WILFRID GORDON MCDONALD PARTRIDGE: THE STAGE SHOW

A touching play for young and old exploring themes of memory loss and the value of old people in our community.

Presented by Corrugated Iron Youth Arts, Alzheimer’s Australia NT and the Lynx Project, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge is a touching new stage show coming to the Darwin Entertainment Centre this July 29 and 30.

The play is an adaptation of the delightful story by much-loved children’s author Mem Fox and illustrator Julie Vivas, which follows the journey of Wilfrid, a small boy who lives next door to an old peoples home and goes on a journey in search of the lost memories of his favourite neighbour, 96-year-old Miss Nancy.
Performed by seasoned local actors and a talented young newcomer as Wilfrid, the show will be sure to have children laughing and adults crying as they journey with Wilfrid on his search to understand what a memory means to the people around him.

"[A memory is] something that makes you cry my boy, something that makes you cry,” says Wilfrid’s neighbour old Mr Trippett.

The production is part of a larger community project being run by Corrugated Iron, Alzheimer’s NT and the Lynx Project which raises awareness about dementia and uses theatre and the arts to help children understand more about the value of older people in our community, especially those living with memory loss.

Alongside the show, there will be activities for children which link in with school social studies curriculum and can prompt discussion about memories and recall, about helping others, and about friendship, particularly with elders.

Residents of three local aged care facilities will also have the opportunity to join in theatre and improvisation workshops run by actors from the production, providing an opportunity for them to engage, communicate and share their own life experiences and memories.

TEASE is an annual performance art festival showcasing the best of Darwin’s young and emerging performing artists.
The Show in 2010
A three night season of tantalising, innovative and short new performance works including theatre, music, dance, circus, and visual arts. Tease intends to bamboozle audiences with scary-time comedy sketches, a variety of vivid and far flung dance including Contemporary, Classical Indian, Pole, Break and Hip Hop, and dynamic Circus works involving Aerial, floor and Meteorite performances.

The Paper Garden
An outdoor interactive visual art installation will welcome you to Tease. The Paper Garden allows you to trip through the courtyard and will offer on-the-spot workshops to make an origami flower (add it to the growing garden bed), satisfyingly shred paper (to build the paper wall), or contribute to the paper-plant nursery table.

Teasing Happy Yess
After the show stick around for the Happy Yess program from 10pm. Your Tease Ticket will get you into the door for free!

Stay tuned for further information about the Tease program!

Four half-day circus workshops for children to keep up their tumbling, juggling, trapeze and general clowning around skills this school holidays.

Nitestreet is a showcase of indigenous youth arts from the Top End. First timers through to professional. Bands, movies, dancers and rappers. Cultural and contemporary, urban and remote.

Emerging Indigenous artists, actors, dancers, musicians, animators and film makers, rappers and cultural presentations, both local and from communities across the Top End. Nitestreet represents the broad spectrum of Indigenous youth arts from the Territory.

Corrugated Iron and Darwin City Council are joining forces with a team of young producers to create EPIC CENTRAL for 2010 Youth Week.
Brown’s Mart will become a hive of activity for the week with café, workshops, interactive activities, wifi, in-house DJ and performances.

EPIC CENTRAL for 2010 Youth Week.
Brown’s Mart will become a hive of activity for the week.
Activities include: Café/Gathering point – open every arvo and into some evenings; Information point – for what’s on during youth week and info useful for young people; Workshops/Forums – hosted by a rage of organizations; Interactive activities – make, build, write, explore, film, reviews; Events/Performances/Gigs – produced by a range of organisations/troupes/artists/producers; Highlights will include:-

Circus & Dance Performances
Stencil workshops
Screen printing workshop
Laser Graffiti
MC Battle
Bake-off
Swap Meet
The Big Gig – closing event for Epic Central and Youth Week.

Full program at www.corrugatediron.org.au
Closing Event featuring live music, performance, activities, food and spilling into Civic Park.

Circus, acting, performance, movement, dance and voice workshops for all ages from 3 year olds to 26 year olds!

Access the best professional trainers and tutors in Darwin and Palmerston! Circus, acting, performance, movement, dance and voice workshops for all ages from 3 year olds to 26 year olds!

Contact Corrugated Iron Youth Arts for details of their upcoming program.