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A free outdoor circus comedy show uniting all-ages audiences in riotous, joyful entertainment

A suburban family of eccentrics have travelled on foot from the east (the Dandenongs) to settle in the west, the long-promised land of Sunshine.

Like bowerbirds, Nan, Jan, Mindy and Scot have been collecting blue hard rubbish from the nature strips along the way – blue clothing, blue baggage, blue utensils, a barbeque, not one but two blue shopping trolleys, all piled in a full-sized blue box-trailer!

However, the local bureaucratic ravens consider this gaudy traveling junk-show as a territorial challenge and swoop down to patrol the borders and if necessary send this family back to where they came from – the east... Dandenong.

Mayhem ensues, and the show descends into an absurd vaudevillian circus street-battle for freedom!

Expect acrobatics, foot-juggling, skipping, disco, hula-hoops, meteor-bowls, slapstick, mouth-sticking, hand-balancing, slipper-kicking, ball-manipulation, bottle-balancing, contortion, improvisation, ladder-walking, bag-pipe-impersonation, box-stepping and barbecuing.

Made as a comic circus response to our collective current circumstances, social distancing, borders opening (and closing and opening again!) The world needs a show that can be performed literally anywhere, that meets an all-ages audiences where they are – socially distanced and outdoors!

After two years of lockdowns, this show celebrates getting together again for live entertainment and comedy! It reignites the shared experience of performance through inclusive audience interaction, circus spectacle, inventive production, costume design, upcycling and recycling found objects.

NICA Raven Mad - Directed by Mike Finch & designed by Emily Barrie
NICA Raven Mad - Directed by Mike Finch & designed by Emily Barrie
NICA Raven Mad - Directed by Mike Finch & designed by Emily Barrie
NICA Raven Mad - Directed by Mike Finch & designed by Emily Barrie

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Originally conceived by Melenie Stevenson (National Institute of Circus Arts – NICA), Emily Barrie (Moomba, Rawcus, Ilbijerri Theatre Company) and co-devised by Director Mike Finch (Artistic Director Circus Oz 1997-2015) this show celebrates some incredibly skilled alumni of NICA, Emily’s eccentric and eye-catching found-object design, Mike’s sense of comic circus ensemble, and stars some of Australia’s best new and internationally seasoned circus talent: ‘TaraBoom’ Silcock, Hannah Richards, Joshua Phillips, Jarred Dewey, Olivia Porter and Tully Fedorowjtsch.

With an extraordinarily broad range of ridiculous and jaw-dropping circus and performance skills between them, this is an all-ages comic street-circus battle of a hundred skills!

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CAST

'TaraBoom' Silcock
Hannah Richards
Joshua Phillips
Jarred Dewey
Olivia Porter
Tully Fedorowjtsc

CONCEIVED BY

Melenie Stevenson and Emily Barrie

CO-DEVISED BY

Mike Finch

Event details

Dates & Times

Show #1
Friday 1 April 2022
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Show #2
Saturday 2 April 2022
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Show #3
Sunday 3 April
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Location

Centre Square

Prahran Square, Cato Street, Prahran VIC 3181

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Accessibility

Wheelchair Access
Parking available on site
Public transport nearby
Driving
Cycle
Walking
Lift access

Event notes

Access and Inclusion

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We provide a range of accessible services and facilities so that all community members can enjoy our programs and events.

To discuss your accessibility requirements for this event, please email us or call 03 8290 1333 during standard business hours (9am – 5pm, Monday – Friday).

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