First performed as part of the Regional Centre for Culture 2018

BENDIGO
11th DECEMBER- 15th DECEMBER 2018
Regional Events Centre
Bendigo Show Grounds
​Holmes Rd North Bendigo
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Images by Neil Newitt

​DEMOLISH exposes the fragility of home.   
​It takes us inside the heart of cataclysmic change.
 
Performed at the Bendigo Showgrounds, on Dja Dja Wurrung country, DEMOLISH explores the precarious nature of how we live in the landscape, and what that will mean for our future.
 
DEMOLISH delves into the destruction implicit in development and 'progress', through an enthralling blend of dance and physical theatre, a touch of mayhem and gold hot pants! 
 
A moving, theatrical spectacle created by goldfields theatre-makers Rebecca Russell and Ken Evans, with performers Janette Hoe (dance artist), Christy Flaws and Luke O’Connor (physical theatre performers) with Clunes farmer, Christine Rowe and Dja Dja Wurrung elder Aunty Linda Ford.  

Hard hitting truths, dance and destruction.

DEMOLISH is a new Australian work by regional artists, commissioned by Creative Victoria for the Regional Centre for Culture 2018 in partnership with the City of Greater Bendigo and the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation.

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DEMOLISH team:

Rebecca Russell - Director, Co-devisor 
Ken Evans - Designer, Co-devisor
Wendy Lasica – Producer

in collaboration with:

Janette Hoe - Dance Artist/Choreographer
Christie Flaws - Physical Theatre Artist
Luke O’Connor - Physical Theatre Artist
Aunty Linda Ford - Dja Dja Wurrung Elder
Christine Rowe - Clunes landowner
Michelle Robie - playing Christine Rowe
Jude Evans - child performer
Cato Keily - child performer
Sam Thomas - on-stage 'ninja'
Julieta vitale - on-stage 'ninja'
Dotahn Caspi - Video and projection artist
Steph O'Hara - Sound designer/Composer
Philip Lethlean - Lighting Designer
Jane Clarke - Costume Designer
Emmily Caspi - Assistant Director and Artistic Collaborator (Stage one), Child Supervisor (Stage two) 
Bec Anderson - Stage Manager (Stage one)
Casey Norton - Stage Manager (Stage two)
Michele Bauer - Production Manager
Gillian Howell - Studio Composer/Musician 
Tony Hicks - Studio Composer/Musician 

Casey Norton – Stage Manager
Bec Anderson - Stage Manager (Stage 1)
Michele Bauer - Production Manager
Adam Storey and David Lake (DNA Earth) - Demolition Drivers 
Steelmanship (Bob McKinnon) – Set Construction
Applied Art (Andree Gersbeck) – Set Construction
Auspicious Arts Projects – Auspice body
 
Storytelling collaborators:
 
Aunty Linda Ford – Dja Dja Wurrung Elder
Christine Rowe – Land Owner
Susan Lawrence – Archaeologist
Stephen Lumb – Architect
Jude Evans – Child
Cato Keily – Child
Marlene Tozer – Woman
Peter Ralph – Demolition Expert
 

DEMOLISH promo from Rebecca Russell on Vimeo.