Ignition Recipients
$5,000 plus in-kind studio access and mentoring opportunities.
BIRTHDAY CAKE
Developed by Ross Mueller and Louise Siversen, Birthday Cake is a work of contemporary theatre that challenges our notions of privilege and confronts our complicity in our own destruction.
EXTRACTION
By the Space Company. Based on a true story, this theatre show tells the remarkable tale of a mass whale stranding in a remote corner of Tasmania and a small town community that went to save them.
MEMORY HOUSE
Memory House is a short dance theatre film by Blink Dance Theatre that explores the physicality of memory, the body as home and the Jungian archetype of the house as a metaphor for self.
MOUNTAIN
Mountain is a new performance work created by Kit Brookman and André Jewson. This new work explores the story of a man in pieces, an attempt to find hope amidst utter devastation.
THE RUBBLE
By Bravo Arts. A new gig theatre work that shares experience and viewpoints. Six exciting emerging artists come together for the first time to share their stories as young Australian artists in 2020.
Jump Start Recipients
$1,000 plus in-kind studio access.
JOURNEY ON WADAWURRUNG COUNTRY
Pilot project by Ferne Millen. Journey on Wadawurrung Country is a cultural exploration of our local indigenous people and their stories through artistic practice.
ROGER
By Tom Molyneux. September 5, 1842. An Aboriginal man from Mount Rouse is hanged at the Old Melbourne Gaol. Figara Alkepurata, called simply “Roger” by the white settlers, stood convicted of murder.
Place To Make
In-kind studio access.
THE DREAM LAB
Essential Theatre’s latest work The Dream Lab is a re-imagination of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream that imagines new ways of delivering immersive theatre experiences to audiences of reduced sizes.
Live and Local
$2,000 plus occupancy, live stream broadcast, infrastructure and marketing support
WISH UPON A SONG
The Geelong Lyric Theatre Society
Featuring a set list of Disney’s most loved songs, performed live by six of our region’s top vocal talents. Wish Upon A Song streamed live from Studio 4 on Saturday 28 November, 2020.
SOUL TRAIN – A JOURNEY THROUGH THE MUSIC GENRE
The Sweethearts
From early R&B and Motown, to Stax and Modern soul, The Sweethearts journeyed through the changing sounds that make up the soul genre. Soul Train – A Journey Through The Music Genre streamed live from Studio 4 on Tuesday 8 December, 2020.
THE GATHERING
North Children’s Choir
Award-winning ensemble North Children’s Choir presented a unique performance that incorporated songs, stories, film and animation. The Gathering streamed live from Studio 4 Saturday 19 December, 2020.