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Your Guest Lecturers Today Peter Muir Annemarie Neumann

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Page 1: Your Guest Lecturers Today Peter Muir Annemarie Neumann

Your Guest Lecturers Today

Peter Muir

Annemarie

Neumann

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GEARSTICK THEATRE

Innovative, ProfessionalTheatre for Regional Audiences

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• INTRO: Gearstick’s Mission Statement

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• INTRO: Gearstick’s Mission Statement

To create innovative and exciting theatre Creating opportunities for artists and empowering artists in the creative process

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• INTRO: Gearstick’s Mission Statement

The Beginning• Founding Members and Backgrounds• Origins• Teething Problems

Structure• Current Types of Members• Planned Changes

Gearstick’s Trademarks• Project Types• Locations• Previous Projects

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• INTRO: Gearstick’s Mission Statement

The Beginning• Founding Members and Backgrounds• Origins• Teething Problems

Structure• Current Types of Members• Planned Changes

Gearstick’s Trademarks• Project Types• Locations• Previous Projects

“Bite Sized”• Brief Details on Gearstick’s latest

Production

Why• The Selfish Reason• The Noble Reason

What• List of Short Productions with Short

Rehearsals• The Design Concept

How Received• Public Response

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• INTRO: Gearstick’s Mission Statement

The Beginning• Founding Members and Backgrounds• Origins• Teething Problems

Structure• Current Types of Members• Planned Changes

Gearstick’s Trademarks• Project Types• Locations• Previous Projects

“Bite Sized”• Brief Details on Gearstick’s latest

Production

Why• The Selfish Reason• The Noble Reason

What• List of Short Productions with Short

Rehearsals• The Design Concept

How Received• Public Response

• OUTRO: Final Anecdotes

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Craig Higgs

Kevin Pointer

Michelle Higgs

THE BEGINNING Founding Members

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Craig Higgs • CSU - Bachelor of Arts (Acting

for Screen and Stage

((Honours))

Kevin Pointer• VCA - Design• CSU - Lecturer

Michelle• RADA – Shakespeare Course

• CSU - Bachelor of Arts (Acting

for Screen and Stage)

THE BEGINNING Founding Members - Background

Higgs Gaul

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Kevin, help!We need a showcase!

THE BEGINNING Origins

--- > “Cheap Side” --- > 3 Plays

5 Years Ago:

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THE BEGINNING Teething Problems

• Finding a Home for Craig and Michelle• Finding Motivated People for Admin• Gaining a Name for Gearstick (Sponsorship, Media, Grants)• Maintaining the Creative Interest

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STRUCTURE Current Types of Members

Current Members

Creative Members Supporters

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STRUCTURE Current Types of Members

Can Anybody, join, act and approach you with a project to direct?

Yes, absolutely!If you are capable and within limits.

We will help you develop the necessary skills.

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STRUCTURE Planned Changes

• Maintain the Current Credo, that Creating Own Work is more Important than Showcasing • Create a Network of Artists• Move Towards being a Non Profit Organization

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GEARSTICK’S TRADEMARKS Project Types

• Moving Towards Short Drama and Children’s Theatre• Theatre for Education

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GEARSTICK’S TRADEMARKS Locations

Selection Criteria• Accessible• Appropriate• Can bring Theatre to the Audience

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GEARSTICK’S TRADEMARKS Locations

Examples

Puppy LoveRSL Club - July 2008

• Hub of Entertainment• Easy to Access• Comfortable• “Parent Crèche”

Bite SizedRomano’s Hotel - April 2008

• Pub => Attracts Young People• Grab your Meal/Drink• Theatre = Part of the

Night out

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GEARSTICK’S TRADEMARKS Previous Projects

     

Dumb Waiter October 2004  

DraculaDecember 2004

 

IrreconcilableDifferences

August 2005

 

Melb. Fringe Festival Sept/Oct

2005

     

Chosen Vessel April/May

2006  

The Magic Story CoatJanuary 2007

 

Battle of theStorytellers

The Magic Story Coat 2April 2007

 

IrreconcilableDifferences

Theatre in Ed Tour

July/August 2007

 

           

ShadeSeptember 2007    

 

 

 

Source: http://www.gearsticktheatre.com.au

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1 Act Plays 1 Play per

Week

4 Weeks

BITE SIZED Brief Details

Month of April

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1 Act Plays 1 Play per

Week

4 WeeksMonth of April

WHY The Selfish Reason

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WHY The Selfish Reason

A $3000 Grant!

Let’s get it!

Let’s get it!!!

How do we get it?

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WHY The Noble Reason

• Make Theatre more Accessible as it’s Small Pieces• The Challenge of Making Quick Decisions• Work with Good Writing from Good Writers• Expose the Audience to Good Writers

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WHAT List of Short Productions with Short Rehearsals

Dark Lady of the Sonnet - George Bernard ShawDir. Craig Higgs

Victoria Station - Harold PinterDir. Ashleigh Haynes-Holyoake

Magnetic North - Michael GurrDir. Kevin Pointer

L.A. Sketches - David MametDir. Kevin Pointer

Chronological Order of Writers Coincidental

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WHAT The Design Concept

Dark Lady of the Sonnet : Queen Elizabeth = Poodle/Dark Lady = Black Cat/ Shakespeare = Rat / Beefeater = Bulldog

Magnetic North - Bathroom / Butler = Penguin

L.A. Sketches - Monkey Colony

Rooms of a House

A Zoo

Examples

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HOW RECEIVED Public Response

Very Well Received

People Came Back

Demand for More

Weekend Advertiser: Saturday/Sunday 19th 20th April 2008

Gearstick doesn’t seems to have the ego or pretentiousness, that are often seen with regional repertoire and professional companies.

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• OUTRO: Final Anecdotes

“There’s plenty of ego there, but pretension is something we don’t have a lot of time for as we’re spending too much time slapping each other around for being pretentious.”

Kevin Pointer:

Theatre these days is too much on a pedestal

People are getting frightened

Shakespeare wrote for a drunk mob!

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GEARSTICK THEATRE

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Last Image: Annemarie Neumann