WHAT'S ON WA

BARKING GECKO THEATRE COMPANY

180 Hamersley Road

Subiaco WA 6008

Ph: (08) 9380 3080

Fax: (08) 9380 3099

Email: gecko@barkinggecko.com.au

Website: www.barkinggecko.com.au

MySpace: www.myspace.com/barkinggeckotheatreco.

Gogo Fish
Suitable for> Families
Synopsis> And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, gasteropods and trilobites, please put your flippers or feelers or whatever else you might be made up of together, and give a big Devonian period welcome to the one, the only, the Gogo Fish!
Gogo Fish recreates the world of the placoderms, evolutionary ancestors of humans that lived 375 million years ago in North Western Australia. Damon Lockwood combines comedy with natural science documentary, taking us on a palaeontologic adventure through the Devonian swamps of the Kimberley. Moving back through the ages using a time-travelling fish club (the harder you hit, the further you go), we arrive at an evolutionary turning point: swamp fish are developing the bone structures of arms and legs. Will the placoderms realise that to be a 'fish out of water' is progress?
Public season> October school holidays
Venue> Subiaco Arts Centre Studio
Bookings> BOCS Ticketing on (08) 9484 1133 or visit www.bocsticketing.com.au

Workshops

For more information on a variety of workshops for pre-primary to year 12 in the October school holidays and term four visit www.barkinggecko.com.au or contact Alex Melville on (08) 9380 3080.

BUZZ DANCE

Level 1, King Street Arts Centre, 357-365 Murray St, Perth WA, 6000

Ph: 08 9226 2322

Fax: 08 9226 2323

Email: info@buzzdance.com.au

Website: www.buzzdance.com.au

2009 Program Launch
Come and be a part of the official unveiling of Buzz Dance Theatre’s exciting 2009 annual program.
Be one of the first people in Australia to discover what Buzz Dance Theatre has in store for schools and audiences in the year to come. On Thursday October 30, Buzz Dance Theatre will hold a sundowner to celebrate the launch of the company’s exciting 2009 annual program.
With a whole host of fresh new workshop programs and cutting-edge dance theatre works, as well as some old favourites, Buzz Dance Theatre is set to have an explosive year in 2009. So be sure to come along, have a drink with us and share in the excitement as we unveil the workshop programs, performance seasons and Professional Development sessions that Buzz will be undertaking in 2009!
5:30pm October 30 2008
Venue> Kings Street Art Centre
For more information> Please contact the Buzz Office on (08) 9226 2322.

SOUTHERN EDGE ARTS

PO Box 1367

Albany WA 6330

Ph: (08) 9841 6002

Fax: (08) 9842 2802

Email: info@southernedge.org.au

Website: www.southernedge.org.au

Shiny Things
On tour in the Great Southern!
Synopsis> First performed in Albany in October 2007, Shiny Things hits the road with a tour of the Great Southern in October 2008! Visiting Ravensthorpe, Katanning, Bridgetown and Bunbury, Southern Edge Arts is excited to bring the tales of Shiny Things out of Albany and to your doorsteps. What are the shiny things? When the light hits them we can see nothing else. They draw us on, regardless of the consequences. When the light goes out, they are all we remember. In a town where nothing ever happens, a camera, a magpie and a series of dreams conspire to make a change. When change occurs, whether it happens to you or you make it happen, sometimes it is best not to think about it… until you’re dead. Eight young people delight the audience with a hilarious mix of storytelling, music, and paper magic in Shiny Things, the latest offering from Southern Edge Arts!
Season> October 1 - 4, 16 -18

Artist in Residence: Theatre Design with Claude Marcos
Synopsis> In collaboration with Open Access Arts Studio, SEA will be hosting Perth based designer Claude Marcos to present ‘Design as Performance: Visual interpretation of a text’ focusing on understanding the role of theatre design in contemporary performance. This workshop is aimed at helping young people understand the basics of stage design but more specifically attempts to highlight the power gained from understanding how a visual and spatial understanding of text can truly inform the direction of a production.
Season> September 29 - October 3

Contemporary and Hip Hop Workshops with Visible Dance Company
Suitable for> Ages 14 and over
Synopsis> Join Elyse Huxtable and Pamela Konijn from Perth’s exciting new contemporary dance company, Visible Dance, in a dance workshop that will have you moving on the floor, flying through the air, and eating some space! Participants will experience contemporary dance through warm-ups and technique, get great feedback from WAAPA trained dancers and professional performers and then learn a full contemporary routine.
Season> 10am-4pm October 7 and 8
Venue> Southern Edge Arts, 77 on Sanford
Cost> $40

STEPS Youth Dance Company Workshops
Suitable for> 8-12 years
Synopsis> Southern Edge Arts hosts STEPS Youth Dance Company Artistic Director, Sam Fox for an intensive two-day workshop. If you already dance, perform or are interested in developing a new skill - this is your opportunity to learn from industry professionals in a fun and creative setting! The style of dance will be primarily contemporary with a blend of many other skills that will enhance any performance vocabulary and is geared for all levels of experience. The culmination of the workshops will be a performance for family and friends.
Season> 10am-4pm, October 9 and 10
Venue> Southern Edge Arts, 77 on Sanford
Cost> $40

SPARE PARTS PUPPET THEATRE

1 Short Street

Fremantle WA 6959

Ph: (08) 9335 5044

Fax: (08) 9335 7687

Email: admin@sppt.asn.au

Website: www.sppt.asn.au

Hare Brain

Synopsis> Hare Brain tackles the age-old dilemma – does fast and furious or slow and steady win the race? Join us for this twisted spin on Aesop’s fabled The Hare and the Tortoise!Season> Fremantle School Holiday Shows Saturday September 27– Saturday October 11
Venue> Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, 1 Short St Fremantle WA.

The Arrival
Synopsis> This is theatre and digital animation at its most exquisite.
Enter a strange and fantastical metropolis of floating ships, mysterious lights, alien symbols and curious animals.
Adapted from Shaun Tan’s multi-award winning book, The Arrival will take you on one man’s moving journey to an unknown world.
Named ‘Best Production’ for 2006 at the Perth Theatre Trust/Actors Equity Guild Awards, this is an emotionally moving piece which will touch anyone who has bid farewell to a loved one.
Fremantle Season> (General Public and Schools) Saturday November 8 – Saturday November 15
Bunbury, Margaret River and Geraldton Season> Dates TBC

STEPS YOUTH DANCE COMPANY

Kings St Arts Centre

PO Box 7648

Cloisters Square

Perth WA 6850

Ph: (08) 9226 2133

Fax: (08) 9226 2182

Email: info@stepsyouthdance.com.au

Website: www.stepsyouthdance.com.au

Powdermonkey
Suitable for> 8 – 12 years
Synopsis> Steps Youth Dance Company and BHP Billiton Nickel West are once again about to unleash the Powdermonkey on children throughout Kalgoorlie and Boulder.
Powdermonkey is a workshop and performance project for children who are interested in dance and the performing arts. The workshops are free and open to all interested primary schools, community groups and dance schools throughout Kalgoorlie and Boulder.
The Powdermonkey workshops offer young people an amazing opportunity to collaborate and explore dance and movement with leading Western Australian professional artists Sam Fox and Claudia Alessi.
Throughout the workshops children are immersed in exciting physical environments that stimulate and engage them physically, emotionally and mentally.
Above all it’s a great opportunity for young people to learn and develop new dance techniques, meet new people and have fun!
If your school or community group would like to take part in a workshop please call Steps Youth Dance Company on (08) 9226 2133.
Season> November 3-7 2008.
Venue> Primary schools, dance schools and community groups throughout Kalgoorlie and Boulder.
Cost> Free
For bookings and information> Contact Cassandra Lake on (08) 9226 2133 or email info@stepsyouthdance.com.au.

Epic Battles and Tragic Romance
Synopsis> Steps is celebrating twenty years of creating cutting-edge performances with, by and for young people in 2009. To kick the celebrations off early, Steps is holding auditions this November for the major season of Epic Battles Tragic Romance in April 2009.
Epic Battles and Tragic Romance will feature two 30-minute performances featuring fourteen young men and fourteen young women in two separate works:
Once Upon A Time in the West, a new and radically different take on the Boys Can Dance (BCD) project using the ‘spaghetti westerns’ of Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone as crucial references to interrogate contemporary masculinity with explosive action, playful irony, wry comedy and tough sincerity.
Heroine, a long awaited counterpoint to the BCD phenomenon, is an innovative dance work by and for young female Steps dancers exploring contrasting references and concepts of female heroism. These references will range from the tragic romances of literature and the traditional dance cannon to alternative visions of female narratives such as Chinese Communist ballets The Red Detachment of Women and cyberpunk femme protagonists to the everyday examples of heroine’s in the lives of the dancers.
This is one show you don’t want to miss out on so call Steps or check out the website for audition dates and locations.