABC] on Mon, Masterclasses & forum r filling, new LX equipment has been purchased 4 Theatre Works, champaigne is being chilled, A4 r rehearsing thier awesome new show ...& Circus Trick Tease are gearing up 2 open the season @ 7.30pm Wed 2nd of Dec
Woohooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! www.theatreworks.org.au
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Theatre Works is a creative centre and venue in the heart of St. Kilda, Melbourne. Theatre Works aims to support, present and promote innovative arts practice.
See MoreTheatreworks If you haven't already booked your place in the Circus Works master classes, you better hurry! Places are limited and you dont want to miss out on these VERY affordable master class workshops. Book you ticket to a Circus Works show while you are at it... www.theatreworks.org.au
Theatreworks Hello everyone, We've had a late cancellation for 2010 so if anyone is still looking for a venue to put on a show, rehearse, do readings, etc etc, email me on gm@theatreworks.org.au Dates available are Mon 25th Jan to Sun 21st Feb 2010. [Part of this is during Midsumma festival and St Kilda laughs Festival] Could also ...be a fantastic oppurtunity to do a Melbourne season before you head of to the Adelaide Festival!
Novotel Melbourne St Kilda [one of our fabulous sponsors] are putting on a fundraising dinner for the ‘Very Special Kids’ organisation. [http://www.vsk.org.au/] They are looking for one or two exciting acts of about 10 minutes each to entertain guests during the dinner. I...
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CIRCUS WORKS: Get your Early Bird tickets now!
Offer available until Sunday 1st November.
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Check out our very exciting CIRCUS WORKS Master Class & Forum series featuring Clare Bartholomew, Sue Broadway, Gail Kelly, Emil Wolk and special guest panel members. Designed to assist practicing artists in the continued development of their craft, this project has been generously supported through the Ian Potter Foun...dation.
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You! Clown? Or how to be stupid onstage, without being a dunce!
Thursday 3rd December 2009: 2.00pm to 5.30pm
Masterclass leader: Clare Bartholomew
A very short and silly trip into the world of clown and physical comedy.
Childish, ridiculous, tragic, naughty and naive, sometimes even angry, although forever optimistic, the clown longs for their chance to be in the spotlight and 'save the show!'
Working solo and in duets with specific exercises and tasks, performers will each find their own 'clown' relationships and characters and discover different techniques that work for them. Emphasis will be on the playfulness and complicite between performers onstage and their joy at being 'seen' by the audience.
Maximum Number: 12.
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The Act Lab
Friday 4th December 2009: 2.00pm to 5.30pm
Masterclass leader: Sue Broadway
This is an interactive process in which Sue directs a piece of work for each participant while the rest of the group acts as audience and assists with feedback. Each session begins with a group warm up focusing on presence and play.
Each participant brings a small piece of work - at any stage of development from starting point to finished piece - which is then performed, considered and reworked. Participants may work as duos or groups if they wish.
Sue has been presenting this process since the Adelaide Festival Fringe Masterclass series, hosted by the Circus Festival in 1998, and has successfully used the process with aerialists, street performers, clowns, actors, dancers, puppeteers and even a magician.
Participants are asked to bring everything they need to present a piece of between 90 seconds and five minutes. A supportive, challenging and fun environment is created which can generate major insights for performers in a very short time frame.
Maximum Number: 8
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Vaudeville Routines
Sunday 6th December 2009: 10.00am to 1.30pm
Masterclass leader: Emil Wolk
Emil's Master Class will deal with the refinement required for performing particular vaudeville routines, concentrating on the style and comedy of the material as handed down to him by professional exponents in these fields; in particular Johnny Hutch (the Herculeans) and Cor van Velthoven (the Como Bros.). Emphasis will be put on character rather than solely physical skill and to the discipline and economy of execution necessary in the performance of these remarkable pieces of work. Time permitting Emil will also look at some short extracts from solo pieces by the participants and apply some of the discoveries of the workshop to their acts.
Maximum Number: 12
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Directing Circus & Physical Theatre.
Thursday 10th December 2009: 2.00pm to 5.30pm
Masterclass leader: Gail Kelly
This is a practical hands-on master-class, which introduces circus & physical theatre performers to a range of ways of devising & directing within the art forms of circus and physical theatre (What's the difference?)
Practical explorations will include investigations into: concepts / ideas / collaborative working methodologies / cross art form infiltrations / provocations & manifestos / act development & integration / structural mappings & meanings / performer & conceptual connections / near misses and the fine flow of segue and sequences.
The participants will work as both the performer and the director and within a range of combinations that will explore: the solo, the duet, the trio and ultimately the whole.
Participants will need to come with an idea, an image and a piece of music.
Maximum Number: 12.
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Performance Presence
Friday 11th December 2009: 2.00pm to 5.30pm
Masterclass leader: Sue Broadway
This is a workshop focused on the presence of the performer - what it is, how to work with it, and how it generates meaning in our work. The sessions use group exercises and play as well as exercises in small groups and solo.
The three key modes of performance presence (performative self, enacted character, neutral) are generated through exercises that enable the participants to feel the quality of each state internally and to witness their effect on an audience.
The three key modes of audience relationship (fourth wall, presentational and interactive) are similarly explored.
This is a very useful workshop for performers who wish to understand better their effect on their audiences and how to work with it.
Maximum Number: 12.
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The CIRCUS WORKS Master Class Series is designed to assist practicing artists in the continued development of their skills and craft.
To apply, interested artists should send a brief 1 page CV including a summary of your experience and what you hope to achieve by participating in these Master Classes to theatreworks@fastmail.fm
Applications open on Sunday 1st November 2009.
[Applications will not be accepted prior to this date]
Workshop places will be filled in order of eligible applications received.
COST:
Full Price: $50.00 / workshop. [+bf]
ACAPTA members: $30.00 / workshop. [+bf]
These heavily subsidised rates have been made possible through the generous support of the Ian Potter Foundation.
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Theatre Works' latest artist support program is an exciting and thrill-filled season showcasing four emerging and highly talented Independent Circus/Physical Theatre companies as they push the artistic boundaries by blending traditional circus skills with theatrical storytelling. Four amazing independent circus compani...es will flip, fly, twirl, juggle, balance and enthral as they perform their breath taking and awe inspiring shows on the Theatre Works stage. Make sure you mark this one in your diary!
Circus Trick Tease [Circus Trick Tease]
7.30pm Wednesday 2nd to Saturday 5th & 2.00pm Sat 5th December.
Trick Tease Circus is a raunchy, raucous & entertaining collection of misfits including a maladjusted strongman, his neurotic female compatriot & their international star. Together, they play out their chaotic roles in dazzling displays of acrobatics, precarious balances & gratuitous headstands.
Parasouls [Parasouls]
9.00pm Wednesday 2nd to Saturday 5th & 3.30pm Sat 5th December.
Four young women on stage stripped down but still dressed.
Parasouls pervert perceptions in their debut performance, using circus to examine femininity, cultural stereotypes and the awareness of bodies on display. A tableau of innocence and vulnerability staged by strong women, encapsulating sideshow female oddities, contorting to ideals and dismembering the perfect woman...
Freefall [Gravity & Other Myths]
7.30pm Wednesday 9th to Saturday 12th & 2.00pm Sat 12th December.
One in twenty people have a phobia: Fear of public speaking, fear of death, fear of spiders, of darkness, of heights, of people, of thunder and lightning and small spaces. Using physical theatre, dynamic acrobatics and spoken word, Freefall transcends the conventional concept of fear to show the deeper complexities and resulting everyday habits that fear evokes in us all. What are you afraid of?
DownPour [A4 Circus Ensemble]
9.00pm Wednesday 9th to Saturday 12th & 3.30pm Sat 12th December.
Come for a journey through life with 'DownPour'. This unique circus show explores new love, lost love and everything in-between! It's poetic and humorous, poignant and timeless. 'DownPour' fuses traditional and contemporary circus skills delivered by a fresh and highly skilled circus ensemble.
Date: 02 Dec 2009 - 12 Dec 2009
Time: Wed to Sat @ 7.30pm & 9.00pm / Sat @ 2.00pm & 3.30pm
Price: Full $25.00 / Conc $20.00 / Matinee $15.00 + Special Ticket Packages. [Plus booking fee]
This project has been supported by the City of Port Phillip through the Cultural Development Fund.
Tickets on sale www.theatreworks.org.au
Those of you fortunate enough to see our recent MOVING WORKS season here at Theatre Works might be interested to know that Phantom Limbs, winners of both the Peoples Choice Award and the Theatre Works Creative Development Award recently spent a very productive week at Theatre Works working on their...
Theatreworks Wow! Choosing our 2010 Selected Works and In The Works companies is going to be hard work. There are so many great applications!
Experienced person for Front of House work, mainly evenings and must be available at weekends. Duties include selling tickets for performances, cash handling, bar & coffee sales and some cleaning...
Theatreworks If you haven't seen RUNTIME ERROR or MANTSWE yet, then hurry up! Both are great shows and they finish tonight; you can check out the reviews on the 'News and Reviews' page of our website. Details on our facebook page and website www.theatreworks.org.au Don't miss them!!
