ACMI late night Thursday Program

The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) will present an exciting fusion of sight and sound as part of Late Night Thursday’s program from April to June. Synaesthesia is a program of free live performances exploring different forms of the moving image, including media art, newly interpreted live film scores and works that draw on sound and film archives. The program will feature intimate showcases from Mink Engine, Outpost Collective, Robin Fox, Abject Leader, the Ang Fang Quartet, Jean Poole with DJ CanCut, Gossip Pop, Paul Robertson and a live collaboration between Qua and Isobel Knowles.

On Thursdays throughout April, May and June
Studio 1, Federation Square, Melbourne
Find out more at: www.acmi.net.au

La Petite Mort with Isabel Hertaeg a fundraiser for the Women’s Circus

La Petite Mort – The Orgasm

After a raging season at Melbourne Fringe La Petite Mort – The Orgasm is returning to the festival circuit, for one night only, as a fundraiser for The Women’s Circus and as part of The Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

La Petite Mort – the Orgasm is a cabaret journey through love, science, medicine, sex, erotica and song. Prepare for a post-coital smoke after this foxy ride.

The biggest draw here is Hertaeg’s powerful voice, she quickly sets a sultry mood and is well on her way to becoming one strong cabaret diva” (Australian Stage)

Women’s Circus – Drill Hall – 395 Barkly Street, Footscray, Melbourne
Sunday 26 April 2009 – 5pm
Full $20, Conc $15 (Women’s Circus members Full $15, Conc $10)
Bookings: No Bookings, Door sales only
http://womenscircus.org.au/

Hoipolloi present Floating

Hoipolloi in association with Hugh Hughes Productions …

‘Mesmerising an extraordinary sight, hilarious yet touching in the human fragility it conveys.’
The Guardian

Arts House presents internationally acclaimed UK theatre company, Hoipolloi with Floating, a clever and comic tale of the island that floated away.

1 April 1982. The Isle of Anglesey is hit by an earthquake, the Menai Bridge collapses and the island is torn from the mainland of Wales and swept into the terrible storms of the north Atlantic. Trapped on board is Hugh Hughes, desperate to escape and discover life outside his small island.

Created and performed by Hugh Hughes and his collaborative partner, Sioned Rowlands, Floating was a hit at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2006, winning the coveted Total Theatre Prize. It returned to Edinburgh in 2007 before appearing at London’s Barbican, off-Broadway and across the United Kingdom.

Floating amuses and delights with a combination of old-fashioned innocence, great humour and low-fi technology. Hugh and Sioned, assisted by overhead video projection, dry ice and a never-ending collection of instructional props, present a quirky collection of sights and sounds and strange little stories told with plenty of humour and imagination.

Floating is the first in a series of Hoipolloi shows developed with the comic creation Hugh Hughes. Hugh’s work is warm-hearted and intimate, creating a connection with audiences by focussing on sharing experiences. Floating has been supported by the British Council and is presented by Arts House in
association with Ten Days on the Island and Sydney Opera House.

hoipolloi.org.uk

Venue: Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall
Address: 521 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne
Dates: Wednesday 18 – Sunday 22 March
Times: 7.30pm
Tickets: $25 / $18
Bookings: artshouse.com.au or 03 9639 0096
More info: www.artshouse.com.au

Quick & Dirty – 3 Queer Nights

Quick & Dirty returns with a queer extravaganza of performance and play, mixing it up across styles, forms, genres and generations.

Quick & Dirty continues Performance Space’s commitment to the evolution of queer performance culture – all that it is, was and shall be. Last year it was a sellout, so get in quick & dirty….

ARTISTS INCLUDE:
Frumpus, Cyndi Pastel, CircXs, Wife, Adonis, Glitta Supernova, Annabel Lines, Dallas Dellaforce, George Tillianakis, Drew Fairley, Sex Intents, Justin Shoulder, Candy Stripe Circus, Norrie mAy-wellby, Celia Curtis, Cake Boy, Dean Walsh, Sarah-Jane Norman, Matthew Stegh, Marty Jay, Simone O’Brien, Mat Hornby, Altar Boy, Pluto Savage, Y and MORE…

Performance Space @ Carriagworks
245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh, Sydney
http://www.performancespace.com.au/

THUR–SAT 26–28 FEB 7.30PM
$35/$30/$25 +BF