Creative Program
Bleached
Written by Laura Collins l Directed by Ruby Rees
22 JUN - 14 JUL 2023
Bluestone Church Arts Space, The Bowery Theatre
AN ABSURD AND REVOLUTIONARY NEW WORK SPECULATING ON A FUTURE RAVAGED BY A CLIMATE CATASTROPHE
The world is in decay.
Colours are fading. The bees are buried. Countries are closing.
Bleached explores the impact of climate change set in a future where the world is locking down, environmental apocalypse is impending, and the human race disappearing.
In Collinsβ absurd and poignant new work, Australian tourists crawl the globe, like "cockroachesβ, consuming all it has to offer, before it is locked down forever; a last-ditch universal effort to fight the climate crisis.
And they will blame chickens...
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Written by Stan Lai 賴θ²ε· l Directed by Ren Ruidi
22 NOV - 2 DEC 2023
Bluestone Church Arts Space, The Bowery Theatre
βYou talked to the stars in the sky, you went skinny dipping at nightβ¦ The only thing you didnβt do was go to Tiananmen Square and join the protest.β
Hong Kong. 1999. Jing is travelling from Taiwan to meet More to discuss a merger between their two companies. Negotiations are about to begin when the pair meet two young strangers that only they can see⦠Threads of a forgotten past are unravelled as these former lovers are confronted with truths that cannot be undone, and a future that is yet to be remembered.
Written by renowned Taiwanese playwright and director Stan Lai 賴θ²ε·θεΈ« "the best Chinese language playwright and director in the world" (BBC), Wit Incorporated are thrilled to be the first theatre company to produce an English translation and to bring this complex and beautiful story to Australian audiences.
Witβs 10 Year Anniversary Cabaret
8 MAR 2024
Bluestone Church Arts Space
Wit celebrated our 10 years of work including storytelling, working with hundreds of artists, offering local discounted kids drama classes, and managing festivals and workshops. We held a cabaret celebration with a series of wonderful performances including theatre sketch, circus, comedy, music theatre, contortion, songs, Guzheng playing and more. The event entry is by donation. The night was celebrated with our followers, supporters, donors, family and friends in the community over drinks, food and chats.
Community Program
Wit Kids Drama program
You will be pleased to hear that Wit Kids is going from strength to strength and we continue to expand into new areas. Our Drama and Musical Theatre classes for ages 5-14 run weekly at Maribyrnong Community Centre and Yarraville Seniors Centre and are nearly always fully booked. The impact that these classes have on the children is extraordinary to see. We had an amazing end of year performance which was a huge success and our parents and families loved watching their child perform and to see how much their confidence has grown over the past year.
We have also been offering free school holiday camps when we have funding available and in January, we collaborated with The Bowery Theatre for the first time to run a 4-day school holiday program, where we received great feedback from the families and the Bowery team. Wit Kids has also brought classes to a homeschool earlier in the year, and we are excited to be working with Kensington Primary School for the first time, offering an after school drama class.
Sector Strengthening
Sundays With Wit
We have done one special Sundays With Wit workshop where we supported a local artist, Artemis Munozβs original work, by holding a private playread workshop. We invited a group of actors to read the play, with a director and a few writers in the room to provide feedback and discuss the play/the story. It was a productive workshop experience where everyone was very generous to share their thoughts/opinions to keep the discussion going and support the work in its development stage and the writer.
Besides the playread workshop, we had 5 successful development workshops this year including βUnlocking Shakespeare with Tim Paigeβ, βBeginnerβs Clowning with Rohan Dimseyβ, βFundamental Introduction to Stage combat with Seb Muirheadβ, βArt Therapy with Susi Langdonβ, and βStage Management with Reis Lowβ. We had fantastic experiences working with these talented facilitators and met many wonderful artists/participants. The program certainly has grown with increased participants and introducing more skill sets. We are thrilled to be able to continue running these workshops on a βpay as you canβ basis to support local artistsβ development.
