Fringe @ Gasworks

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The Fringe @ Gasworks program has now drawn to a close.

On Sunday 15 October 2006, Gasworks Arts Park was presented with the the Best Venue award at the Melbourne Fringe Festival awards night. The Dance/Movement Award was presented to Fringe @ Gasworks presentation In The Town of Sleepy Hollow by Melenie Crowe Dance Company.

Fringe @ Gasworks featured theatre; dance, circus, kids’ performance, readings, a poetry slam, new short works, photography, a symposium on public art, forums and debate, and workshops in professional development for artists, performance writing and crime writing. As an important hub of activity for the Melbourne Fringe Festival, Gasworks also hosted a busy bar and gathering place at its Gasbar and Gasworks Café. With affordable ticket prices and programming to attract all ages and interests, Gasworks Arts Park is always an ideal place to sample the Fringe Festival.

Program

Box-a-Shorts
Written by Frank Otis, Vanessa de Largie, Amedeo Astorino and Sharon Wright. Four writers with four very similar themes but very different plays. Defector Art Theatre’s latest production pushes both buttons and boundaries.
Tue Oct 10 to Sat Oct 14 at 9pm, Sun Oct 15 at 7pm
Studio Theatre @ Gasworks
$16/$12

Caravan
Throw Down, an independent circus collective, presents their new show Caravan, work about life in a suitcase. Combining high-energy circus skill, humour, heartbreak, eccentricity and danger, Caravan is a fresh look at facing one’s deepest desires.
Wed Sep 27 at 11am and a 8pm Preview, Thu Sep 28 at 11am and 8pm, Fri Sep 29 at 8pm, Sep 30 at 2pm and 8pm, Tue Oct 3 to Fri Oct 6 at 7pm, Sat Oct 7 at 2pm and 7pm
Gasworks Theatre
$18/ $15, Preview $10, Tightarse Tuesday $15, Child under 15 $10, Child under 5 free

Chasing Pegasus (a play in ten chords)
Incognita Enterprises’ Chasing Pegasus (a play in ten chords) focuses on the continuing quest of humankind to become more than the sum of our parts. It is a celebration of what makes us different, and the same.
Tue Oct 3 to Sat Oct 7 at 9.15pm, Sat Oct 7 at 4.30pm and 9:15pm
Gasworks Theatre
$16.50/$12.50, Preview $10, Matinee $12.50, Seniors Card $11.00, Groups of ten or more $11

Contention or Consensus Symposium
Contention or Consensus will stimulate debate around the following questions: How can public art articulate and support a sense of possibility in social and political thinking? Where does socially engaged public art activity stand within current debates around contemporary arts practice? Presented by Gasworks Arts Park and RMIT University.
Thu Oct 12 from 9am to 5pm
Gasworks Theatre & Foyer
$55 includes lunch
Click here for more information on the Symposium

Democratic Republic of Congo: Forgotten War
An exhibition of images by photographers Ron Haviv, Gary Knight, James Nachtwey, Antonin Kratochvil and Joachim Ladefoged, who travelled to DRC with Médecins Sans Frontières. Principal sponsor: Nursing Agency Australia, Artistic Partner: Brisbane Powerhouse, Transport Partner: Air Road.
Foyer Gallery @ Gasworks
Sep 26 to Oct 15 viewing 9am to 5pm daily

Fitting Rooms
Try this on for size: Fear, Panic, Paranoia, Sex, G-strings and a Little Black Dress. Shopping will never be the same again after this comedy written by Jennifer Lusk. Presented by Binka Boo Productions. Directed by Joh Hartog.
Wed Sep 27 to Sun Oct 1 at 7pm, Sat Sep 30 and Sun Oct 1 at 4.30pm
Studio Theatre @ Gasworks
$20/$17

In the Town of Sleepy Hollow
Presented by Melenie Crowe Dance Company. Welcome to the town of Sleepy Hollow, where a constable loves a daughter, a headless horseman loves a good kill, a stepmother is seduced by witches, and a boy suffers a traumatic loss…or so we think. Combining theatre and contemporary dance, this piece explores three variations of the story.
Tue Oct 10 to Sat Oct 14 at 8pm, Wed Oct 11 and Sun Oct 15 at 1.30pm, Sun Oct 15 at 6pm
Gasworks Theatre
$20/$18, Tightarse Tuesday $15, Students for Wednesday matinee $12

Marj’s Torchbearers
Written by Liza Dezfouli. Directed by Shirley Heriot. Presented by New Vic Theatre.
The story of Marj, a middle-class middle-aged housewife with a secret. As portraits of some of history’s most significant women tell their stories, Marj finds a powerful force for change. Marj’s Torchbearers honours the legacy of some of history’s great women.
Tue Oct 3 to Sat Oct 7 at 8pm, Sat Oct 7 at 3pm
Studio Theatre @ Gasworks
$20/$16

Professional Development for Artists workshop
Two classes – Insurance and Marketing Your Work – designed to offer skills development for practising artists.
Tue Oct 3 at 7.30pm (Insurance), Tue Oct 10 at 7.30pm (Marketing)
Garden Studio @ Gasworks
$33/$27.50, Festival participants $26.40
Click here for more info on other workshops in the series.

Scraping The Surface
Written by Lyle Victor Albert. Direct from Canada, Scraping the Surface is an autobiographical one-man show by playwright/performer with cerebral palsy Lyle Victor Albert. It is an hilarious personal account of the challenges and victories of stepping into adulthood, presented as an Art of Difference 2006 event.
Tue Oct 10 to Sat Oct 14 at 7pm, Sun Oct 15 at 2.30pm
Studio Theatre @ Gasworks
$16/$12, Preview $10, Tightarse Tuesday $10, Groups of ten $120

The Pharmacist
See one woman become many characters – some funny, some tragic and some that you’d prefer not to be. All are connected by their suffering and the one person who can give them relief. Or can she? Performed by Jane Russell
Wed Sep 27 to Sat Sep 30 at 9pm
Studio Theatre @ Gasworks
$16/$12

Ticklish Allsorts
Presented by Splash Theatre, this is a fun-filled musical stage show for children. With tight harmonies, impressive choreography and cheeky humour Ticklish Allsorts have won fans all over the country. They sing, dance and encourage the kids (and adults) to join in! www.ticklishallsorts.com. Suitable for the under 8’s.
Fri Sep 29 at 1pm
Gasworks Theatre
All Tickets $13

Writers @ Gasworks
Workshops (1pm), Open Readings (register on day) and Panel discussions (4pm): Sundays. Oct 1 – Crime writing workshop with Lindy Cameron; panel with Tara Moss; Oct 8 – Performance writing workshop with Richard Watts; Poetry Slam with guest Gig Ryan; Oct 15 at 5pm – Michael Crane & Friends (Anderson and the Soul Tram a cappella group). Programmed by Michael Crane.
Sun Oct 1 and 8 at 1pm and 4pm, Sun Oct 15 at 5pm
Gasworks Theatre
Workshops $25/$15 bookings essential, Panels/Readings: $12/$6 at the door
Click here for more info on other workshops in the series.