FESTIVAL OF INDEPENDENT THEATRE
NEON 2014
29 MAY – 3 AUGUST 2014 SOUTHBANK THEATRE MTC.COM.AU/NEON
LITTLE ONES THEATRE ANGUS CERINI / DOUBLETAP ANTECHAMBER PRODUCTIONS & DANIEL KEENE ARTHUR SANS HOTEL NEON UP LATE: MKA
AN INTRODUCTION
Welcome to NEON Festival of Independent Theatre 2014 In 2013, NEON saw Melbourne Theatre Company open its doors to our city’s vibrant and talented independent theatre community. It was a huge and exciting risk for all involved – inviting five Melbournebased independent theatre companies to use MTC’s space and resources with no curatorial control whatsoever – but the outcome was revelatory. Following the incredible experience of last year’s festival, we are thrilled that we are able to do it all again in 2014. From May to August, five fresh companies will produce their work their way, and we can’t wait to support them and see the results on the Lawler stage. In addition to the five productions, this year we have expanded the program to include NEON UP LATE, a series of informal late-night play readings, curated and presented by MKA. Furthermore, internationally celebrated director Barrie Kosky returns to Melbourne for an exclusive keynote conversation as part of NEON EXTRA. Join the conversation #mtcNEON or mtc.com.au/neon
Last year it was a delight to open up Southbank Theatre as a place of connection, collaboration, discussion and debate. In 2014, we hope to deepen this engagement for artists and audiences alike with a range of new NEON EXTRA activities. Through NEON EXTRA we encourage you to explore theatre from all angles – to interact, engage and be challenged as we examine aspects of theatre in contemporary Australia. We thank and congratulate the artists involved in NEON 2013, welcome those who are beginning their NEON journey in 2014 and invite you, once again, to come and celebrate the work of Melbourne's remarkable independent theatre scene. From the MTC team
LITTLE ONES THEATRE
29 MAY – 8 JUNE
DIRECTOR STEPHEN NICOLAZZO SET DESIGNER EUGYEENE TEH COSTUME DESIGNERS TESSA LEIGH WOLFFENBUTTEL PITT EUGYEENE TEH LIGHTING DESIGNER KATIE SFETKIDIS SOUND DESIGNERS RUSSELL GOLDSMITH DANIEL NIXON CHOREOGRAPHER KURT PHELAN STAGE MANAGER HARRIET GREGORY PRODUCTION MANAGER REBECCA POULTER PRODUCER BEK BERGER CAST ALEXANDRA ALDRICH ZOE BOESEN CATHERINE DAVIES TOM DENT BRIGID GALLACHER AMANDA MCGREGOR JOANNE SUTTON JANINE WATSON
DANGEROUS LIAISONS
BY CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON AFTER PIERRE CHODERLOS DE LACLOS
PERFORMANCE TIMES TUES – SAT 7.30PM, SUN 3PM POST-SHOW Q&A WED 4 JUNE TICKETS $25 MTC.COM.AU/NEON
Dangerous Liaisons is famed for its sardonic wit and morally ambiguous depiction of the battle between the sexes. Following the controversial novel by Choderlos de Laclos, Christopher Hampton’s stage adaptation and the teen trash of Cruel Intentions, acclaimed independent company Little Ones Theatre will bring its unique brand of high camp to this lethal drawing room comedy.
Photography: Sarah Walker
Inspired by Charles Ludlam’s Ridiculous Theatre, Derek Jarman, high-fashion Rococo and the decadent period pieces of Peter Greenaway, sex, gender and power-play will riotously take to the stage in an opulent salon of debauchery. After tackling the sixties beach horror movie, Psycho Beach Party, and Oscar Wilde’s byzantine melodrama, Salomé, Little Ones Theatre’s warped vision of this timeless classic is sure to arouse the senses, and your loins. By arrangement with ORiGiN Theatrical Ltd, on behalf of Samuel French Ltd.
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Contains sexual references, haze, smoke effects and nudity.
ABOUT LITTLE ONES THEATRE
'Demented, depraved and uproarious, under the leather glove of Stephen Nicolazzo, Little Ones Theatre has once again smeared its mark on the Melbourne stage.' The Age (on Salomé)
Little Ones Theatre is a queer theatre collective, formed by director Stephen Nicolazzo, which creates camp, kitsch, and erotically charged theatrical events with the potential for cultish fascination. It is bold, risqué and always comedic, subverting classical theatre conventions through design, style and performance. Little Ones Theatre celebrates the theatrical world and invites its audiences to sit back and join the festivities. Little Ones Theatre is: Stephen Nicolazzo, Eugyeene Teh, Tessa Leigh Wolffenbuttel Pitt and Katie Sfetkidis.
ANGUS CERINI / DOUBLETAP
WRITER & DIRECTOR ANGUS CERINI DESIGNER MARG HORWELL COMPOSER & SOUND DESIGNER JETHRO WOODWARD LIGHTING DESIGNER ANDY TURNER STAGE MANAGER JESS KEEPENCE PRODUCER NINA BONACCI
12 – 22 JUNE
RESPLENDENCE
BY ANGUS CERINI
Using the massive trades in weapons, drugs and humans as a springboard, angus cerini / doubletap create an expressionistic response to the world in which we live. Despite people's seeming inability to effect change, it is in this moment of choice where anything might be possible, and the truth of human nature is exposed.
PERFORMANCE TIMES TUES – SAT 7.30PM, SUN 3PM POST SHOW Q&A WED 18 JUNE TICKETS $25 MTC.COM.AU/NEON
Photography: Pier Carthew
Journey with angus cerini / doubletap as they seek to distill that instant, lay it bare and transform it. In this theatrical exhortation to desires unmet, the resplendent human condition is revealed – illuminating the tiny jewel that resides in even the murkiest of places.
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May contain coarse language, loud volumes and adult content.
ABOUT ANGUS CERINI / DOUBLETAP
‘Cerini’s writing creates a tornado effect, whirling through different time-frames and characters in an utterly relentless way.’ The Sunday Age (on Wretch)
Formed in 2000, angus cerini / doubletap are fascinated by the beauty and power of the human spirit and explore this through the role of masculinity in our culture. Their acclaimed works have toured throughout Australia and internationally. Recent works include Detest (this thousand years I shall not weep), the Patrick White Playwright’s Award-winning Wretch and Green Room Award-winning Save for Crying.
ANTECHAMBER PRODUCTIONS & DANIEL KEENE
DIRECTOR & DESIGNER BRIAN LIPSON CAST HELEN MORSE
26 JUNE – 6 JULY
PHOTOGRAPHS OF A
BY DANIEL KEENE
PERFORMANCE TIMES TUES – SAT 7.30PM, SUN 3PM POST SHOW Q&A WED 2 JULY TICKETS $25 MTC.COM.AU/NEON
One of the great celebrities of late 19th century Paris was a fifteen year-old girl called Louise Augustine Gleizes. She had many devoted and distinguished followers who had no idea of her name. She was known simply as Augustine or, more frequently, A – incarcerated, probably against her will, as a 'lunatic'. Her mentor, physician and manager was the ‘father of modern neurology’, Jean-Martin Charcot. Dr Charcot’s public demonstrations of neurosis at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital were a sensation and Augustine was his star attraction.
Photography: Brian Lipson & Dr Jean-Martin Charcot's Attaque Hystéro-Épileptique Arc De Cercle
The studio photographs of Augustine in her hysterical poses have fascinated scientists and artists for more than one hundred years. In Photographs of A, Antechamber Productions and Daniel Keene give poetic voice to a previously mute but extraordinarily influential figure in modern psychology. Wrestling with the inordinate demands of Daniel Keene’s words, Brian Lipson’s design and direction and Augustine’s ambiguous insolence is the redoubtable Helen Morse.
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Contains some coarse language.
ABOUT ANTECHAMBER PRODUCTIONS AND DANIEL KEENE
‘Lipson places the theatre under such imagistic and emotional pressures that the experience constantly threatens to fly apart.’ Theatrenotes (on Skriker)
Antechamber Productions was formed in 2000 to produce new work that appeals to Brian Lipson’s fascination with the provocative mysteries of theatre and science. Previous works include award-winning A Large Attendance in the Antechamber and Berggasse 19 – The Apartments of Sigmund Freud. For NEON 2014, Brian will collaborate with Daniel Keene, nationally and internationally celebrated playwright, well known in Melbourne’s independent scene for his involvement in the revolutionary Keene/Taylor Theatre Project.
ARTHUR
10 – 20 JULY
DIRECTOR PAIGE RATTRAY WRITERS AMELIA EVANS DUNCAN GRAHAM DAN GIOVANNONI SET DESIGNER DAVID FLEISCHER COSTUME DESIGNER OWEN PHILLIPS COMPOSER & SOUND DESIGNER KELLY RYALL WITH RAYA SLAVIN CHOREOGRAPHER KURT PHELAN DRAMATURG BEN WINSPEAR PRODUCER BELINDA KELLY CAST JULIA BILLINGTON CATHERINE DAVIES KEVIN KIERNAN-MOLLOY ROSIE LOCKHART MARCUS MCKENZIE KURT PHELAN BEN PRENDERGAST GUY SIMON NETTA YASHCHIN WITH THE LAUNCESTON COLLEGE ENSEMBLE
THE MYTH PROJECT: TWIN
BY ARTHUR
PERFORMANCE TIMES TUES – SAT 7.30PM SUN (13/7) 3PM, SUN (20/7) 4PM POST SHOW Q&A WED 16 JULY TICKETS $25 MTC.COM.AU/NEON
A cursed house. A charred man. A reckoning. After her twin’s sudden disappearance, Ana falls into a dark alternate world of riddles and dreams. The dead keep playing out the past, the Queen of Eternal Grief is working on a new cabaret number, and two tricksters lead a tribe of lost children. If she ever wants to bring her sister home, Ana must recognise her fate and claim an inheritance she never
Photography: John Feely
imagined was hers. How far would you go to save your own blood? A mix of opera-noir, cabaret and naturalistic drama, Twin is a mythic weighing of the past against the present. Featuring a large chorus ensemble from regional Australia and multiple writers, this is the first instalment of Arthur's multi-episode exploration of the Australian psyche. Created in collaboration with the Launceston College Ensemble. The Myth Project was developed with the assistance of Playwriting Australia and through the Artists on Assignment residency program at The Barn, Shene Estate, Tasmania.
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Contains smoke effects, coarse language and nudity.
ABOUT ARTHUR
‘It is an evening of perfect, pure joy.’ Herald Sun (on Cut Snake)
Arthur, a partnership between director Paige Rattray and producer Belinda Kelly, makes new Australian work, both text-based and devised. Arthur works with a group of key collaborators – including writers Elise Hearst, Dan Giovannoni and Amelia Evans. Past productions include Dirtyland, The Sea Project, Frankie Jones, Midlands, Return to Earth, and the widelytoured and award-winning Cut Snake. Arthur’s work has a heightened visual and physical style that explores contemporary Australian identity, myth and magic in a variety of venues including theatres, churchyards, cabaret venues, and under their mini-big top.
SANS HOTEL
CONCEIVED & DIRECTED BY NICOLA GUNN PRODUCTION DESIGNERS NICOLA GUNN GWEN HOLMBERG-GILCHRIST SOUND DESIGNER DUANE MORRISON DRAMTURG AARON ORZECH PRODUCER KARA WARD DEVISED & PERFORMED BY NAT CURSIO TOM DAVIES NICOLA GUNN JONNO KATZ KERITH MANDERSON-GALVIN
24 JULY – 3 AUGUST
GREEN SCREEN
BY SANS HOTEL
‘If the success or failure of this planet and of human beings depended on how I am and what I do … How would I be? What would I do?’ Buckminster Fuller So, tell me about yourself. What do you do?
PERFORMANCE TIMES TUES – SAT 7.30PM, SUN 3PM POST SHOW Q&A WEDNESDAY 30 JULY TICKETS $25 MTC.COM.AU/NEON
Part careers expo, part social experiment, Green Screen is a show about the way we work and how we are in the world. It is a passionate rumination on the relationship
Photography: Pier Carthew. Pictured: Nat Cursio, Nicola Gunn and Coen Cursio-Brundle.
between doing and being, set in a room with a group of people discussing the beginning of a new nation. It’s about saving the planet with imagined utopias, new constitutions, human pyramids and Cher tribute concerts. It asks questions about how we would define ourselves if we could no longer be defined by what we do. It is also an attempt to write a new TV sitcom. Insightful, funny and dangerous, Green Screen might not save the planet, but it will offer some illuminating pointers. This project was developed at the Richmond Theatrette with support from Yarra City Council.
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ABOUT SANS HOTEL
'Enchants the audience from the moment she appears on stage. If ever an artist manages to have her cake and eat it too, it is Gunn, in spite of herself.' ABC Arts Online (about In Spite of Myself, Melbourne Festival)
Led by Nicola Gunn with collaborators Gwen Holmberg-Gilchrist, Pier Carthew and Michael Fikaris, Sans Hotel is an award-winning performance, art and design collective. Using a multi-disciplinary approach to contemporary performance about the everyday, Sans Hotel works to occupy the undefined territory between fact and fiction, representation and reality, appropriation and portraiture. Past works include Hello my name is, At the Sans Hotel and In Spite of Myself (Melbourne Festival 2013).
NEON UP LATE: MKA GRAB A DRINK AND JOIN US IN THE SOUTHBANK THEATRE FOYER FOR A SERIES OF LATE-NIGHT INFORMAL PLAY READINGS, CURATED AND PRESENTED BY MKA.
LORD WILLING AND THE CREEK DON’T RISE
TRIUMPH
BY LOURIS VAN DE GEER DIRECTED BY MARK PRITCHARD
BY MORGAN ROSE
FRIDAY 18 JULY, 10.30PM
DIRECTED BY KAT HENRY MKA DIRECTOR IN RESIDENCE
In the aftermath of a terrible tragedy, A Woman, ‘The Survivor’, emerges as a voice for those who suffered. We love her. We send her gifts and cards and roses. We watch her on the television.
FRIDAY 6 JUNE, 10.30PM A year after Hurricane Katrina does her dirty dance over New Orleans, blues-sick army vet Zachary Bowen flings himself from the roof of the city’s Omni Hotel. In his pocket, police find a note begging them to go to his apartment. There they find the corpse of his lover, Addie Hall, dismembered and cooked, her head in a pot on the stove. Only maybe the story happens in Far North Queensland last year. Or maybe it happens in the recently flooded Holy Land to a Palestinian father. Either way the waters are rising and Zachary, or someone just like him, lives near you with his wife/partner/a woman he’s having for dinner/a woman he’s having for dinner.
Two men sit in a car in a forest in the rain. It’s a shame about the rain because someone might catch a cold. But does it really matter now that they’ve made it to the forest? Then there’s A Young Girl with a long list of symptoms but no diagnosis and A Mother who’s taken vigil by her bedside with the television guide and a pen. Triumph traces the effect of trauma (real or imagined) and the reality of processing pain through the interwoven threads of three seemingly disparate stories.
Photography: Sarah Walker
ALRAUNE
BY MEREDITH PENMAN DIRECTED BY JOHN KACHOYAN MKA CO-CREATIVE DIRECTOR
FRIDAY 1 AUGUST, 10.30PM Based on the European folk-tale, Alraune (‘mandrake’) is an alchemical mix of Frankenstein and Pygmalion – a contradictory tale of sexual double-standards, lust and science gone wrong. When aging genetic scientist Professor Jakob ten Brinken discovers he can create life using the basest of DNA samples, he kidnaps a prostitute and impregnates her with a mandrake root. Nine months later she has a girl-child, born without a soul, whom the professor adopts and names Alraune. As Alraune grows up she wreaks havoc on those around her – her budding sexuality, seemingly amoral and dangerous, drives men and women to their dooms. In a world of moral panic and repression, Alraune realises what she could become, and a powerful transformation begins. #mtcNEON
ABOUT MKA
'MKA is hot right now!' The Age
'MKA is the home for daring theatre makers and experimental artists.' ArtsHub
Established in 2010 the Melbourne-based MKA: Theatre of New Writing strives to stage the best new writing for theatre. MKA has operated 13 pop-up performance venues as well as staging works in a number of existing theatres across Australia, Germany and the UK, receiving multiple awards in the process. MKA champions a perspective in writing that is new, theatrical, sometimes confronting, but always exciting. MKA is supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria.
For more information on the play readings, their content and to book, visit mtc.com.au/neon
ALL TICKETS $5
NEON EXTRA
FREE EVENTS FOR EVERYONE
NEON TALKS
Join us in the Lawler for intimate, robust discussions tackling some of the questions faced by Australian storytellers and their audiences. Tickets are free but bookings are recommended.
WHO CAN TELL WHOSE STORIES?
WHAT IS ‘AUSTRALIAN’ THEATRE NOW?
Storytelling can be an effective social tool; it can educate, enlighten, advocate change and at times heal – but what is the storyteller's responsibility towards the people whose stories they collect, listen to, use, or choose not to use when creating a piece of work?
How, in our globalised world, is a piece of theatre defined – by the origin of its makers, where it was made, content, or place of premiere? Are we restricted creatively by a preoccupation with a dated idea of 'Australian' content? Are contemporary Australian artists even concerned with their identity?
WHEN SATURDAY 31 MAY, 3PM WHERE SOUTHBANK THEATRE, THE LAWLER
WHEN SATURDAY 26 JULY, 3PM WHERE SOUTHBANK THEATRE, THE LAWLER
CHAIR FIONA GRUBER WRITER & BROADCASTER PANEL ISAAC DRANDIC ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, ILBIJERRI ROSLYN OADES THEATRE MAKER ALICE PUNG WRITER & EDITOR JOHN SAFRAN WRITER, BROADCASTER & DOCUMENTARIAN
CHAIR DANIEL SCHLUSSER DIRECTOR PANEL PATRICIA CORNELIUS PLAYWRIGHT NAKKIAH LUI WRITER SAM STRONG ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, MTC LYN WALLIS DIRECTOR, THEATRE, AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS
Presented in association with the Emerging Writers' Festival 2014.
Learn more about the panellists and reserve your seat at mtc.com.au/neon
KOSKY IN CONVERSATION He’s back. Exclusive to NEON. FREE EVENT. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL. WHEN SUNDAY 20 JULY, 2PM WHERE SOUTHBANK THEATRE, THE SUMNER BOOK USE PROMO CODE NEONKOSKY MTC.COM.AU/NEON (03) 8688 0800
Coming off the back of his triumphant second season at Komische Oper Berlin, Barrie Kosky returns to Melbourne for NEON's inaugural keynote conversation. Joined by ABC Arts critic Alison Croggon, Kosky has an open brief and a lot to say … so who knows where this afternoon will end up. Known for his thought-provoking opinions and comments on Australian culture, Barrie Kosky is a force to be reckoned with. Whether you agree or disagree with him, this is one discussion not to be missed!
Presented in association with Melbourne Conversations, City of Melbourne’s Program of Free Talks. Limit two tickets per booking.
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Take a seat University of Melbourne Public Lecture Program Every year the University of Melbourne hosts a full calendar of free public lectures delivered by its academic researchers, visiting scholars and some of the world’s leading experts and commentators. So if you’re interested in contemporary ideas and issues, and would like to become part of the audience, we warmly invite you to campus to engage, first hand, with the contest of ideas being led by Australia’s leading university.
Find out more at:
events.unimelb.edu.au uomfreelectures Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012-2013.
NEON EXTRA
FREE EVENTS FOR INDEPENDENT THEATRE MAKERS
COMMON GROUND
Drawing from the concept of peer circles, Common Ground is about bringing theatre practitioners together in small groups to discuss challenges in their field, share knowledge, and talk about theatre while providing independent artists an opportunity to seek advice from leaders in their craft.
FOR LIGHTING DESIGNERS
HOSTS PAUL JACKSON LIGHTING DESIGNER EMMA VALENTE LIGHTING DESIGNER/THE RABBLE WHEN THURSDAY 12 JUNE 4.30PM – 6.30PM WHERE SOUTHBANK THEATRE
FOR SET & COSTUME DESIGNERS
HOSTS SHAUN GURTON SET & COSTUME DESIGNER MARG HORWELL SET & COSTUME DESIGNER WHEN THURSDAY 19 JUNE 4.30PM – 6.30PM WHERE SOUTHBANK THEATRE
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FOR SOUND DESIGNERS & COMPOSERS
HOSTS RUSSELL GOLDSMITH SOUND DESIGNER & COMPOSER THE SWEATS (PETE GOODWIN) SOUND DESIGNER & COMPOSER WHEN THURSDAY 17 JULY 4.30PM – 6.30PM WHERE SOUTHBANK THEATRE
Learn more about the Common Ground hosts at mtc.com.au/neon
Read on to find out how to participate
NEON EXTRA
FREE EVENTS FOR INDEPENDENT THEATRE MAKERS
WRITERS WORKSHOPS Hosted by MTC Literary Director Chris Mead, with guest playwrights, NEON’s Writers Workshops return in 2014, offering the opportunity for playwrights and dramaturgs to partake in one of three sessions.
NEON 2013'S STRUCTURE AND CREATIVITY RETURNS
People say ‘know the rules before you break them’, but what if the rules feels like oldfashioned nonsense, a creative straitjacket and more galling than enthralling? Though, when the pall of writer’s block descends, to whom or what do you turn? And what do you really know about your imagination anyway? A workshop that interrogates the rules, misrules and our amazing brains. WHEN WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE, 2PM – 6PM WHERE SOUTHBANK THEATRE
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DECKCHAIRS, RESEARCH AND THE KNIFE
Most of us know that feeling of working on a play when it’s akin to shifting deckchairs on the Titanic. With opening night imminent, is another trip to the library really going to help make sense of any play? Is there a best case scenario for production dramaturgy? And actually, when it comes to rehearsals, isn’t the time for dramaturgy over? WHEN WEDNESDAY 16 JULY, 2PM – 6PM WHERE SOUTHBANK THEATRE
MY FRIEND THE DRAMATURG WITH PATRICIA CORNELIUS
A play is a dynamic whirl of words, histories, images and possibilities – an urtext with almost no end, no end of connotations and no end to the work to be done. Is a dramaturg a nuisance, a resource or a confidant? Patricia Cornelius, currently under commission by MTC, joins Chris Mead in talking through, to and around the furious, abstract, and visceral business of play development. WHEN WEDNESDAY 30 JULY, 2PM – 6PM WHERE SOUTHBANK THEATRE
DIRECTING MASTERCLASS In 2014, the Directing Masterclass returns. Designed for new participants, this session will again explore two perspectives on the craft of directing text-based theatre: play selection and conceptualisation, and working with actors on the floor.
HOSTS SAM STRONG ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, MTC LETICIA CÁCERES ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, MTC WHEN WEDNESDAY 25 JUNE 10AM – 2PM WHERE MTC HQ
INSIGHTS
FOR FUNDRAISERS
Free boutique information sessions for independent theatre makers.
FOR PRODUCTION MANAGERS
This session explores the basics of being a Production Manager – time management, communication tips, budgeting, sourcing, running a technical rehearsal and debunking myths about OHS and risk assessments. HOST MICHELE PRESHAW SENIOR PRODUCTION MANAGER, MTC WHEN WEDNESDAY 18 JUNE 1.30PM – 5.30PM WHERE SOUTHBANK THEATRE
FOR CURIOUS INDEPENDENTS
NEON 2013's From Page to Stage returns Using MTC’s 2014 production of Glengarry Glen Ross as an example, explore the roles each department plays in staging a mainstage production from the moment it is programmed to the opening night performance. HOSTS MARTINA MURRAY PRODUCER, MTC/NEON MICHAELA DEACON PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR, MTC/NEON WHEN FRIDAY 4 JULY 1.30PM – 5.30PM WHERE MTC HQ
Explore effective ways to raise funds for your next production. From planning campaigns to approaching sponsors to writing grant applications, this session will help you navigate the arts fundraising landscape. HOST TIFFANY LUCAS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, MTC WHEN WEDNESDAY 9 JULY 1.30PM – 5.30PM WHERE MTC HQ
FOR EMERGING PRODUCERS
Designed for first-time producers or those who wish to transition into independent producing from another role, this session offers an overview of a producer's responsibilities when staging a production, while providing hot tips and access to advice on producing your next show. HOSTS MARTINA MURRAY PRODUCER, MTC/NEON NINA BONACCI FREELANCE PRODUCER WHEN WEDNESDAY 23 JULY 1.30PM – 5.30PM WHERE SOUTHBANK THEATRE
Learn more about the hosts and guests at mtc.com.au/neon
See how to participate over page
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
IN NEON EXTRA FOR INDEPENDENTS
Spaces are limited for Common Ground, Writers Workshops, the Directing Masterclass and Insights sessions. Participation is by expression of interest only. These free events are available to those independent theatre makers who are attending NEON Festival performances.
and a few paragraphs about what you hope to gain from the session and why you would like to participate.
To be considered for a session, please email neon@mtc.com.au with your name, contact details, the event you would like to attend
All expressions of interest are due by 5pm Monday 12 May 2014. A confirmation email will be sent to successful applicants.
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All five plays for $100
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Dangerous Liaisons
29 May – 8 June
Resplendence
12 June – 22 June
Photographs of A
26 June – 6 July
The Myth Project: Twin
10 July – 20 July
Green Screen
24 July – 3 August
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CONTACT PREFERENCES I would like to receive updates and information from MTC I would like to receive updates and information from the following companies: Little Ones Theatre angus cerini / doubletap Antechamber Productions & Daniel Keene
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OF INDEPENDENT THEATRE NEON FESTIVAL Melbourne Theatre Company is a department of the University of Melbourne.
Melbourne Theatre Company is assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the State Government of Victoria through Arts Victoria.
MTC is a member of Live Performance Australia and the Australian Major Performing Arts Group.
Details in this brochure are correct at the time of publication. MTC and the Independent Theatre Companies reserve the right to add, withdraw and substitute artists and vary the program should the need arise. Editors Martina Murray, Daniel Coghlan Production Copy Independent Theatre Companies NEON Managing Producer Martina Murray NEON Marketing Co-ordinator Daniel Coghlan Brochure Design & Cover Concept Emma Wagstaff Original Concepts Kate Francis
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