PITCH NEW WORKS Friday, June 3, 2016 Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, Australia

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1 Pitch Project 1: Backbone Produced by Red Sky Performance/The Banff Centre (Canada) Pitch Presenter: Sandra Laronde (Artistic Director, Red Sky Performance) Creators/ Artists: Concept/Director/Co-Choreographer: Sandra Laronde (Artistic Director, Red Sky); Co-Choreographers: Thomas Fonua (Associate Artist, Red Sky), Jera Wolfe (Associate Artist, Red Sky). Discipline: Dance Cast: 9 Length: 60 minutes (no intermission) Premiere: August 27, 2015, The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada Project Description: Backbone is a cutting-edge new dance and live music creation inspired by the 'spine' of continents. Featuring 8 dancers from Canada, New Zealand and China, Backbone combines contemporary Indigenous dance with athleticism to express its power, formation and spirit. The idea that there is a 'spine' to our continents is an Indigenous concept. It reveals our way of perceiving land as sentient, alive and intact. Red Sky explores the 'backbone' of continents and how these rocky mountainous spines have life, circuity, electricity and impulses - much like a human spine. Backbone shows how those mountains have emerged from two million years worth of restlessness. Raw, ferocious, and magnificent. Seeking: Touring partners, residencies, cultural exchanges Performance Fee: 25,000 USD + accommodation, per diem and ground transportation. Project Contact: Sandra Laronde, sandra@redskyperformance.com, Artistic Director, Red Sky Performance, 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 420, Toronto, Ontario M5V 3A8, Canada, (1) (416) Pitch Project 2: Caught in the Middle Produced by KAGE (Australia/Norway) Pitch Presenter: Clare McKenzie (Executive Producer, KAGE) and Kate Denborough (Artistic Director, KAGE) Creators/ Artists: Conceived and Directed: Kate Denborough; Researcher and Writer: Richard J Frankland; Cast: Heath Bergersen, Elle Evangelista, Sigurd Johan Heide and Elle Sofe Henriksen; Music: Arvaas Sarah Marielle Gaup Beaska (Sámi joiker) and Steinar Raknes (bass player/singer); Producer: Clare McKenzie. Discipline: Dance Theater Cast: 7 Length: 55 minutes (no intermission) Premiere: TBD Project Description: Heath Bergersen was the last Aboriginal baby to be adopted by a white family (with Norwegian heritage) in Western Australia in He was taught to be proud of his Aboriginality, enabling him to bridge the gap between his blood heritage and his white upbringing. Using his story as inspiration, Caught in the Middle will reflect on the impact of colonisation on the Sámi people in Northern Norway and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. Through choreography and music, the work will celebrate stories of heroes and warriors from both cultures. Directed by Kate Denborough, this show will feature KAGE s signature style of vibrant storytelling and distinctive aesthetic. Seeking: Commissioning funds and touring partners Performance Fee: $26,000 USD plus accommodation and travel Project Contact: Clare McKenzie, clare@kage.au, Executive Producer, KAGE, Studio C1.20 Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford, Victoria 3067, Australia, p: (61) (3) , m: (61)

2 Pitch Project 3: Chengdu Teahouse Project (working title) Created by Chamber Made Opera in association with the Sichuan Conservatory of Music (Australia/China) Pitch Presenter: Tim Stitz (Creative Director & CEO, Chamber Made Opera) and Madeleine Flynn (Project Collaborator) Creators/ Artists: Composers/Performers: Wang Zheng-Ting (master sheng player AUS/CHI), Carolyn Connors (vocalist AUS), Madeleine Flynn (sound artist AUS), Tim Humphrey (sound artist AUS), Kan Yan-Long (vocalist CHI), Zhu Hui-Qian (vocalist CHI), Guo Si-Cen (Erhu player CHI) and Wang Shuai (Percussionist CHI); Design: Anna Tregloan (scenography/installation AUS) and Christie Stott. (digital/installation AUS); Dramaturgy: Felix Ching Ching Ho (CHI/AUS) Discipline: Music, Theater, Multimedia, Multidisciplinary Cast: 8 Length: 70 minutes (no intermission) Premiere: Multiple premieres/presentations TBD in 2017: Melbourne, Australia; Regional Victoria, Australia; and Chengdu, China Project Description: The Chengdu Teahouse Project is a new music/theatre work that takes as its central theme the urgent need for places of sanctuary in our 21st century lives. The work explores the underpinnings of teahouse culture (unique to Chengdu), and the minutiae of social, intimate and everyday interactions. Chamber Made Opera collaborates with artists from the Sichuan Conservatory of Music to create this immersive performance for three vocalists and five instrumentalists. The blending of Chinese languages with English, traditional and experimental compositional and instrumental techniques, and interactive installation design creates a distinctive, stimulating and contemporary experience for audiences. Seeking: Touring partners, including those that might also be interested in co-commissioning the work Performance Fee: ~25,000 USD/wk (up to 8 performances) + accommodation, travel, per diems and ground transport Project Contact: Tim Stitz, tim@chambermadeopera.com, Creative Director & CEO, Chamber Made Opera, Meat Market Office 22 / 44 Courtney Street, PO Box 302, North Melbourne, VIC 3051, Australia, (61) (3) Pitch Project 4: Morning Star (working title) Produced by Performing Lines Ltd with La Comete (Australia/France) Pitch Presenter: Patrick Nolan (Director, Freelance) and Rhoda Roberts (Head of Indigenous Programming, Sydney Opera House) Creators/ Artists: Performer & Creator: Rarriwuy Hick; Director: Patrick Nolan; Lighting & Video Design: Mark Howett; Set & Costume Design: Genevieve Blanchett; Composer: Philippe Bachman; Producer: Pippa Bailey. Discipline: Theatre, Multidisciplinary Cast: 2 Length: 70 minutes Premiere: Planned for Sydney Festival 2018 Project Description: Morning Star is a new production that draws upon the life and culture of Indigenous Australian woman, Rarriwuy Hick, to explore how identity can be shaped and formed by inter-cultural dialogue. Rarriwuy grew up negotiating the two cultures of her parents her mother s Yolngu culture from Arnhem Land in the far north of Australia and her father s European culture at times wondering which voice to speak with. As a woman she now knows both cultures provide her with an extraordinary capacity to talk to audiences about the riches and challenges that this life experience has given her. Seeking: Co-commissioning funds, and presenting partners Performance Fee: TBC Project Contact: Pippa Bailey, pippa@performinglines.org.au, Senior Producer, Performing Lines, 245 Chalmers St, Redfern, Sydney 2016, Australia, (61) (02)

3 Pitch Project 5: Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster Produced by Performing Lines Pitch Presenter: Fenn Gordon (Senior Producer, Performing Lines) Creators/ Artists: Concept, Text, Direction & Performance: Nicola Gunn; Choreography: Jo Lloyd; Sound Design & Composition: Kelly Ryall; Lighting Design: Niklas Pajanti; AV Design & Outside Eye: Martyn Coutts; Costume Design: Shio Otani; Dramaturgy: Jon Haynes. Discipline: Dance, Theatre, Multidisciplinary Cast: 1 (touring party of 3) Length: 70 minutes (no intermission) Premiere: 4-8 November, 2015, Live Works Festival, Performance Space, Sydney, Australia, (commissioned by Mobile States) Project Description: Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster (Nicola Gunn) is the story of a man, a woman and a duck. A woman sees a man throwing stones at a duck. What follows is a dissection of the excruciating realms of human behaviour, a navigation of the moral and ethical complexities of becoming a better person. Accompanying the text is a rhythmic electronic soundscape (Kelly Ryall), and intense physical choreography (Jo Lloyd) shifting from the unnecessary and incongruous to the strangely affecting. These multiple layers form a work in perpetual motion, a moral and physical workout, witty, outright funny, deeply intelligent and, as intended, morally perplexing RealTime. Seeking: Touring partners Performance Fee: 8,500 USD (plus housing, travel) Project Contact: Fenn Gordon, fenn@performinglines.org.au, Senior Producer, Performing Lines, 5/245 Chalmers Street, Redfern, Sydney, NSW 2016, Australia, (61) (2) Pitch Project 6: The Rabbits Produced by Opera Australia & Barking Gecko Theatre Company in association with West Australian Opera Co-commissioned by Perth International Arts Festival and Melbourne Festival (Australia) Pitch Presenter: Loretta Busby (Artistic Administrator, Opera Australia) and John Sheedy (Adaptor and Director) Creators/ Artists: Composer: Kate Miller-Heidke; Libretto: Lally Katz; Musical Arrangements & Additional Music: Iain Grandage; Adaptor & Director: John Sheedy. Discipline: Music, Theater & Opera & Young Audiences Cast: 11 cast & 5 band Length: 62 minutes (no intermission) Premiere: February 2015, Perth International Arts Festival, Australia Project Description: The Rabbits is an evocative and deeply moving story. Adapted into a 60 minute opera for young people from the haunting picture book by John Marsden and Shaun Tan, it tells of colonisation, displacement and, ultimately, of hope. Lally Katz transforms Marsden's spare poetry into an enchanting libretto. Butterfly-voiced opera and pop singer Kate Miller-Heidke wrote the "simply beautiful" score (The Guardian) and performs alongside a talented cast of opera singers and contemporary music performers. The Rabbits swept the 2015 Helpmann Awards, winning four awards including: Best New Australian Work, Best Original Score, Best Costume Design, and Best Presentation for Children. Seeking: International touring partners Performance Fee: Available on request Project Contact: Loretta Busby, loretta.busby@opera.org.au, Artistic Administrator, Opera Australia, PO Box 291, Strawberry Hills, New South Wales 2012, Australia, (61) (2)

4 Pitch Project 7: Separation Street Produced by Polyglot Theatre (Australia) Pitch Presenter: Viv Rosman (Executive Producer, Polyglot Theatre) and Sue Giles (Artistic Director, Polyglot Theatre) Creators/ Artists: Created by: Polyglot Theatre and The Suitcase Royale; Director: Sue Giles; Performers/Co-Devisors: Christian Baggin, Joseph (JOF) O Farrell, Emily Tomlins, Glen Walton; Designer: Darryl Cordell; Sound Designer: Steph O Hara; Lighting Designer: Richard Vabre; Production Manager: Rainbow Sweeny Discipline: Theater and Young Audiences Cast: 4 Length: 60 minutes (no intermission) Premiere: September 2015, Darebin Arts Loud Mouth program, Northcote Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia Project Description: Separation Street is an interactive contemporary theatrical production for adults and children aged 8 to 12 years. Separation Street tells the story of Frank, who hears a call from the stars and knows it s his mission to save whoever is out there. In a simple but radical premise, the adults and children in the audience are separated at the beginning of the show. Frank s story is experienced by both groups at the same time, but along completely different pathways. Separation Street illuminates the relationships between adults and children, and explores notions of power and control, isolation and belonging. It s an immersive journey which is moving, exhilarating and fun. Seeking: Touring partners Performance Fee: Available on request Project Contact: Viv Rosman, viv@polyglot.org.au, Executive Producer/co-CEO, Polyglot Theatre, 27A Cromwell Rd, South Yarra, VIC 3141, Australia, (61) (417) Pitch Project 8: Under the Horizon Produced by Huang Yi Studio + and Nederlands Kamerkoor production Sozo Artists management (Taiwan/ Netherlands/Japan) Pitch Presenter: Yi Huang (Founder, Artistic Director, Huang Yi Studio +) and Tido Visser (Managing Director, Nederlands Kamerkoor/Netherlands Chamber Choir) Creators/ Artists: Artistic Director/Choreographer: Huang Yi (Huang Yi Studio +); Musical Concept: Huang Yi and Tido Visser (Netherlands Chamber Choir); Visual: Ryoichi Kurokawa (Studio Ryoichi Kurokawa); Conductor (on video): Peter Dijkstra (Netherlands Chamber Choir); Choir: Nederlands Kamerkoor; Movement: Huang Yi, Hu Chien, Lin Jou-Wen (Huang Yi Studio +). Discipline: Dance, Multidisciplinary, Hybrid Opera Cast: 19 on stage, 25 on tour including administration and technical crew Length: minutes (no intermission) Premiere: TBD Project Description: Chinese folklore contends that the horizon is the frontier between life and the hereafter. Souls of the departed live as shadows across that frontier - Huang Yi endeavors to bring them back to life. Huang and audiovisual artist Ryoichi Kurokawa developed groundbreaking video techniques to craft a world where shadows and humans meet. In this breathtaking work, Huang and his dancers, enveloped by the internationally acclaimed Nederlands Kamerkoor, travel to the hereafter riding on the ethereal sounds of the human voice. Throughout this journey, the shadows are so close and vivid that their ultimate inability to merge with their human visitors is all at once strikingly beautiful and tragically bittersweet. Seeking: Co-commission, co-production, and international touring opportunities Performance Fee: 30,000 USD per performance/ 75,000 weekly (up to 3 performances) plus airfare, ground transportation, hotel, visa, and freight Project Contact: Ichun Yeh, ichun@sozomedia.com, Vice President & Director of Booking, Sozo Artists, (1) (212)

5 Pitch Project 9: The Wider Earth Produced by Queensland Theatre Company and Dead Puppet Society (Australia) Pitch Presenter: Sue Donnelly (Executive Director, Queensland Theatre Company) and David Morton (Artistic Director, Dead Puppet Society) Creators/ Artists: Writer/Director/Designer: David Morton; Creative Producer: Nicholas Paine; Co-Designer: Aaron Barton; Lighting Designer: David Walters; Composers: Lior, Tony Buchen; Sound Designer: Tony Brumpton; Projection Design: Justin Harrison; Illustrator: Anna Straker; DPS acknowledges St. Ann s Warehouse as the original development partner. Discipline: Theater, Multimedia, Puppetry/Drama (12 years +) Cast: crew Length: 120 minutes (including intermission) Premiere: 14 July 2016, Queensland Theatre Company, Brisbane, Australia Project Description: The Wider Earth is a new visual theatre work that reimagines the story of Charles Darwin s voyage on the HMS Beagle. A coming-of-age story about science, faith and how a doubting young man asked a question of Mother Nature and found the answer to everything. For ages 12 +, 8 actors use a suite of over 30 puppets, an original score by ARIA-award winning singer/songwriter Lior and Tony Buchen plus animated illustrations, to bring to life the extraordinary vistas encountered by the ship s crew. This magical journey visits the heights of the Andes, the depths of the Amazon rainforest, the storms of Tierra del Fuego, the wondrous Galapagos Islands and the untouched Australian coastline. Seeking: Touring Partners Performance Fee: 36,500 USD per week + amortised portion of remount (+ accom/travel/per diems/freight costs) (based on May 2016 exchange rate) Project Contact: Nicholas Paine, nicholas@deadpuppetsociety.com.au, Creative Producer, Dead Puppet Society, (61) & Christine Johnstone, cjohnstone@queenslandtheatre.com.au, Touring and Regional Program Coordinator, Queensland Theatre Company, (61)