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BED presented by Syntax Theatre Company
Do you know what you "Nana" is doing tonight?
In one giant BED lay seven elderly people, all tucked in tight. As all
seven drift in and out of sleep, all is not as it seems behind their
elderly facade . . . Transported back to their youths through their
dreams. Mundane situations become surreal, even the simplest task of
getting a glass of water becomes a great "Great Escape". BED offers a
visual feast of exotic bra jugglers, acrobats and a traumatic voyage
under the sea . . . all taking place in one BED!
"Jim Cartwright is one of the mavericks of British theatre" - Daily
Telegraph
"Cartwright writes better about old people than anyone I know, except
perhaps Beckett. This is an odd, harrowing and hilarious piece, entirely
without sentimentality, sturdy but moving." - John Peter, Sunday Times
Directed by Renee Palmer - Performed by Kurt Mottershead, Clare Danahur,
Clinton Ahern, Germaine Wattis, Jennifer Natale, Mark Bruin, Emma
Valenta
8pm, Wed - Sat May 8th - 11th
The Old Council Chambers
* 4 SHOWS ONLY *
$15 Full/ $12 Conc - Bookings Ph: 9685 5111
WOOMERA CD LAUNCH
The exciting, new Melbourne band Little Red Look are launching their
first single WOOMERA at Trades Hall. This song is sure to become one of
the great Australian social justice tunes. Little Red Look will be
joined by Aiden Roche for this great evening of new music. Some of the
proceeds from the event will be donated to the Refugee Action Collective
and the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre.
7:30pm, Friday May 10th
Trades Hall Bar
$15 Full/ $12 Conc - includes a copy of the CD single WOOMERA
THE WAITING ROOM presented by Melbourne Workers Theatre and Platform 27
Why does Australia fear the world's most helpless and vulnerable
citizens?
MWT & Platform 27 dare you to look past the razor wire into the white
face of of Australia's refugee policy. THE WAITING ROOM is hardhitting
political theatre that aims to debunk the racist myths about refugees
and confront audiences with the reality of existence inside detention
centres.
The Waiting Room is a limbo existence where there is no belonging, no
identity and no known future. It is the destination of many of today's
asylum seekers, who survive terror and war only to be incarcerated by
unfriendly bureaucratic systems. Through text, multimedia and physical
theatre, this Kafka-esque parable exposes the fundamental xenophobia of
Australia's policies.
Previews May 13, 14 @ 6:30pm - Tickets ONLY $10
6:30pm Mondays & Tuesdays - 8pm Wednesday - Saturday, May 15 - June 1
The New Ballroom
$20 Full/ $13 Conc/ $10 Previews & groups 10+
Bookings Ph: 9326 8371
www.melbourneworkerstheatre.com
NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL EVENTS @ TRADES HALL www.nextwave.org.au
LIFE OF THE CITY - Large scale projections onto Trades Hall. Workers
build the infrastructure of the city, and young people bring it to life.
This project is the result of a series of artist run workshops with
young people. Life of the City is part of Next Wave's committment to
young people's creative engagement with public spaces. Artists: Ian
Corcoran & Simon Maidment www.lifeofthecity.cjb.net
6pm - May 18th, 19th, 20th *FREE EVENT*
SEIZE THE PRESS presented by The Victorian Writers Centre - Forum for
young and would be publishers. A wide range of established
professionals, young publishers and editors will discuss the issues
surrounding small, electronic and alternative publishers. Participants
include Sophie Cunningham (publisher with Allen & Unwin), Ian Syson
(publisher with Vulgar Press, editor of Overland Magazine), Antoni Jach
(novelist and teacher of Small Press, RMIT) and Steve Grinwade
(freelance editor and small press publisher).
The Annex - 6pm, Monday May 20th *FREE EVENT* Bookings Ph: 9326 4619
OF FLESH AND STONE - Chalk drawing performances. The pavement in the
interactive city. With chalk drawing, the artists engage public
participation in an ongoing record of the marks that make a city.
Artists: Martin Burns, Selby Ginn, Ry Haskings, Nicole Haverfield,
Robert Julian, Mark Misic, Asim Memishi, Gigi Panopoulos, Sean Samon,
Rene' van Kan & Paul Waycott.
3pm - 6pm, Saturday May 18 - Trades Hall, Lygon St Carlton *FREE EVENT*
GET IT LIVE - GET IT AT TRADES HALL
54 Victoria St (Cnr Lygon St) Carlton Ph: 9662 3555
Trades Hall Bar - open nightly from 5pm 'til late
Friday Happy Hours 4-7pm
more info visit www.tradeshallarts.com.au
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