NEWS

Creative highlights and opportunities at Shopfront and beyond

Off the Shelf and into the Fringe!

Queen Street Studio presents the third Off the Shelf a residency for writers and directors interested in developing a script to be performed at the inaugural Sydney Fringe Festival. For more information please visit www.queenstreetstudio.com.

Expressions of Interest are due by 5pm on March 29, 2010

Big Ted Adventures

The (lost toy story) journey continues. This month you will find Shopfront's large and luminous representative up to some of his ol' tricks in Canberra. Big Ted has been invited to accompany The Australia Council for the Arts KP11: Producing Communities exhibition to the Belconnen Arts Centre. If you find yourself in our nation's capital from March 19 - April 12  go and check it out. This is a multi-media exhibition that documents the work of 11 key arts organisations in partnerships with the community.

For more info visit The Belconnen Arts Centre Website

Superperfect
faster better stronger

Following hot on the heels of Superperfect in Sydney (August 14-16, 2009), Shopfronters - Diya Ingleshwar, Laura Carolan, Arnab Ahmed, David Buckley, David Kirkpatrick, Eric Avery, Alesha Murray, Sarah Emery and TJ Eckleberg travelled to Yokohama, Japan to continue the journey. On August 28-30, Superperfect was restaged at the ST Spot in Yokohama. All Shows were sold out.The Japanese audiences were as impressed as Sydney audiences.Our GM dropped in on the performance in a whirlwind visit to Japan and reported that the performance was beautiful. The only concern was on the return trip home where the ensemble encountered a mini monsoon before they were due to fly out. Good news, all have returned home safe.

Follow the development of this international collaboration at www.shopfront.org.au/superperfect

What the Sydney Audiences have said....

• Wonderful. The joy of the ensemble was palpable and the technology was amazing!
• It was hectic. loved it :-)
• The most amazing and intense piece of theatre that I have ever seen.
• Brilliant! Dynamic, slick, uplifting, emotional. Word up! MORGANICS

What the Yokohama audiences have said ....

• It had a variety of rich expressions. I enjoyed watching their movements so closely. The borderless collaborations were stunning
• Of course the context, but especially the video was very good. How they expressed the emotions in dance seemed real. Please  come back again
• Great performance! I was about to cry
  

Shopfront wins Cultural Award for our 2008 major project (lost toy story) with the Hurstville City Council - view here