Get your circus on with Circa!

Term 1

1 February – 28 March 2010
Fortitude Valley & Bracken Ridge

Classes for all young people wanting to add a bit of circus to their life!

Make 2010 your year to run away and join the Circa Training Centre! Meet new people, get active and try something different as you learn a range of circus skills in a fun, supportive and dynamic environment.

Adults aged 15 years and up can join a Circus Mix class with aerials, handstands, tumbling and more. You can learn hula hoop or acrobalance in Circus Tricks, lift off in Circus Aerials, or enhance your health and well-being in Circus Fitness.

Children and Young People can engage in circus classes that include trapeze, acrobatics, tightwire and juggling. Classes are available for ages 3 to 15 years, and youth performance programs including Circa Zoo and Zoolings are available for 10 to 21 year olds.

Term 1 begins February 1 2010, with 8 fun filled weeks of circus training in both Fortitude Valley and Bracken Ridge. Bookings for Term 1 are open now! For more information or to book, go to www.circa.org.au or call 07 3852 3110.

Image: Adults- Emma Serjeant by Justin Nicolas OR Children – by Justin Nicolas

Acting In/Out Project

Acting In and Acting Out…

Is theatre with young people who have an experience of homelessness.

On Friday nights is Acting Out in the city – a focus on having fun in public space, meeting new people and showcasing a positive profile of young  people who have an experience of homelessness.

On Thursday afternoons is Acting In at Visible-ink Valley – a crew of young people who are developing a public performance. They have already taken their performances to Valley Fiesta and are set to ignite the 2High Festival in November….we’d love you to come see the show.

Street life unleashed in creative festival

A group of young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness will share their experiences and outlooks on life in a performance at Brisbane’s 2high Festival this month.

The “Acting Out” performance has been created through a theatre program of the same name that aims to provide young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness with drama skills and opportunities to express themselves.

The project is run by Liminal Performance Group, a group of young freelance arts facilitators, with support from Brisbane City Council’s Visible Ink (Valley) youth program and Brisbane Youth Service, with funding from a Council Community Grant.

Project facilitator Amy Bradney-George said the 2high Festival performance would showcase the creative talents of the young people and the facilitators.

“Being a part of the 2high Festival has given the young people we work with a platform to share their experiences of what life is like,” she said.

“The performance is also an opportunity for us to share what Acting Out is about, so it’s rewarding for the participants and for those of us working as facilitators and managers of the project.”

Participants of the project bring their unique experience in living and surviving with homelessness, which will all be used as material to develop the final performance.

Hugh “Irish” Bedford, a participant in the project said Acting Out had helped him move forward this year.

“When I joined this project I was living through hell. I was on the streets, sleeping in fire escapes and parks carrying my entire life in one bag on my back.

“I was reliant on the youth services operating in Brisbane for everything from being able to shower and shave to just getting something to eat,” he said.

Bedford said the 2high Festival had given him something to work on, and that the final result was due to the “unbelievable amount of hard work and commitment that has been put into the project by everyone involved.”

“Through our performance we hope to raise awareness of the harsh reality of life on the streets and the impossible struggle young people on the streets face in order to get out of their situation.”

“I also hope that people will see that although I lived on the streets for almost 7 months I am not a failure or a bad influence on society,” he said.

“Now that I have been given a chance to be a constructive part of society I have embraced that chance and made a success out of it.”

Due to the nature of homelessness the group of young people has evolved and changes over the performance development process.

The creative process used in Acting Out was shaped to accommodate the changeable nature of homelessness and allow more young people to contribute to the performance.

The result is an innovative piece of theatre that will move throughout the Brisbane Powerhouse, engaging and involving the audience along the way.

Acting Out will be performed at 2:30pm on Saturday, November 14, at the Brisbane Powerhouse as part of the 2009 Brisbane 2high Festival.

2high Festival 2009 is looming for November

Be part of this creative playground on November 13 and 14 to feel art, performance and music that leaps through the floor, speaks from the heart and screams to a nation.

2009 2high Festival pushes new boundaries. It is about touching art and being touched by art.

Head to the 2high website for more information!

Also of interest… If you’re into arts, head over to Backbone Youth Arts and get involved in the Brisbane art scene.

“Funk’n Soul’d Out” – new monthly music event @ The Globe

“Funk’n Soul’d Out” wants YOUR band. The event will be hosted by Odyssey at The Globe on the last Sunday of every month during the hours of 2pm-8pm. The launch party will be on Sunday May 31st.

The purpose of this event is to showcase established bands to fresh, new audiences, while giving the opportunity for emerging artists to expose themselves by performing in a professional yet supportive environment. The genres we are aiming to showcase with this monthly party are: Hip Hop, Reggae, Dub, Funk, Soul, Roots, Rap and Acoustic/Folk.

The “Funk’n Soul’d Out” team are currently seeking interest, and tentative bookings from established bands that would be interested in performing at this event. Payment would be via a ‘door deal’ to be negotiated upon registering interest.

The “Funk’n Soul’d Out” team are also currently seeking interest and tentative bookings from emerging artists that would be interested in performing at this event.

Odyssey is organising this showcase event as an in house production presenting a unique opportunity to perform at The Globe without the usual stress of event coordination and upfront costs.

Funk’n Soul’d Out Dates for 2009:

- May 31st (Launch Party)

- June 28th

- July 26th

- August 30th

- September 27th (Brother Beans B’Day Bash!)

- October 25th

- November 29th

- December 20th

The first half of the afternoon will be dedicated to emerging artists in a ‘booked open mic‘ style format, with the second half of the event dedicated to established bands.

If you would like to be a part of this event please email Rupert Faust (Bookings), highlighting any dates in particular:

Rupert Faust – Funk’n Soul’d Out Booking Agent

ru_faust@hotmail.com

0438 305 357

or Sian Evans – Funk ‘n Soul’d Out Booking agent (emerging artists, circus and theatre – want to exhibit at the events or use the space in some other way – bring it on!)

music@sianevans.com.au

0439749443

Visit the Transit Lounge for all the latest updates on music, theatre, and other creative stuff

The Merch Girl

The Merch Girl is not just any old merch girl – she’s here to entertain your fans while working on your creative production or event. As a burlesque, improv, and circus performer in training, she combines her love for the limelight with her skills and interests in stage management, production assistance, and media.

Whether as a burlesque maid, stage manager, artist liasion, personal assistant, or as her namesake, The Merch Girl will help your show flow with style, intelligence, and effort. She’s currently looking for projects to work with, as well as web designers to get her website up and running.

Drop her a line – me@themerchgirl.net

Add her on MySpace – http://myspace.com/themerchgirlnet

Tweet her sometime – http://twitter.com/themerchgirlnet

Learn event management at Bent 2009

So you want to run your own event but don’t know where to start? Bent  is an underage event showcasing Brisbane Queer talent and raising  money for Open Doors!  Wanna learn how to send out press releases, design posters, get a web presence and stage manage an event?

Bent is looking for a team of motivated young people, working together to make  Bent 2009 awesome! Interested? Contact anthony@dizzygotheca.com for details.