Ignition Recipients
4 x $5,000 plus in-kind studio access and mentoring opportunities
aLONE
STACEY CARMICHAEL
A creative exploration of the human condition of loneliness through theatre making. Bringing together elements of verbatim theatre, physical theatre, improvisation, original music, sound design, projection and spoken word.
DRAWN IN
CELIA ADAMS, ROBERT CROFT, CRAIG REASONS, LEISA SHELTON & STEPHEN OAKES
A work grounded in the concept of inclusion and “equality” through creativity, Drawn In is the development of a completely accessible performance of art-making, sound and improvisation.
IMAGINARY FRIENDS
GEORGIE ROSE
A multi-disciplinary artistic puppetry performance that will be whimsical, playful and inspiring.
SWARM
MELINDA CHAPMAN
A multi-art performance work that explores artificial intelligence and transhumanism through the lens of its impacts on seven family members and one synthetic person in the 2030s.
Jump Start Recipients
4 x $1,000 plus in-kind studio access
IMAGINARY FRIENDS
GEORGIE ROSE
This project is the development of a multi-disciplinary artistic puppetry performance that will be whimsical, playful and inspiring. Aimed at young children but also with appeal for the whole family with universal themes and messages of courage and kindness.
ASH
ASHLEA PYKE
Ash is a dynamic exploration of self and what it is to operate in the world as neurodivergent; pre and post an adult diagnosis.
UNDER MILK WOOD
CHRISTINE DAVEY
Under Milk Wood is a subversive theatrical adaptation of the 1954 Dylan Thomas radio drama.
LOST HORIZON
MICHAEL CARMODY
A new theatrical adaptation of James Hilton’s classic twentieth century novel Lost Horizon.
Place To Make
3 x In-kind studio access
PLAY LIKE YESTERDAY
SAMANTHA THOMPSON
A work focused on play, why and how we play, and what is socially acceptable for adults to engage in.
PSYCHED
SERAH NATHAN
Psyched is a 6 x 3 minute original concept narrative series developed for television; a comedy-drama following the misadventures of Alina, a woman who admits herself to a psychiatric hospital in an attempt to win back her ex-boyfriend.
FOR RELEASE
RACHEL BRENNAN
Over the last 10 months, Geelong singer-songwriter Rachel Brennan has been working with Nick Huggins and Isaac Barter to record 9 tracks as part of an upcoming release project.
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