Greetings CarriageWorks friend,
In the September school holidays, CarriageWorks will unleash the first ever Sydney Children's Festival. The Festival will feature two massive weeks of performances, over thirty visual, dance, circus and film workshops, free talks, storytelling from children's authors and a mammoth program of free special events. Plus, we've just launched our online photographic competition in the search for our official Festival photographers. Participants have the chance to win a workshop with an established photographer, public exhibition of their work plus their own camera to keep! There really is something for every child and their family, so click here to check out the Sydney Children's Festival and all the competition details!
The Performance Space Winter Block features the freshest contemporary performance, sound and video works, new media events and installations. Liveworks, part of the Winter Block, is a series of intimate events in and around CarriageWorks from August 29. Read about Liveworks below or click here for more info.
Also this month, CarriageWorks invites you to book early for Synergy Percussion's Mantras and Angels. We're also supporting our friends at Darlinghurst Theatre with a ticket giveaway for Pool No Water and spreading the love with an exclusive earlybird offer for the sexy sci-fi musical, Risky Lunar Love.
ECR.
PERFORMANCE SPACE @ CARRIAGEWORKS
INSTALLATION | FREE
ECR. is a new installation commission by Sydney-based visual artists Marley Dawson and Christopher Hanrahan. Working at the intersection of conceptual art, performance and raceway culture, Dawson and Hanrahan transpose an operable dirt-bike track into CarriageWorks.
INSTALLATION NOW UNTIL 6 SEPTEMBER 12-8PM
EVELEIGH CITY RACEWAY | FREE
Artists, critics and curators will face-off against one another, engaging in a physical and sensorial spectacle that will take their creative differences out of the gallery and the arts pages, and into the gritty and raucous space of the sporting arena. Each event is limited to an audience number of 50, so please book early by rsvp@performancespace.com.au with your name and phone number and the date of the event you wish to attend.
DATES 23 AUGUST, 6 - 7 SEPTEMBER
TIMES 7-8PM (EXCEPT SATURDAY 9 JULY WHERE RACES WILL START AT 3PM)
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NEON | FREE EXHIBITION
ANNA SCHWARTZ GALLERY
Featured artists include Joseph Kosuth, Tracey Emin, Janet Burchill & Jennifer McCamley, Pierre Huyghe, Brendan Van Hek, Lori Hersberger, Brook Andrew, Laurie Anderson and Kendell Geers.
NEON brings together a diverse group of artists, crossing generations, cultures and especially disciplines, in the first major group exhibition of work in NEON.
Curated by Tania Doropoulos
DATES 30 AUGUST - 25 OCTOBER
OPENING TIMES TUES - FRI 11AM - 7PM | SAT 1 - 7PM
VENUE ANNA SCHWARTZ GALLERY AT CARRIAGEWORKS
LIVE WORKS | WORKSHOPS, TALK EVENTS & PERFORMANCES
PERFORMANCE SPACE @ CARRIAGEWORKS
NIGHT TIME, CIVIL AND FINALE ARE EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH LIVEWORKS
Liveworks is a series of intimate events in and around the vast spaces of CarriageWorks. Expect to be intrigued, enthralled and provoked! A LiveWorks Membership ensures you see some of the 12 members only show. $50 for full membership (September 4 - 7) or $25 for one day.
Artists include Linda Luke, Peter Fraser, Nalina Wait, APHIDS, Matt Prest, Madeleine Hodge, Sarah Rodigari, Helen Cole, Paul Dwyer, Sarah-Jane Norman, Rosie Dennis, Pact Theatre and Martin Del Amo. Call Kristal on 02 8571 9111 to secure your membership. Numbers are limited.
DATES 29 AUGUST-7 SEPTEMBER
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CIVIL | PACITTI COMPANY (UK)
PART OF LIVEWORKS PRESENTED BY PERFORMANCE SPACE @ CARRIAGEWORKS
The highly acclaimed Pacitti Company brings us Civil , inspired by time spent with raconteur Quentin Crisp. Civil uses live performance, film, original sound materials and music to explore issues of liberty and disobedience.
DATES 29-30 AUGUST
MATINEE 23 AUGUST 5PM
TIME 8PM
TICKETS $30/$25/$20 + BF
BOOK NOW
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NIGHT TIME #6 | CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
PART OF LIVEWORKS PRESENTED BY PERFORMANCE SPACE @ CARRIAGEWORKS
An evening of short works from a diverse group of local performers. Curated by Rosie Dennis with Rebecca Conroy and Lara Thoms.
DATES 31 AUGUST
TIME 7PM
TICKETS $15 + BF
BOOK NOW
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FINALE | PACITTI COMPANY (UK)
PART OF LIVEWORKS PRESENTED BY PERFORMANCE SPACE @ CARRIAGEWORKS
The Pacitti Company joins forces with 12 of Sydney's inspired performance makers to bring you a visceral work based on Emile Zola's Therese Raquin. One from the heart.
DATES 5 - 7 SEPTEMBER
TIME 8.30PM
TICKETS $30/$25/$20 + BF
BOOK NOW
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REFORM | PVI COLLECTIVE (PERTH)
PART OF LIVEWORKS PRESENTED BY PERFORMANCE SPACE @ CARRIAGEWORKS
Spend 30 minutes ‘on duty' with PVI's elite social control taskforce as they patrol Newtown's streets in an unflinching moral crusade. Reform casts a humorous eye over the politics of public space.
DATES 6 - 7 SEPTEMBER
TIME CALL PERFORMANCE SPACE FOR MORE TIMES 02 8571 9111
TICKETS $15 AVAILABLE THROUGH PERFORMANCE SPACE. CALL KRISTAL ON 02 8571 9111
RISKY LUNAR LOVE
PRESENTED BY 504 PRODUCERS
Risky Lunar Love is the most hilarious tiki-sci-fi musical on earth! Featuring music by 3K Short from Machine Gun Fellatio, a night of singing, dancing and seed-stealing destruction awaits when a sexy alien invader manipulates the desires of two rival science-fiction writers in a bid to destroy our planet!
EARLY BIRD TICKET OFFER Book via Ticketmaster before September 7 and save up to $8 off tickets for Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday and Saturday 5pm performances. Password: LIVE
DATES 18 SEPTEMBER-4 OCTOBER
PREVIEW 15 SEPTEMBER 8PM $29
TIMES TUES - FRI & SUN AT 8PM, SAT AT 5PM & 9PM.
TICKETS $55/ $45/ $30 + BF
BOOK NOW
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SYDNEY CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL
PRESENTED BY CARRIAGEWORKS
In the October school holidays, Sydney Children's Festival rocks into CarriageWorks and transforms every corner of this immense building into an artistic playground for Sydney children aged 5 - 15. Mark it on your calendar now - block out the whole holidays! There are loads of performances, workshops and free activities for every child to get stuck into.
THE PETTING ZOO
Meet Erth's awesome prehistoric creatures, from cute baby dinos to teeth-gnashing giants. Ancient life-like dinosaurs are alive and mostly friendly (!) in this fun, educational and unique performance event that will delight children of all ages. BOOK NOW
JUNGLE FEVER
You'll want to run away with the circus after Aerialize's new circus show, Jungle Fever, a wild adventure tale inspired by characters from The Jungle Book and Tarzan. Aerialize's highly skilled youth and professional circus performers will astound you as they swing and swoop from the rafters, and wow you with their daring trapeze, acrobatics and clowning - and then try it yourself in the circus skills workshops. BOOK NOW
Plus two massive weeks of performances, over 30 visual, dance, circus and film workshops, free talks, storytelling by children's authors and a mammoth program of free special events.
DATES 27 SEPT - 11 OCTOBER SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
TIMES MON - FRI 10AM - 4PM (CLOSED SUNDAY)
TICKETS The Petting Zoo and Jungle Fever $16 / Group +10 $13.50 / Family $60
BOOK WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS
MORE INFO ON WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS AT SYDNEY CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL
CRITICAL MASS | FLUTE PLAYERS NEEDED
Do you play flute? Do you like new and unusual experiences? Want to join 99 other flautists to make a really big noise? Critical Mass needs you!
Critical Mass is an exciting large-scale performance project opening the Sydney Children's Festival at CarriageWorks on 27 September. 100 young flautists will premiere brand new works by up-and-coming Australian composers in a visual and audio spectacular.
If you're 20 or under, can play flute and want to be a part of this unusual and exciting event then check the website for details of required rehearsal times and all the other info.
MORE INFO
TO REGISTER Email Ahundredflutes@optusnet.com.au and include your full name, level of playing, email address and name of your flute teacher.
CHRISTMAS AT CARRIAGEWORKS
Thought about your Christmas party? We have. With beautiful heritage features, a gold class catering team and our professional events staff, Christmas at CarriageWorks has never looked this good. Last year, interest in CarriageWorks as Sydney's freshest party venue was overwhelming, so get in early and call Rossie at Tailored Events Catering on 02 9361 5208 or email xmasparty@tecatering.com.au.
THE AGE I'M IN | SPECIAL EARLYBIRD OFFER!
FORCE MAJEURE AND CARRIAGEWORKS
Force Majeure's sold-out season of The Age I'm In received audience and critical acclaim during its premiere at Sydney Festival 2008. Force Majeure's distinctive dance-theatre language is brought to life by five generations of diverse Australians, fused with state of the art audio visual technology. The Age I'm In highlights how predictable and surprising our opinions and experiences really are.
EARLY BIRD TICKET OFFER $25 adult / $20 conc. Available for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday performances at 8pm. Book through Ticketmaster before 31 August.
MANTRAS & ANGELS | SPECIAL OFFER FROM SYNERGY PERCUSSION
An exciting collaboration between two of Australia's finest ensembles, exploring the sounds of strings and percussion along with didjeridu player, William Barton. Featuring the Australian premieres of Tucson Mantras by Ross Edwards and Vox Angelica by Gerard Brophy, as well as music by Peter Sculthorpe, Percy Grainger and William Barton.
DISCOUNT OFFER Book your tickets to Mantras & Angels and save $5 on the normal adult price, normally $59.
To take advantage of this special offer, quote MANTRA when you book by phone (02) 8256 2222 or go to www.cityrecitalhall.com. Offer expires Sunday 21 September
POOL (NO WATER) | SPECIAL OFFER FROM DARLINGHURST THEATRE
Bitchy, funny and to the point, Pool (no water) is a visceral and compelling play about the fragility of friendship, the morality of art and the jealousy and resentment inspired by success.
Darlinghurst Theatre is offering CarriageWorks' friends the chance to win a double pass to Pool (no water).
TO WIN Email marketing@carriageworks.com.au with your full name and phone number and give us the answer to this question: Force Majeure's The Age I'm in will feature a random and diverse selection of Australians between which ages? Don't forget to put NO WATER in the subject heading.