Here (2008)

In remembrance and celebration of our foremothers, the Women’s Circus presents Here, a major theatrical circus production.  Marking 100 years of most women’s right to vote in Victoria, Here is a carnival of tears and triumphs, where women unshackle themselves to fly through the air, free their voices to howl and climb on each others shoulders to look into the future.

Green Room Award winner Nadja Kostich, multi award winning composer Irine Vela, a celebrated creative team and a cast of 60 women take you on an unforgettable ride into the fertile terrain of memory and the body, gender and politics.

A feast for the eyes and ears, Here tells the story of Cassandra, a woman who doesn’t speak but sees into the future and past. She takes us back and recreates the events leading up to her birth, under her mother’s skirts, in a giant underground laundry. On the cusp of the women’s franchise, political events seep into the laundry and divide the workers. Through Cassandra the gulf between now and then, us and them, the fantastical and the real is blurred. Don’t miss this circus spectacular!

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Dates

Monday 24 November - Saturday  29 November 8 pm. Matinee Saturday 29 November 3 pm.

Venue

Arts House - North Melbourne Town Hall, 33 Errol St, North Melbourne

Tickets

Adult $32 Concession $26 Child $15 (12 years and under)
Tickets on sale from Monday 27 October.

Creative Team

Here is realised by Nadja Kostich in collaboration with the members of Women’s Circus and the Creative Team.

Performances and band by members of Women’s Circus.

Director Nadja Kostich  Musical Director Irine Vela
Assistant Director Sara Pheasant Set and Costume Designer Marg Horwell
Lighting Designer Emma Valente Sound Designer Sarah Trevorrow
Video Designer Zoe Scoglio Animator Isobel Knowles
Rigging Designer Franca Stadler