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Some of Australia’s most exciting children’s theatre companies feature at the International Performing Arts for Youth (IPAY) Showcase in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) from 20 – 23 January 2010. Attend the full-length showcases of Arena Theatre Company, Polyglot Theatre (pictured), Terrapin Puppet Theatre and Windmill. Meet the Australian delegation at the Australia Council - OzArts booth no.109 and pick up a special OzArts promotional pack. Engage with new theatre making practices at a forum featuring Sue Giles, Artistic Director, Polyglot Theatre on Thursday 21 January, Education Center Classrooms, 1.15 – 2.45pm. Join the Australian delegation at the IPAY Opening Night Reception, supported by the Australia Council for the Arts. Explore the Australian companies featured at IPAY below.
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Arena Theatre CompanyArena Theatre Company creates inspiring live performances that have a genuine dialogue with young audiences. Arena Theatre Company showcases Mr Freezy at IPAY. Mr Freezy is an inventive and hilarious blend of puppetry and live performance that follows the epic journey of an ice-cream scoop who can’t stand the cold. Suitable for audiences aged 5 to 12 years and their families. Attend the performance on Thursday 21 January, August Wilson Studio, 9.45 – 10.35am or at 12.10 – 1.00pm. Contact: Erin Milne, erin@arenatheatre.com.au at IPAY More information
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Polyglot TheatreInspired by the artistry of children, Polyglot makes interactive theatre where audiences take an active part in the creation of imagined worlds. Polyglot Theatre showcases We Built This City at IPAY. We Built This City is an interactive installation, performance and public construction extravaganza using thousands of cardboard boxes and the energy and ingenuity of kids and families to build a magnificent city together. View and participate in the work on Saturday 23 January, CAPA Cabaret, 1.30 – 3.00pm (come and go as you please). Contact: Simon Abrahams, gm@polyglotpuppets.com.au at IPAY More information
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Terrapin Puppet TheatreTerrapin Puppet Theatre, the Australian innovator of puppet-based visual theatre, explore digital puppetry, create contemporary storytelling, and tour and collaborate nationally and internationally. Terrapin Puppet Theatre showcases Boats at IPAY. Boats is the story of two mariners fleeing their past and embracing adventure, told by creating the set, puppets and sound effects live before the audience. Attend the performance on Saturday 23 January, Education Center Multipurpose Room, 10.00 – 10.50am or at 3.15 – 4.05pm. Contact: Kevin O’Loghlin, gm@terrapin.org.au at IPAY More information
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Windmill Windmill produce and present an annual season of bold, live theatre for children, teens and family audiences. Windmill showcases Plop! at IPAY. Plop! is specially crafted to provide preschool audiences with an intimate and non-threatening first theatrical experience. When two tiny rabbits get frightened by an apple falling from above, the anticipation of it happening again and again leads to an interactive and action-packed adventure. Attend the performance on Thursday 21 January, Benedum Studio A, 9.45 – 10.20am or at 12.15 – 12.45pm. Contact: Teena Munn, teena.munn@windmill.org.au at IPAY More information
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CircaCirca presents a bold new vision of circus. A blending of bodies, light, sound and new media. A place where acrobats and movement meld into a seamless whole. A celebration of the expressive possibilities of the human body at its extreme. A repertoire that has been rapturously received by children, young people and grown-ups alike.
Contact: Tommy Kriegsmann, tommy@arktype.org at IPAY
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Monkey BaaMonkey Baa is a dynamic professional touring theatre company based in Sydney. The company, founded in 1997 by actors Tim McGarry, Sandra Eldridge and Eva Di Cesare, has a national reputation for producing quality theatre for young people.
Contact: Eva Di Cesare, evadi@bigpond.net.au at IPAY
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SlingsbySlingsby is an award winning theatre company that crafts sophisticated, emotionally complex, original productions for audiences aged ten and up. Slingsby presents tour ready shows with high production values that remind ‘the adult in all of us’ of the potential joy, infinite possibility and wonder of the universe. Contact: Jodi Glass, jodi@slingsby.net.au at IPAY More information
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Spare Parts Puppet Theatre
Spare Parts Puppet Theatre is an internationally renowned specialist theatre company with a reputation for creating invigorating, relevant and entertaining contemporary theatre for young people and families.
Contact: Cathcart Weatherly, gm@sppt.asn.au at IPAY
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Strange FruitStrange Fruit produces and performs a remarkable style of work that fuses theatre, dance and circus on a unique elevated medium. Perched atop 4.5 metre high flexible poles, the troupe captivates audiences all over the world. Contact: Laura Colby, laurac@elsieman.org at IPAY
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Tom Tom CrewA slap in the face collision of super-charged circus and heart-pumping music. Australia’s freshest leading acrobats join forces with a trio of beat-boxing, drum stick wielding and record scratching musical prodigies, in this force-fuelled production. Contact: Scott Maidment, everything@strutnfret.com at IPAY More information
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Join us at the Australia Council - OzArts booth no.109 at IPAY and pick up a special OzArts Promotional Pack.
For all enquiries about the Australian presence at IPAY, contact:
Fenn Gordon, Director, Market Development (pictured)
f.gordon@australiacouncil.gov.au
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During December - January, catch up with other Australian artists near you, including: Chunky Move (pictured) (USA), ADT (France) and Company Clare Dyson (USA). Who’s on tour near you?
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Early bird registrations for APAM 2010 are still open! Don’t miss this opportunity to experience the best in new contemporary performing arts from the Australian region. Held in summer from 22-26 February 2010 alongside the Adelaide Festival and Fringe, APAM includes the vibrant Spotlight showcase, Searchlight pitch sessions, On Display booths, a keynote address, forums, workshops and networking functions with hundreds of producers and presenters from across the world.
Visit www.performingartsmarket.com.au to register now.
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