Red Leap Open Day and Fundraiser
Following the success of their Auckland Festival 09 season Red Leap Theatre are now preparing for their production of Shaun Tan’s The Arrival, to play Sydney Festival, Hong Kong Arts Festival and the NZ International Arts Festival in 2010. To celebrate, the company invite the public inside their rehearsal rooms for a rare glimpse into the workings of the movement and image based company. The Red Leap Open Day will be held at the NBR NZ Opera facility in Onehunga on Sunday 6 December.
The Arrival’s 2010 summer tour will see 400 set, prop and costumes items and a tour party of sixteen on the road. “It has been a wonderfully large undertaking for us” says company co-director Kate Parker “We made The Arrival as a project based company and its success has generated an incredible momentum. We are now looking to generate and strengthen the infrastructure required to support our artistic objectives and business opportunities. It's a very exciting time for all involved."
Red Leap’s Open Day is designed to raise funds and to build public awareness for the company and its process. “We are a devising company who work in a strong physical way." says co-director Julie Nolan. "We create work collectively in an environment of play and instinct, then combine this with discipline and experience. We enjoy being irreverent and we love a little bit of magic!."
From 10am to 3pm on Sunday 6 December the public can view the company at work, explore the props workshop, join in a class, meet the creative team and bid on auction items including limited edition prints and original sketches by Shaun Tan. A programme for the day and full auction list will be available onwww.redleaptheatre.co.nz from November 21.
107 Nielson St, Onehunga from 10am to 3pm
Pop in anytime from 10 - 3 or come to participate in a particular activity. The days programme will be announced on Nov 21 on www.redleaptheatre.co.nz
Member Profile
Red Leap TheatreAuckland's Red Leap Theatre is a movement and image based devising theatre company under the Artistic leadership of Kate Parker and Julie Nolan. Its mission is to:
- create spirited visual and physical theatre to inspire and invigorate our audience and community
- deliver compelling, courageous process and performance in an environment of play and instinct combined with discipline and experience.
Dubbed by critics as Restlessly Creative... Endlessly Inventive, Red Leap is recognised for its unique blend of striking visual imagery, ensemble physicality and stories with heart.
Past repertoire includes Moahuning (2001), The Butcher's Daughter (2003), Beyond The Blue (2008), The Arrival (2009), and Paper Sky (2011).
Red Leap - theatre that moves.
