Go Go Go! By Gravity Dolls

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1 By Gravity Dolls Photo by Aaron Walker

2 PRESENTER S INFORMATION

3 Contents COMPANY PROFILE... 4 ABOUT THE SHOW... 4 PERFORMANCE SPECIFICS... 4 AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT... 5 MARKETING... 6 PRODUCTION DETAILS... 7 CONTACTS... 8 Page 3 of 8

4 COMPANY PROFILE Gravity Dolls is a collaboration between, Tim Rutty and Tarah Carey. Drawing on circus and physical theatre, they create shows that encompass the entire performance space, challenging the laws of gravity and invoking a sense of magical realism in their play. This risk taking Melbourne duo are rapidly developing a high reputation for their unique brand of physical theatre. Their work looks to push the relationship between circus and theatre, and disrupt the perception of what circus should be, both inside and outside the industry. Their first show, My Life in Boxes premiered in The Melbourne Fringe Festival It the Original New Circus Award support by Circus Oz and went on to win runner up at Gasworks Circus Showdown, toured interstate as well as regionally with the support of Regional Arts Victoria. ABOUT THE SHOW SHOW SYNPOSIS Go, Go, Go! is like a delightful mash up of retro video games and board games brought together with the technicolour absurdity of Japanese game shows. As its name suggests this show hits the ground running and builds to such a dizzying pace you ll be left asking yourself, how can they keep going? Bridging the gap between how generations play games, Go, Go, Go! is fun, spontaneous and interactive. Featuring an assortment of stunning acrobatics and ingenious physical theatre, audiences will see their favourite games brought to life with a circus twist. Giant Janga with an acrobat perched on top as pieces are removed; Human sized, acrobatic chess and more. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Written By Tarah Carey Director Kimberly Twiner Original Cast Tarah Carey, Tim Rutty & Eleanor Beveridge PERFORMANCE SPECIFICS DURATION 50 mins running time SUITABLE VENUES Theatre Black Box Hall Outdoor spaces/ events MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PERFORMANCES PER WEEK Page 4 of 8

5 6 performances MINIMUM BREAK BETWEEN PERFORMANCES 120 minutes APRA OBLIGATIONS Standard APRA licence required. TOURING PERSONNEL The touring party consists of 4 people. Name Tarah Carey Tim Rutty Eleanor Beveridge Sarah Grey Role Performer Performer Performer Tech/ tour manager PERFORMANCE HISTORY Year Venue Number of performances 2017 Lighthouse Theatre Chapel Off Chapel 6 AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT OVERVIEW We would love to offer an audience engagement that has the potential to leave something behind when our show moves on. In keeping with the spirit of the show, we would like to encourage people to play games with other people in their community. DESCRIPTION / DETAILS We would create a board games pack that gets sent to presenters in the weeks leading up to our show. Presenters will scout out a member of the local community to be their 'Games Master'. The 'Games Master' will then be entrusted with the games pack and asked to distribute the games amongst their town. By empowering local members we hope these games can find their way deep into communities. Our aim is that these games can foster new relationships between the people that have been brought together to play them. Within this model there is also the opportunity to document the stories of people's experience with each other, take pictures of games nights and the 'Games Masters', all of which could be used in local news letters, presenter outs and social media. Page 5 of 8

6 COST Included TARGET AUDIENCE FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Presenters will need to identify the Games Master, someone that is engaged and passionate about their local community. We will include a selection of games to be as inclusive as possible. MARKETING MARKETING COPY One line Wild, absurd and a little bit wrong. SHOW SYNPOSIS Go, Go, Go! is like a delightful mash up of retro video games and board games brought together with the technicolour absurdity of Japanese game shows. As its name suggests this show hits the ground running and builds to such a dizzying pace you ll be left asking yourself, how can they keep going? Bridging the gap between how generations play games, Go, Go, Go! is fun, spontaneous and interactive. Featuring an assortment of stunning acrobatics and ingenious physical theatre, audiences will see their favourite games brought to life with a circus twist. Giant Janga with an acrobat perched on top as pieces are removed; Human sized, acrobatic chess and more. MARKETING SUMMARY Full marketing kit available including poster/ flyer template, promo videos/ pictures, media quotes as well as a suite of shorter videos optimized for social media placement/ advertising are included in sell off. MEDIA QUOTES Had me in stitches The Age Impossible not to be entertained Arts Review A stroke of genius! The Plus Ones Had us leaving the venue feeling full of adrenaline Milk Bar VIDEO LINKS IMAGES YgAa?dl=0 Page 6 of 8

7 CONTENT WARNINGS / AUDIENCES TO AVOID N/A SPONSOR OR OTHER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS N/A PRODUCTION DETAILS TECHNICAL SUMMARY For the show to include aerial work, tested and compliant aerial points (2 ceiling and one floor point) are required. If rigging is not possible a groundbased option of the show is available. The ground-based and aerial show options are of equal quality and length and does not affect bump in or budget. One of the cast is a qualified rigger so the production will always tour with a rigger either way. There is no need for a curtain or drapes to be rigged but the performance can work around any drapes or curtains that are already in place. No house curtain used. Technical Rating: Medium to Low Theatre formats: Black Box, Thrust, Proscenium, Flat Floor Hall, In the Round Other issues/ warnings: There can be no flash photography during the show as it is dangerous for the performers. Latecomers: Ok CREW REQUIRED FROM VENUE 1 x multi-skilled tech to assist with plot/ focus of lights. STAGE Min. stage width: 6m Min. stage depth: 6m Min. stage height: 5m clearance for aerial rigging, 3m for non aerial Min wing space: n/a LIGHTING General washes with colour options plus a few specials. SOUND Use of quality in-house sound system to play provided soundtrack from laptop. Page 7 of 8

8 Gravity Dolls to supply Tour laptop Venue to supply Auxiliary cable from sound desk to laptop In-house sound system AV N/A WARDROBE 3 x costumes including shoes and socks Gravity Dolls to supply All costumes Venue to supply Change room Iron & Ironing board FREIGHT NOTES All props, costume, staging tours with the cast. Access to loading dock ideal, if no dock available, close access to the performance area is required (through foyer for eg). CRITICAL ISSUES N/A CONTACTS For all enquiries please contact: Tarah Carey Gravity Dolls tarah@gravitydolls.com Page 8 of 8

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The Kala Chethena Kathakali Company TECHNICAL INFORMATION Large theater venue GET OUT TIME: 1 hour approximately after the end of show. [ ] SOUND CHECK: - to be agreed AT LEAST 1 HOUR BEFORE THE START