MELBOURNE
15 February - 4 March 2023
Meat Market Stables
MELBOURNE 15 February - 4 March 2023 Meat Market Stables
Antipodes Theatre Company presents
FESTIVAL OF THE UNSEEN
SHOWCASING NEW WORK AND BOLD IDEAS
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Antipodes Theatre Company is excited to present our first ever pop-up festival for new work and bold ideas. Festival of the Unseen will feature new work, open mic nights and one-night-only performances over three weekends of entertainment that includes:
Unsung, a concert where performers sing from roles they would not traditionally be cast in,
A staged reading of The Humans, a Victorian premiere featuring cast members from our planned production and showcasing the work of our design team,
Winter Lab Showcase, featuring excerpts from projects that have gone through our Winter Lab program for new work,
Visual Arts Exhibition - “Visions from Lockdowns” by Amelia Shepherd.
Sloshed Shakespeare, exactly what it sounds like!
Play in a Day, an evening showcasing 10-minute plays and musicals that were written in 24 hours,
Spotlight Series, open mic variety nights for writers, singers and comedians,
Workshops on applying for our upcoming Winter Lab in June, creating new work, inclusion and equity in the performing arts, and more!
Cameron Steens - Producer
Co-producing nine events over three weeks with a short turnaround, primarily focussing on new work. Responsibilities included marketing, website design, casting, coordinating signups, ticketholders, bar and venue management.
Production Team
Producers - Brandon Pape & Cameron Steens
special thanks to
SLOSHED SHAKESPEARE
Hosts - Melissa David & David Meadows
SPOTLIGHT SERIES - AN OPEN MIC EXPERIENCE
Hosts - Owen James, Willow Sizer, Fat Baby Brown & Aubrey Flood.
New Work Readers - Bradley Storer, Chloe Towan, Melissa David & Tahlia Jameson
WINTER LAB SHOWCASE
RESIDUE by William Hinz
performed by Bugs Bachera, Louie Dalzell, Kayla Hamill, Katie Long & Kali Shanthi.
SPUNK DADDY by Darby James
ASTITVA/IDENTITY by Rosemary Johns and Aliya Aboo
MY GOD, SHE’S A WOMAN by Kikki Temple
with Dax Carney & Gabriel Cali
THE HUMANS
Jordan Barr, Vivien Davies, David James, Chris Masters Mah, Luisa Scrofani & Fiona Stewart.
UNSUNG
Bugs Baschera, David Butler, Aidan Gale Miranda, Anne Gasko, Guillaume Gentile, Matthew Hearne, Geraldine Quinn, Lucy Ross & Bradley Storer.
PLAY IN A DAY
Host - Melissa David,
Props designer - Bridie Turner
10 MINUTES
written by Kikki Temple, directed by Dax Carnay
performed by Gabe Cali & Melissa Gan.
BETTER
written by Abigail Banister-Jones, directed by Em Tambree
performed by Bradley Storer & Tahlia Jameson
DRISCOLL
written by Alex Duncan, directed by Domenica Garrett
performed by Megan Scolyer-Gray & Nina Tischhauser
FLAMINGO JOE
written by Ryan Henry, directed by Mark Taylor
performed by Emerson Hansford & Andrea Mendez
SHAPES OF DEATH
written by Chloe Towan, directed by Nathan Fernandez
performed by Ellen Marning & Maddy Jolly Fuentes