TWO

Raghav Handa

Producer: Vanessa Wright
vanessa@performinglines.org.au

In a joyful celebration of trust and collaboration, the pair push the boundaries of Indian Kathak convention in a charming and playful testament to friendship, respect and profound exchange. Imagining new ways of working shaped by the sharing and negotiation of power, TWO presents impressive physicality, virtuosic music and witty encounters to expertly demonstrate the creative potential in respectfully challenging tradition.

Equations of a Falling Body

Laura Boynes

Producer: Jen Leys
jen@performinglineswa.org.au

Our contemporary world is wildly unpredictable. The ‘elsewhere’ of distant forces – climate, cosmos, politics, memory – continually intervene in our everyday lives. It’s mostly beyond our control – encountered as idle distractions, radical interruptions or insistent voices inside that re-shape and cypher our thoughts and desires.

Slow Burn, Together

Emma Fishwick

Producer: Jen Leys
jen@performinglineswa.org.au

Through a series of living pictures that collectively form a visual epic, Slow Burn, Together contemplates a female perspective of a world where we can be gentle, journey inward and pay attention to the experience of sitting longer with our thoughts, our ideas and time itself. There isn’t a singularity to each moment on stage, rather a slow experience, a collection of encounters that create an ongoing conversation between you and the work.

Stunt Double

The Farm

Producer: Vanessa Wright
vanessa@performinglines.org.au

Cycling through take after take of high octane stunts; flips, jumps, fights and more; the doubles put their body on the line while the actors reap the glory. In Stunt Double it’s the hardest working people who get paid the least and exploited the most. Sound familiar? Well that’s because some things never change. The show is a hilarious tongue in cheek dive into the complex and absurd power dynamics of the film industry, into exploitation as a bloodsport; and the human costs of celebrity and our quest to come out on top.

Simon Wellington
Executive Producer

Simon@performinglines.org.au
WhatsApp: +61 477 277 795

Simon joins the Performing Lines team on 11th June, as Executive Producer and CEO. Simon is an arts manager, programmer and producer who has worked in Australia, Indonesia and the United Kingdom for nearly three decades. Since commencing his career in Hobart with Salamanca Theatre Company and Salamanca Arts Centre, roles have included general manager for Griffin Theatre Company at the Stables Theatre in Kings Cross, general manager for the western Sydney based Urban Theatre Projects, and programming and producing for festivals and events, including Ten Days on the Island and the Australian Theatre Forum. From 2015, Simon was based in Cambridge, UK, working for Arts Council England with theatres, arts centres, festivals, galleries and museums across the East of England. Most recently, he was Chief Executive of Hobart’s Theatre Royal.