‘the manic tension between [the text], the witty choreography and design, the eclectic music, and stunning performances (particularly by Rachel Ogle) make it worth the concentration needed.’ The Australian, Rita Clarke

‘the pacing and dynamics are beautifully pitched. This is a piece that delights and surprises; thoroughly entertaining.’ The West Australian, Ali Taulbut

‘where I think [PPPC] differs from lesser experimental theatre experiences is that with Fox’s production the cohesion is in the ‘playing’; the flow of the antagonism, and desires of the characters, the artfully achieved march of time both personal and political. It strikes a rich resonant chord’ Arts Hub, Gillian Clark

Martin Hansen and Rachel Ogle, photo Traianos

photo: Traianos / performer: Rachel Ogle

A suburban couple’s quest for reconnection and depth through radicalising exercises in their garage coincides with a surreal and conceptually impossible anniversary celebration. Featuring dance, theatre and flaming design, this show is a provocative, entertaining and adult extrapolation of the childhood game of risk; truth, dare, physical challenge. A uniquely high stakes experience.

Directed by performance innovator Sam Fox and choreographed in collaboration with an ensemble cast led by Rachel Ogle and Martin Hansen. The work features original composition by Perth’s own woman-Korg-laptop-matrix: Stina, and design from Hydra Poesis’ interdisciplinary production team.

When: 16 - 20 July
Friday, Saturday, Monday & Tuesday: 7.30pm
Sunday: 6pm

Where: PICA Performance Space, Perth Cultural Centre

Price: Full $28 / Concession $22

Bookings: Through PICA on 9228 6300

This project has been supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the Western Australian Department of Culture and the Arts. Hydra Poesis is supported by ARTRAGE and CIA STUDIOS in association with Fox Associates, ABAF and The WA Premier’s Arts Partnership Fund, STRUT Dance, Future Moves, Muse Bureau, The City of Perth and the Winter Arts Season, and the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.

OTHER HYDRA NEWS
Hydra’s short film work Liberty In The Dark premiered at NEXT WAVE’s enormous Private Dances project in May. Starring Chris Cobillis and Molly Tipping, and with blistering production by Siamese, Liberty In The Dark is a conceptual and pretty exploration of our exchange of liberty for sweet things.

PROMPTER LIVE STUDIO Hydra is entering the final phase of the epic WATDI supported exploration of theatre work PROMPTER LIVE STUDIO. The creative team have worked with Pacitti Company’s Dicky Eton, forum TV producer Richard Fabb and dramaturge and political playwright Stephen Sewell. Below is Brendan Ewing and Warren Herbu in the studio, photo Traianos.

After a huge final six months wrapping key creative developments, initiating new projects, and a whole lot of producing work in 0809, Hydra Poesis is looking at a year of wall-to-wall art and performance making for 0910.

This is a big update so bullet points were a necessity.

The Financial Year Just Past saw:

• new work created as part of the Trademark Manoeuvres project investigating the deeper nature of BOOMtime and the corruption of Home - check out video work from TMM#1 here
• the wrap up of the Prompter One-to-One development featuring trials of the works unique teleprompter performance infrastructure and a range of experimental content.
• the initiation of a new practice, applied research and producing arm for the company entitled Masters Of Nothing or M.O.N.
• the beginning of a reinvestment in pure physicality in performance through the Remade program - check out dance experiments here

The program for the Year That Is 0910 includes:

• Hydra Poesis director Sam Fox attending the Shanghai eArts Festival in two weeks as part of the WAsh delegation.
• a 12 month creative development of the multi-locational theatre work Prompter Live Studio as one of three new works being supported by the West Australian Theatre Development Initiative
• a new physical/performace/dance work to be performed at PICA in 2010 entitled Personal Political Physical Challenge featuring the superdynamic Paul Blackman and Rachel Ogle, excavated through the Remade program.
• the ongoing production of artworks and performance as part of the Trademark Manoeuvres project - including TMM#2 currently in development by Sam Fox and dramaturg/collaborator Tomas Ford.
• and the realisation of the Masters Of Nothing program providing mentoring, peer review, creative consultancy services to local artists and organisations, and the production of a new largescale community art project called The WildSTYLE Store with key partners DADAA inc and the City of Swan.

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As the first of many impending art actions for the Trademark Manoeuvres project, Hydra Poesis will perform a showing of TMM#1 - an installation performance featuring Sam Fox, Aimee Smith, sound by guest Dave Miller and object designed and built by Ainsley Canning and Joshua Webb.

6pm Friday 19 June 2009. CIA Studios - 480 Newcastle St W/Perth.

RSVP 5pm Thursday 18 to: info@hydrapoesis.net

Below is a teaser image from the Prompter R&D development of 2008 featuring performer Deborah Robertson inset within a teleprompter, and framed by the design of the Tanktheatre to-be; an interface conceived in the imagination of director Fox and made material/visual/functional by Joshua Webb and Ainsley Canning.