The Bridging Project Deckchair Theatre, Fremantle, WA 2OO9
The Bridging Project is an original, personal and passionate performance about living life across the borders, within the cultures and between the linguistic divides that are scattered over our social landscape.
The story is gathered from the diverse background of the four performers, (Australian, Irish, Ngoongar, Mexican, Swedish and Portuguese) and is pieced together like a jigsaw through the universal language of movement, sound and iagery.
Feeding off the story of the Tower of Babel, from The Bible and taking inspiration from a short story by Michael Ende in his book, The Mirror in The Mirror, it explores the bridges that we are continually building, burning and rebuilding within, and amongst ourselves.
Performers were asked to look at their own backgrounds and fictionalise material gathered from their history. The Irish text in the play comes from a real letter written by one of the performer's great, great...grandparent on his arrival in Australia on the convict ship Rolla in 1803. Text and movement has also been devised by performers around the questions, Where am I from?
and Why would you burn a bridge?.
This is a work that speaks openly to anyone who has migrated, even if only from their own comfort zone.
Cast: Director: Original Concept:
Taciano Cavalcante Sarah Neville Julian Fuentes Reta
Adelina Larsson
Caitlin McLoughlin Lighting Design: Set Design:
Maitland Schnaars Joseph Mercurio Ivan Arroyo & Mia Holton
Visual Designer Sound Design: Sound & Lighting Technician:
& Technician: Michelle Outram Garreth Simmonds
Mia Holton *Featuring tracks from
Filastine (Dirty Bomb) &
Paul Prestipino (Tunnel)
Duration: 56 minutes
The story is gathered from the diverse background of the four performers, (Australian, Irish, Ngoongar, Mexican, Swedish and Portuguese) and is pieced together like a jigsaw through the universal language of movement, sound and iagery.
Feeding off the story of the Tower of Babel, from The Bible and taking inspiration from a short story by Michael Ende in his book, The Mirror in The Mirror, it explores the bridges that we are continually building, burning and rebuilding within, and amongst ourselves.
Performers were asked to look at their own backgrounds and fictionalise material gathered from their history. The Irish text in the play comes from a real letter written by one of the performer's great, great...grandparent on his arrival in Australia on the convict ship Rolla in 1803. Text and movement has also been devised by performers around the questions, Where am I from?
and Why would you burn a bridge?.
This is a work that speaks openly to anyone who has migrated, even if only from their own comfort zone.
Cast: Director: Original Concept:
Taciano Cavalcante Sarah Neville Julian Fuentes Reta
Adelina Larsson
Caitlin McLoughlin Lighting Design: Set Design:
Maitland Schnaars Joseph Mercurio Ivan Arroyo & Mia Holton
Visual Designer Sound Design: Sound & Lighting Technician:
& Technician: Michelle Outram Garreth Simmonds
Mia Holton *Featuring tracks from
Filastine (Dirty Bomb) &
Paul Prestipino (Tunnel)
Duration: 56 minutes
