SUNDAY

MELBOURNE THEATRE CO.

Sunday is an audacious fantasy inspired by the stories and myths that surround Heide Museum of Modern Art founder Sunday Reed – the muse and mentor to a circle of artists including Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker and Joy Hester.

  • Writer: Anthony Weigh
    Director: Sarah Goodes

    Drums & Perc: Ralf Rehak
    Double Bass: Dan Witton

    Image: Pia Johnson


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DISTANT MATTER

STAATSBALLET BERLIN

Anouk van Dijk, previous Artistic Director of the Australian Dance Company Chunky Move, presented a world premiere with the dancers of Staatsballett Berlin.

  • Choreography: Anouk van Dijk
    Composer: Jethro Woodward
    Set & Lighting: Paul Jackson, Anouk van Dijk & Claus de Hartog
    Costume: Jessica Helbach
    Choreography Assistant: Tara Jade Samaya & Niharika Senapati


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HERE WE ARE AMONGST YOU

RAWCUS & ARTS HOUSE

Against the backdrop of a devastating event, four dancers walk the line between individual and shared experience.

  • Devised and Performed by the Rawcus Ensemble: Clem Baade, Michael Buxton, Harriet Devlin, Rachel Edward, Nilgun Guven, Joshua Lynzaat, Paul Matley, Mike Mc Evoy, Ryan New, Kerryn Poke, Louise Riisik, Prue Stevenson, Danielle von der Borsch

    Director: Kate Sulan
    Designer: Emily Barrie
    Composer/Sound Designer: Jethro Woodward
    Lighting Designer: Richard Vabre
    Co-devisor/Dramaturge: Ingrid Voorendt
    Stage Manager: Jess Keepence
    Production Manager: Alana Hoggart
    Executive Producer: Jacque Robinson

    Images Sarah Walker and Pia Johnson


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FLUXJOB

LGI & ARTS HOUSE

Against the backdrop of a devastating event, four dancers walk the line between individual and shared experience.

  • Choreographer : Lucy Guerin with the dancers
    Lighting Designer : Paul Lim
    Composer & Sound Designer : Jethro Woodward
    Costume Designer : Andrew Treloar
    Dramaturg : Adena Jacobs

    Dancers : Tra Mi Dinh, Amber McCartney, Lilian Steiner, Geoffrey Watson

    Image: Sarah Walker


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THE RETURN

MALTHOUSE THEATRE & RISING FESTIVAL 2022

Once considered ‘exotic’ trophies of antiquity, the bodily remains of Indigenous men, women, and children served scientific theories of evolution and were prized objects displayed on mantelpieces. In the cover of darkness, grave robbers would pillage burial grounds, to sell Ancestral remains to the highest bidder under the guise of scientific research. Thousands were stolen and sold.

Composed in collaboration with Jason Tamiru

  • Composed in collaboration with Jason Tamiru:
    Vocals, Yidaki, & Clapsticks.

    Writer: John Harvey

    Co-Director & Cultural Custodian: Jason Tamiru

    Co-Director: Matthew Lutton

    Image: Pia Johnson.

COMMON GROUND

CHUNKY MOVE

A ritualistic battleground for two dance greats, Common Ground is a choreographic game of chess. Inspired by political feuds, historical showdowns and the intricate, moment-to-moment recalibrations required of any partnership, the work explores how supposed rules can be upturned by unexpected moves—intricate gambits, sacrifices and reactive attacks

  • Created b Anouk van Dijk
    Lighting Design: Paul Jackson
    Set & Costume: Marg Horwell
    Composition: Jethro Woodward

    Performers: Richard Cilli, Tara Jade Samaya

    Image: Pia Johnson


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ANTIGRAVITY

CHUNKYMOVE & ASIATOPA

ANTIGRAVITY confronts gravity-bound bodies with the ephemeral, ever-changing cloud. Performers transform from celestial creatures to terrestrial warriors. As the clouds swell and dissipate, bodies are caught between monolithic stillness and fleeting elevation, becoming the vessels of our own imagination.

  • Concept, Choreography & Direction: Anouk van Dijk
    Co-creator & Concept: Ho Tzu Nyen
    Visual Design: Ho Tzu Nyen, Paul Jackson, Anouk van Dijk
    Lighting Design: Paul Jackson
    Composition & Sound Design: Jethro Woodward
    Costume Design: Harriet Oxley

    Performed by: James Batchelor, Marlo Benjamin, Sarah Ronnie Bruce, Tara Jade Samaya, Niharika Senapati, Luigi Vescio

    Image: Pippa Samaya

    Touring Season: 2018 Utrecht


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BLASTED

MALTHOUSE THEATRE 2018

This was the debut script of in-your-face playwright prodigy Sarah Kane. Her prescient dissection of our response to violence was heralded as ‘depraved’ by some, ‘tender’ by others. So ignited the polarising firestorm of Kane’s blazing career.

  • BY: Sarah Kane
    DIR: Anne-Louise Sarks
    CAST: Fayssal Bazzi, Eloise Mignon & David Woods
    SET & COSTUME: Marg Horwell
    LIGHTING: Paul Jackson
    SOUND DESIGN & COMPOSITION: Jethro Woodward
    CINEMATOGRAPHY: Sky Davies

    Photo: Pia Johnson

THE TRUTH

MELBOURNE THEATRE CO | 2021

From the internationally celebrated playwright behind The Father comes a devilishly dark comedy that explores the truths that tear us apart and the lies that keep us together.

  • MELBOURNE THEATRE CO | 2022
    WRITER: FLORIAN ZELLER
    DIR: SARAH GILES


    VOICE: GAIN SLATER


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