Programme
Program updated 8 October and is subject to change
FRIDAY 9th OCTOBER
Opening Night with MC Sophie Cleary
7.30pm to 9.00pm
A sampling of comedy, cabaret, theatre and music featuring Sam McCool, Delicate Lesson with Leisel Badorrek, Champagne Shoes with Vashti Hughes, Portable 2 with Alison Butler, Bella Voce with Faith McLeod and Marguerita Vorobioff, Share Hell with David Hood and Bridget Brooklyn
9.30pm to 10.00pm
Alice Spacedoll is a lyricist, singer and musical composer delivering performances that extend and challenge our experience of ‘known worlds’
10pm – 11pm
Groove to the melodic deep house sounds of Brendan Watson – Kinderspeil DJ
SATURDAY 10th OCTOBER
11am to 12pm in the Theatre
MC Sean O’Riordan
Play Reading of Combat Fatigue by Alison Rooke
11.10am to 12.00pm in the Studio
The Hideous Demise of Detective Jericho Slate by _Ali Sebastian Wolf.
12pm – 1pm in the Theatre
Panel Discussion
Closed Doors: Real or imagined? Demystified industry, empowered artists, rejection and innovation...
The panel will be joined by Sandy Verschoor CEO of the Adelaide Fringe Festival for what we think will be an interesting and inspiring conversation. Sandy will also be happy to talk to artists after the panel.
1pm – 2pm LUNCH
2pm – 3.30pm Two Concurrent Sessions
In the Theatre: MC Christoper Ryan
A program of performance art and live installation featuring: Scream with Ona Karaozbek, Rock n’ Roll n’ Reel by David Lucas, Flattering the Audience by Peter Whitehead and Colin Adams, Sans Everything- a Multi-lingual Shakespeare with Vincent Serrano, Reece Vella, Tiffany Stoecker, Lucia Gill, Yoni Slama and Grant Ryan, OVA with Goran Tomic, Witness in the Wall with Ben Storey and Jane Grimley, and Milanda de Mont.
In the Studio
Five playwrights with five new plays in development present key short scenes from each play in moved readings and open up for discussion. A short play that will become a full length piece by Drew Fairley, Featuring Crippled Kinsmen by Peter Maple, Casanova’s Duel by Andrew O’Connell, Belongings by Rebecca Clarke, and Kitty & Fifi & Jason Dale by Sean O’Riordan.
4pm – 5.30pm in the Theatre with MC Sam McCool
Ten Minute Plays and Song
No Stopping Zone by Madeleine Clague, Bleach by Brooke Robinson, Your Best Foot Forward by Pat Brennan, Come Back When You’ve Found Your Passion by Fleur Beaupert, Bill Hensen and his children by Julian Brophy, Conversations With by Angelene Harris with Clare Heuston, and Jaimee’s Room.
6pm - 7pm DINNER
7pm – 8.30pm in the Theatre with MC Glen Hamilton
Dance, Drama and Beat Boxing
A Letter to the Man with Augusta Supple, Clutter Clash Clack with Josephine Ison, Cardboard Castle by Phil Spencer, E-scape by Sonny Dallas Law, Car Trouble by Uma Kali Shakti with Darlene, and Aaron Nilan, PS Choreographed by Sean Marcs, Matt & Ben with Laura Holmes and Victoria Greiner, Erase with Chloe Fournier, and finishing with LC Beats.
9pm – 11pm in the Theatre with MC Onur Karaozbek
Comedy and Burlesque
A naughty night of fun, song and theatre
Getting Old is Not for Pussies with Ande Kindryd, Bothered and Bewildered by Simon Ward, burlesque with Sheena Miss Demeanor and the story teller Onur Karaozbek, stand-up with Rhys Nicholson, Cabaret Sketch with Liz Skitch, Sweet Deliverance -Vixon Noir Veronica Combs, Army for Jesus by Leisel Badorrek, and Vashti Hughes.
SUNDAY 11TH OCTOBER
10.30am – 11.30am Easy Sunday Morning in the Theatre
Yoga class with Robbie Baldwin
11am – 12pm Poet's Breakfast in the studio
Grab a coffee and croissant from the bar and join Marilyn Gotlieb aka Anna Nigma and friends for some performance poetry: poets from the floor also welcome.
11.30am – 1.30pm Performance class in the theatre
A workshop for performers based on Phillipe Gaulier’s teaching of complicite, le jeu, and improvisation led by Liz Skitch of Friday night’s comedy programme
12pm – 1.30 pm in the studio -Life Drawing Class
Bring your pencils and paper and enjoy the experience of sketching one of Sydney’s most glamorous and successful burlesque artist, Sarina del Fuego accompanied by art teacher, Barry Dean.
1.30pm – 2pm LUNCH
2pm – 3.30pm Beginners acting class in the Studio
Discover the combination of fun and focus in an exhilarating class led by one of ACTT’s main teachers.
2pm – 3.30pm Final Theatre program of the Festival
MC Deborah Jones
An eclectic mix of song, movement and theatre featuring If Life Were a Song with Damien Noyce, Save the World with Ecopella, Christina Theirs, A Single Mans Story by Cameron Jennings, Blonde Ambition with Ash Bee, Ophelia Experience by Melissa Jones and Franticmuse, Stars in their eyes by Pat Brennan, and some interactive music with Tristan Haze and friends.
3.30pm – 4.30pm Get Your Creative Work OUT THERE
Get ahead by hearing tips from on marketing your work from Kevin Bathman Low budget, big impact ideas to inspire creative artists.
4pm – 6.30pm Closing Session in the Theatre
Grab a drink and sit back or jump up and dance to the sounds of three great groups:
*Urban Gypsies offer a beautiful, inspiring and feisty mix of fusion guitar compositions from the jazz tradition of improvisation and the rhythmic palette of Gypsy, Latin and World music. The creative writing skills and innovative sounds of the Urban Gypsies set them in a class all their own. Inspired by John Mclaughlin, Pat Metheny, Sylvain Luc and many more guitar greats, Urban Gypsies will take you on a unique and imaginative musical journey that will leave you wishing for more.
*Mean Feet Brass Band give us street band music – influenced by club dance acts like the Propellerheads, the Prodigy and the Chemical Brothers – as well as having a few nods to the New Orleans, Mardi Gras, roots of street band music.
*Vote For Mary The spirit that drives the band is experimentation and freedom of creativity. Vote for Mary believe that there is a straight line between being catchy & slick and between uplifting & strong… and that’s where they stand.
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