2010 Calendar, News and Projects

2010 Calendar

MARCH:
Seedpod #1
The Edge of the Earth by Robert commission in collaboration with Eamon Sprod, Saturday 27th March, 8pm, ICU - 1 Halford St., Castlemaine



APRIL:
Seedpod #2, Sugar Coated by Hannah Raisin, Friday 16th and Saturday 17th April, 8pm, ICU - 1 Halford St., Castlemaine 



MAY:
Undue Noise, Saturday 22nd May, 8pm, ICU - 1 Halford St., Castlemaine

JUNE:
DROME, Sunday 6th June, 2pm, ICU - 1 Halford St., Castlemaine
Punctum and Undue Noise present Liquid Architecture, Saturday 26th June, 8pm, ICU - 1 Halford St., Castlemaine

AUGUST:
DROME, Sunday 29th August, 2pm, ICU - 1 Halford St., Castlemaine

SEPTEMBER:
Seedpod #3 Who’s Afraid of the Dark? by Katie Sfetkidis, Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th September, 8pm, ICU - 1 Halford St., Castlemaine
Seedpod #4, Sounds Like Movement. Dale Gorfinkel and Peter Fraser, Saturday 18th September, 3pm and 8pm, ICU - 1 Halford St., Castlemaine.
Undue Noise, Saturday 18th September, 8pm, ICU - 1 Halford St., Castlemaine

OCTOBER:
Seedpod #5 The Experts Project by Lara Thoms, Monday 18th October until Sunday 25th October (see website closer to date for exact times), ICU - 1 Halford St., Castlemaine

NOVEMBER:
Seedpod #6 Immersion Studio by Jacques Soddell and Tessa Elieff, Friday 13th and Saturday 14th November, 8pm, Old Fire Station, 50 View Street, Bendigo
DROME, Sunday 21st November, 2pm, ICU - 1 Halford St., Castlemaine
Undue Noise, Saturday 27th November, 8pm, ICU - 1 Halford St., Castlemaine

…upcoming in 2011…
Seedpod #7, Hourglass by Nicole Canham and Sarah Kaur, February 2011
Pageant and Pandemonium. A Castlemaine State Festival commission, Opening Event and Public Program, April 2011

NEW INTERNATIONAL ARTS PROGRAM COMING UP FOR 2011!
Punctum is delighted to announce that our 3 year international arts research and cultural exchange program for Victorian artists seeking to work on collaborative projects in regional contexts has just been given the tick by Arts Victoria and the Victorian Minister for the Arts. More announcements to come in August about In-Habit International. Watch this space! 

For futher information email: info@punctum.com.au
 

Dinner in a Dry Dam

Next: Featured in the Big West Festival, November 28th 2009
contact hq@punctum.com.au for further information

Dinner in a Dry Dam is a musical supper held by candlelight in dry dam country. Hosted by a woman with a song in her soul and a shotgun by her side, dressed to kill and with only one thing left to lose.

With cocktails of jubilation and hors d’oeuvres of lament, this performance is a celebration in song. Prepare to charge your glasses to toast the dignity, humour and strength that we all share in dry times. Premiering at the 2009 Castlemaine State Festival, Dinner in a Dry Dam celebrates our extraordinary capacity to confront and transcend struggle.

Dinner in a Dry Dam has received support from Regional Arts Victoria, Arts Victoria, the Malthouse Theatre, Workspace Australia, & The Capital - Bendigo’s Performing Arts Centre.

Creation and Artistic Direction - Jude Anderson
Composition - Carl Pannuzzo
Performers - Penny Larkins and Carl Pannuzzo
Libretto - Berni Janssen, Emilie Collyer, Penny Sell & Jude Anderson
Design - Ali McNicol
Lighting - Grant Davis
Video and Sound - Jacques Soddell
Textile Artist – Andrew Goodman
Sculptor and Construction - Keith Wiltshire
Assistants – Alice Ng and Kelly Fliedner

Dinner in a Dry Dam has been preformed in Castlemaine, Bendigo, Creswick and Sutton Grange in Regional Victoria.
For futher information email: info@punctum.com.au


 

Miss Friday's Dance Class for all the World and her Partner.

A Punctum exploration of an "invitation"

Punctum occupies a big hall with a small dance class that's shaking on its last legs. It's a dance class where the audience/participants really learn to dance and where Miss Friday and her partner rebel against "end times". A work about resilience, desire and why the Evening One Step is like chocolate pudding made with love.

Creation and Artistic Direction - Jude Anderson
Musician/Performer – Justin Marshall
Dance Teacher – Megan Beckwith
Actor – Ian Scott

Miss Friday's was launched during the 2009 Castlemaine State Festival and coming again soon!