Apr
6
4:30 PM16:30
CELESTIAL
Step into a world of transcendence as Zoë Bastin’s Celestial reimagines angels as heralds of the queer extraordinary.
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Jan
24
to Jan 25
PARADISE LOTS
Experimental theatre company Pony Cam teams up with a group of young artists from Geelong, transforming an urban car park into a large-scale performance space.
Aug
10
to Aug 11
MAKE YOUR LIFE COUNT
Loosen your sense of self in Sarah Aiken’s award-winning, kaleidoscopic dance work of constantly shifting scale. Are you too much to handle or too small to matter?
Apr
20
to Apr 21
NORTH YOUTH THEATRE PRESENTS: 'RAFIKI' & 'RAN'
This double-bill event brings stories by Geelong’s diaspora communities to the screen and stage.
Mar
22
to Mar 25
THE DIRECTOR
A bold performance exposing and expanding elements of the death industry, presented by award-winning collective APHIDS.
Feb
22
to Feb 25
THE BLEEDING TREE
A mother and her daughters have just welcomed home the man of the house - with a crack in the shins and a bullet in the neck.
Nov
30
to Dec 2
BODIES OF WATER
Bodies of Water explores the human relationship with the sea, as a place of nourishment, danger and transcendence.
Nov
23
to Nov 24
SMALL WONDERS
An immersive audio, text and movement experience by Blink Dance Theatre, with original sound design by Josh Mitchell.
Oct
6
to Oct 7
PICTURES & GHOSTS
Arabella Frahn-Starkie draws upon the relationship between dance, and the means of documenting and archiving performance.
Jul
21
to Jul 22
THE UNLEARNING
A new dance work by Adrien Tucker, exploring expressions of masculinity.
Jun
23
to Jun 25
BLACKROCK | Written by Nick Enright
An intimate Australian drama, directed by LAB alumna Olivia Staaf.
Jun
3
to Jun 12
ANYTHING & EVERYTHING
A live performance that glimpses into the intimate online and IRL spaces where young people navigate technology, identity, ability, connection and consent.
Mar
25
to Mar 26
MAPS OF THE HEART
NORTH YOUTH THEATRE
MAPS OF THE HEART
25-26 MAR | MULTIPLE SESSION TIMES
75 MINS (NO INTERMISSION)
$15 + BF GENERAL ADMISSION
$5 + BF CONCESSION
IMPORTANT TICKETING INFORMATION
From Monday 23 November 2021, all patrons over the age of 12 and 2 months must show proof of their COVID-19 vaccination status as a condition of entry. Before you arrive, please make sure you have added your COVID-19 digital certificate to the Service Victoria app or bring printed proof of vaccination with you. You can find more details about how to add your certificate by visiting coronavirus.vic.gov.au
PLATFORM ARTS IS WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VIA GHERINGHAP STREET ENTRANCE.
FOR ACCESSIBILITY BOOKINGS PLEASE DIRECTLY CONTACT HELLO@PLATFORMARTS.ORG.AU
ENSEMBLE CAST
Abraham Herasan, Ali Hosseini, Alphonse Mulashe, Eto Claudine, Fiston Baraka, Irene Bakulikira, Keak Joak, Nina Untivero and Gatdoar Mach.
CREDITS
Written by Abraham Herasan, Keak Joak, Sila Toprak, Ali Hosseini, Alphonse Mulashe, and Nina Untivero.
Directed by Dave Kelman.
Composed by Callum Watson.
Additional music by Baraka.
Eight characters, seven real stories and one made up. From the Philippines to South Sudan, from Rwanda to Iran, experience stories of love, desperation and luck told through music, dance, poetry and gritty theatre. One question: are there any happy endings?
Take a journey into cultural complexity. MOTH tells the stories of eight characters from different times and different countries based on the real experiences of cast members and their friends and families. Interwoven with these stories are the actors’ reflections on who they are, where they have come from and how it feels to be living in a society that struggles to embrace difference.
Written by the ensemble and told through fast-paced, funny theatre, MOTH spans Congo, Philippines, Iran, Turkey, Rwanda and Tanzania and moves from the 1960s to the present day. Original music, song and rap drive the narrative to its surprising conclusion.
Directed by Dave Kelman and presented by Geelong's only ensemble of people of colour, North Youth Theatre in partnership with Bluebird Foundation and Platform Arts, MOTH includes an original music score created by local award-winning composer Callum Watson and additional music by Baraka.
"Maps of the Heart is about the journey of coming of age and trying to find your place in the world. It culminates with the story being told by people who either lived the experience in their native country or were told of the experience here in Australia. The cast has found each other, and they indirectly explain how these stories helped forge their destiny and its role in finding their own place in the world."
- Abraham Herasan, NYT Ensemble Member
Showing over two nights, from 25 - 26 MARCH at Platform Arts, MOTH is a must-see performance.
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May
4
12:00 PM12:00
HELL'S CANYON
VCE PLAYLIST
HELL’S CANYON
PRESENTED BY PLATFORM ARTS & REGIONAL ARTS VICTORIA
TUES 4 MAY, 12.00PM
65 MINS, PLUS 10 MINUTE Q&A
NO INTERVAL
SOLD OUT
PLATFORM ARTS IS WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE.
PLEASE CONTACT HELLO@PLATFORMARTS.ORG.AU FOR ANY ENQUIRIES.
Hell’s Canyon is a remarkable story about friendship and grief, by up and coming Australian writer, Emily Sheehan.
Caitlin and Oscar used to be mates, but not anymore. Six months after the death of Oscar’s brother, Caitlin and Oscar haven’t spoken. These days, Caitlin texts boys to meet her in public parks while Oscar eats his lunch in the teacher’s staffroom. But when Caitlin sends Oscar a text message, he comes running. She convinces an unsuspecting Oscar to run away with her; to go “full on missing". Hell's Canyon is a play that comically depicts the challenging journey of adolescence from childhood into adulthood. It shows how friendship and empathy overcome challenging circumstances and celebrates the tenacity of teenage adventure and the human spirit.
Watch the trailer:
To support VCE students studying Hell's Canyon, a playwriting workshop led by playwright Emily Sheehan will also be running. Click here to book tickets.
Emily Sheehan is an award-winning playwright and theatre-maker. Her first play Hell's Canyon won the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award, was shortlisted for the Patrick White Playwrights Award, and was a showcased play in Playwriting Australia’s 2016 National Play Festival at The Malthouse Theatre.
Director Katie Cawthorne has presented work in Melbourne, Sydney, Mexico, Darwin and Canberra. Katie completed her Masters of Fine Arts (Directing) at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) in 2015. She has been the Artistic Director of Canberra Youth Theatre since January 2015.
Dec
10
7:00 PM19:00
ANYTHING & EVERYTHING (DIGITAL)
From their bedrooms, on the internet, 9 people aged between 9 and 25 talk about anything and everything.
Mar
14
to Mar 15
CAMP, BACK TO BACK THEATRE
BACK TO BACK THEATRE
CAMP
MAR 14 - 15, 9:30AM - 5:30PM
CAMP is Back to Back Theatre’s annual weekend in March of delightfully ruthless theatre-making workshops for people with and without disability who love, or are curious about, performance making.
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Feb
29
8:00 PM20:00
NEAL PRESENTS: HABITAT
NEAL PRESENTS: VICKI HALLETT, JEREMY ALSOP, STEVE FALK & JEM SAVAGE
HABITAT
Somewhere in deep Africa a forest elephant rumbles. Introducing Habitat. Field recordings are the basis of Habitat’s music composition.
Habitat improvises and reacts musically to images and sounds of species in crisis within their natural habitat to create an immersive and captivating live performance. Sounds and images of the endangered African forest elephant were recorded by the Elephant Listening Project (ELP) from Cornell University.
HABITAT are:
Vicki Hallett - winds
Jeremy Alsop - bass
Steve Falk - percussion
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Feb
6
to Feb 8
MY OTHER CLOSET THE CABARET
MY OTHER CLOSET: THE CABARET
WORKSHOP:
6 FEB, 9.30AM - 4PM
Evening Performance:
7 FEB, 7PM
Matinee Performance:
8 FEB, 12PM
My Other Closet is first and foremost a celebration of LGBTQ people’s ability to triumph in the face of extreme adversity. My Other Closet: the Cabaret is also a community education project that raises awareness about domestic violence in LGBTQ relationships and celebrates the survivors. The cabaret format is a powerful way of reaching one of the most marginalised and difficult to access parts of the rural LGBTQ communities; people experiencing DV.
The show presents strategies for avoiding or leaving potentially abusive relationships, and provides tailored information for victims and potential victims as well as intervention methods for bystanders. This project functions as a unique health promotion tool that builds empathy, understanding and the will to act through the emotional impact of musical theatre, while celebrating the resilience it takes to proclaim “I Am What I Am”.
The message of My Other Closet: The Cabaret is: Everyone deserves to feel safe, and to love and to be loved without fear. Everyone.
You can also attend a workshop facilitated by Rainbow Health Victoria with the performance on Thursday 6 February. Tickets here.
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Dec
13
to Dec 14
WAITING FOR SOMETHING BETTER
NORTH YOUTH THEATRE PRESENTS:
WAITING FOR SOMETHING BETTER
FRI DEC 13, 7:30PM - 9PM
SAT DEC 14, 7:30PM - 9PM
FREE
www.northyouththeatre.org
@northyouththeatre
A comedy about the end of the world! Two desperate people wait at a crossroad for something to save them from the approaching apocalypse. The culturally diverse artists of Geelong’s North Youth Theatre present their own unique take on the climate emergency in a strange and beautiful story that takes you from Amazonia to the Horn of Africa and back home.
Followed by a rap performance from BARAKA - a hip hop and R&B hype artist - creating music and a new sound.
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Dec
9
to Dec 12
UNAPOLOGETICALLY MYSELF
SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER THEATRE AND NOBODY’S FOOL THEATRE PRESENT:
UNAPOLOGETICALLY MYSELF
School and Community Performances:
9 - 12 DEC
By arrangement. Call Laura 0427 974 513.
Public Evening Performance:
12 DEC, 7PM
Entry by donation. Book tickets here.
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Dec
1
2:00 PM14:00
TRIBE: END OF YEAR SHOWCASE
OXYGEN COLLEGE
TRIBE: END OF YEAR SHOWCASE
Oxygen College is proud to present their end of year showcase, TRIBE. A fantastic opportunity to enjoy some great music from their talented TRIBE members.