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Cutaway - a portrait, presented by Vitalstatistix
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11 Nile Street Port Adelaide SA 5015 P +618 8447 6211 www.vitalstatistix.com.au [email protected]
November 2012
VITALS FAREWELL’S 2012 WITH A SITE-SPECIFIC AUDIO ADVENTURE
Vitalstatistix is completing a very busy year with the next incarnation of Cutaway, its multi-‐year homage to Port Adelaide’s iconic Waterside Workers Hall. Waterside Workers Hall, originally built by the Waterside Workers Federation in 1926 and Vitals’ home since 1992, has been central to Port Adelaide’s cultural life for over eighty-‐five years. Cutaway is a three-‐year arts project celebrating Vitals’ heritage-‐listed home by asking artists and community members to respond to Waterside’s history, spirit and place in the Port’s future. In its first year, 2011, Cutaway – an installation presented nine art works and a series of events inspired by Waterside’s history. 2012’s Cutaway – a portrait is a remarkable theatre and audio exploration of the present-day spirit of mischief that inhabits this much loved building. Vitals has commissioned acclaimed headphone-verbatim theatre maker Roslyn Oades to create Cutaway – a portrait with local community members and collaborating artists. Headphone-‐verbatim theatre is a unique process, where an ‘audio-‐script’ is created from interviews with real-‐life subjects. In performing the work, actors wear earpieces and literally adopt the words, breaths and speech mannerisms of another human being. What results is incredibly intimate and evocative storytelling, which propels an audience into a heightened state of listening. Roslyn’s work has been described as “astonishingly authentic” (The Australian). “You will seldom see theatre as vivid and as warm as this" said the Sydney Morning Herald. In 2012 she completed a trilogy of headphone-‐verbatim works that explore the theme of ‘acts of courage’. The second of the trilogy, Stories of Love & Hate, based around experiences of the 2005 Cronulla Riots, was critically acclaimed and remounted in Sydney Theatre Company’s 2011 program. The third work in the trilogy, I’m Your Man (which delves into the world of boxing) was a hit at this year’s Sydney Festival and has been picked up as one of two shows touring Australia in the 2013 Mobile States program. Adelaide audiences will see I’m Your Man as part of Vitals artistic program, next year.
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11 Nile Street Port Adelaide SA 5015 P +618 8447 6211 www.vitalstatistix.com.au [email protected]
For Cutaway – a portrait, Roslyn has worked with recorded interviews of locals (collected by other locals) to make a fascinating portrait of cheekiness, loyalty and independence. Weaving together real-‐life stories from some of the Port’s best yarn spinners, we invite you to sit close and listen. The central performance will be topped and tailed by beautiful audio art works, created by collaborating artists and Waterside’s resident choir Born on Monday, making for a three-‐part, site-‐specific audio adventure. Emma Webb, Vitalstatistix’s Creative Producer and curator of the Cutaway trilogy, said “This year’s Cutaway doesn’t tell historical tales about the hall itself. It situates stories from current day Port locals within the hall, evoking a spirit that continues to be present here. And it will ask us to hear the sounds of the hall. With such a rich history here, it’s actually a creative challenge to find a way to explore a sense of now. Listening asks us to be present, so we felt that an audio-‐based exploration was a great way to approach this year’s iteration of Cutaway.”
“As well as celebrating Waterside during some significant landmarks such as its current paintjob and restoration, Cutaway is about connecting community-‐based and contemporary art making. A large team of regular and guest artists, such as Roslyn Oades, have collaborated with community-‐based organisations and local residents to realise Cutaway over the last couple of years. It makes for authentic and compelling theatre and art.” Cutaway - portrait will be performed by local theatre-‐makers Stephen Sheehan and Sasha Zahra alongside NSW-‐based Katia Molino, a regular collaborator of Oades. The creative team also includes collaborating artists Sasha Grbich, Jason Sweeney, Wendy Todd, Lara Torr and Emma Webb. Cutaway - a portrait is presented by Vitalstatistix for five shows only from 13th to 16th December. CUTAWAY - A PORTRAIT Presented by Vitalstatistix at Waterside, 11 Nile St, Port Adelaide 5 SHOWS ONLY 8pm Thursday December 13 8pm Friday December 14 5pm & 8pm Saturday December 15 8pm Sunday December 16 Book at www.trybooking.com For more info see www.vitalstatistix.com.au or phone 8447 6211 Artists available for interviews and photos from 26th November to 7th December
For more information, please contact: Emma Webb, Creative Producer, Vitalstatistix 8447 6211 or [email protected]
