Accessible Arts / arts + disability NSW

The production looks at the exploitation and inequitable conditions faced by young people with and without disabilities in the workplace. It explores mundanity and mechanization against a gritty industrial setting.

Producer and Powerhouse Youth Theatre Artistic Director Claudia Chidiac has been researching material for the show for over eighteen months.

She explains "Equitable working rights and access to employment is a huge issue for youth, whether they're living with disabilities or not. Here in Western Sydney, youth unemployment is almost 30 per cent. Against that background, there are an overwhelming number of experiences that have gone unnoticed, and individual experiences of exploitation and hardship are washed over and silenced. Hard Daze is about young people, with and without disabilities, breaking that silence."

The Mixed Abilities Ensemble, an ensemble of performers with and without disability, began performance training 12 months ago. The project was developed in partnership with Accessible Arts and grew out of the need for more skills development opportunities in the performing arts for people with a disability. It provided an integrated, supportive and professional environment for participants to work with highly experienced professional tutors. Hard Daze represents the culmination of that training together with six months performance work with director Craig Anderson.

When: Opens 23 April 2009, 7.30pm / 24 April: 11am and 7.30pm / 25 April: 2pm and 7.30pm.

Where: 2 Factory St, Clyde NSW

Cost: Tickets are $10/15, with carers receiving free entry. Bookings through www.moshtix.com.au

Access: Accessible venue & toilets.

 

 

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