Ever After Theatre Company spent a week at Sydney Theatre Company in April, undertaking intensive workshops as part of a mentorship presented by Back to Back Theatre from Geelong in Victoria and supported by Australia Council for the Arts and Accessible Arts.News
Back to Back Theatre mentor local theatre group at Sydney Theatre Company
A mentorship involving eight performers from the Ever After Theatre Company, working under the guidance of Back to Back Theatre will take place in April in partnership with the Australia Council for the Arts and Accessible Arts at Sydney Theatre Company.
The Back to Back and Ever After mentorship will culminate in a week long intensive workshop at STC with actors from both theatre companies and directors from Back to Back in residency. There will be an opportunity for interested people to participate in an open workshop run by Back to Back Theatre, as part of the week of workshops. The week will conclude with an informal public showing at STC.
Ever After Theatre actors backstage
Back to Back is one of Australia’s leading contemporary theatre companies. Formed in 1987 and based in Geelong, Victoria, the company is driven by an ensemble of seven actors perceived to have intellectual disabilities.
Under the artistic directorship of Bruce Gladwin, the company has nurtured a unique artistic voice with an emphasis on the ensemble’s own commentaries on broad social and cultural dialogue. Created through a process of research, improvisation and scripting, new work is realised via collaboration between the ensemble, Artistic Director and guest artists.
This process has proven very successful, with Back to Back regularly touring to international festivals and receiving prestigious awards including a Myer Foundation Performing Arts Award for its long-standing contribution to the development of Australian theatre and a coveted New York Bessie Award.
Ever After Theatre Company has a seven year history of devising theatre, and have performed at numerous community and corporate events as well creating their own major production each year. In 2005 they toured to the Awakenings Festival in Victoria to deliver a showing of their work. Last year they received a grant from the Ian Potter foundation to work with professional artists in movement skills, voice and design, and to develop the show ‘How to Handle a Fractured Heart’ which premiered at PACT Theatre in August 2009.
The creative exchange between the two companies seeks to develop further skills in collaborative performance making, led by the expertise of Back to Back ensemble members and directors.
To find out more about this mentorship project or attending the informal showing at STC on Friday 23 April 2010 contact Sue Johnston tel: 02 9555 8988 or everaftertheatre@gmail.com