FERTILE GROUND
FERTILE GROUND
Presented by Metro Arts
By Ashleigh Musk and Michael Smith
We are here to witness our failing paradise.
Suspended in time, vulnerable bodies navigate a forest of cement. Landscapes shift, rise and crumble, as audience and performers move through avalanches of decay. Gritty transformations reveal spaces for hope and action.
With vivid choreography, Fertile Ground manipulates space, sound and a brutalist pile of concrete bricks in this ground-breaking participatory performance.
PLEASE NOTE
Fertile Ground is a participatory performance which takes place in a construction site. We strongly advise Patrons wear closed-in flat shoes (no heels or thongs), and short skirts or dresses are not recommended.
TACTILE EXPERIENCES
The Tactile Experiences give an opportunity for participants to experience key textural elements present in the performance of Fertile Ground through a series of actions which explore weight, touch and vibrations. If attending one of the Tactile Experiences, we strongly recommend also purchasing tickets to see Fertile Ground.
We strongly recommend arriving no later than 15minutes prior to the start time of the performance or tactile experience, as latecomers CANNOT be admitted under any circumstance.
DATES
Tue 25 – Sat 29 May, 2021
Performances:
7:30pm, 25 – 28 May 2021
1pm + 7:30pm, 29 May 2021
Tactile Experiences:
6:30pm, 27 May 2021
12:00pm, 29 May 2021
VENUE
Secret location in West Village
Meet at Metro Arts’ Box Office
TICKETS
General Admission $35 + booking fee
Concession $25 + booking fee
Groups 6+ $25 + booking fee
Preview Tue 25 May $25 + booking fee
Booking fee $0.50 per ticket purchased
DURATION
50 mins
AGES + WARNINGS
Recommended for ages 15+. Performance includes loud noises, haze and smoke effects, and dust.
Image by Pierce Eldridge
THE ARTISTS
Choreographer / Performer Ashleigh Musk
Choreographer / Performer Michael Smith
Sound Composition and Design Anna Whitaker
Dramaturge Liesel Zink
Access Consultant Daniele Constance
Lighting Design Tom Roach
Costume Design Libby Mcdonnell
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Fertile Ground has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
Fertile Ground was developed with Dancenorth in 2020, supported by LGI through a studio residency at WXYZ studios, HOTA, Home of the Art and through an Ausdance QLD and Australiasian Dance Collective Four Walls Residency and an Ausdance QLD Public Space and Participation Residency.
VISITING US
We take the safety of our patrons, staff and artists seriously. Metro Arts is operating in line with current Queensland Government guidelines and the Stage QLD COVIDSafe Industry Plan. If you are unwell, please refrain from attending events at Metro Arts. Maintaining physical distancing requirements is expected and is the individuals responsibility. Click here for more information.
SEDIMENT
SEDIMENT
Presented by Metro Arts
Curated by Simone Hine and Kyle Weise
Artists: Charity Edwards and Amelia Hine, Leela Schauble, Marian Tubbs, Samuel Tupou
Sediment brings together the work of five contemporary artists who utilise collage as an aesthetic through which to consider human transformation of the environment.
Laboratories, sea life, plastics, virtual organisms, micro-organisms, gold, oil, and fibre-optic cables merge and collide, with the ocean as conduit. Suggesting evolving networks, this restless flow of images look toward possible futures, both human and non-human.
Marian Tubbs, the sun will eat itself (where Gs go to paradise), 2021. Digital video with sound, 6min1sec. Video Still. Courtesy of the artist and STATION
Amelia Hine and Charity Edwards, Death Metal, 2021. HD Video, 3mins35sec.
Leela Schauble, YInMn Ocean, Plastic Island #3 2021. Inkjet print on smooth pearl, 30cm x 40cm.
DATES
8 – 30 May, 2021
VENUE
Gallery One
Metro Arts, West End
GALLERY HOURS
Exhibition Opening Hours:
Sat, 8 May 10am-6pm
Tue 11 May – Sat 15, 10am-4pm
Sun, 16 May CLOSED
Tue 18 May – Sat 22 May 10am-10pm
Sun, 23 May CLOSED
Tue 25 May – Sat 29 May 10am-10pm
Sun 30 May 10am-7pm
Marian Tubbs is represented by STATION.
Samuel Tupou is represented by Onespace Gallery.
THE ARTISTS
VISITING US
We take the safety of our patrons, staff and artists seriously. Metro Arts is operating in line with current Queensland Government guidelines and the Stage QLD COVIDSafe Industry Plan. If you are unwell, please refrain from attending events at Metro Arts. Maintaining physical distancing requirements is expected and is the individuals responsibility. Click here for more information.
ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE
ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE
By Alice Birch | Directed by Catarina Hebbard
Presented by Metro Arts and BC Productions Qld in association with e.g and Big Scary Animal
Three generations of women.
Three critical choices.
An intimate look at how love and trauma cascade through blood and time.
Ten actors on stage across three eras; this is a big story told intimately.
From the acclaimed UK playwright Alice Birch, comes this electrifying examination of love and trauma and their cascade through blood and time.
Across three generations of mothers and daughters, we live their love, loss, grief, laughter and ultimately death. This is a story of family, mental health, love, strong women, supportive men and so much more in between.
Along the way Birch poses many questions and challenges, urging us to consider, where do genetics end and personal choice begin?
This Brisbane premiere, directed by Catarina Hebbard, follows seasons in London, New York and Sydney.
★★★★★ “A rich, haunting, technically dazzling script.”
Time Out
★★★★★ ”Stunningly original.”
Mail On Sunday
★★★★★ “Most productions require one viewing. Alice Birch’s spellbinding and serious new drama is worth three.” The Sunday Times
DATES
7:30pm, Tue 18 – Sat 29 May, 2021
Queer Community Night
6:30pm, Thu 27 May
Featuring keynote speech by renowned Brisbane author, Krissy Kneen, music by DJ Sweatybaby and spoken word poet, Boy Renaissance.
VENUE
New Benner Theatre
Metro Arts, West End
TICKETS
General Admission $42 + booking fee
Concession $35 + booking fee
Groups 6+ $35 + booking fee
Preview Tue 18 May $35 + booking fee
Booking fee $0.50 per ticket purchased
DURATION
1hr 45mins
AGES + WARNINGS
Suitable for ages 15+. May contain coarse language, depictions of drug use and depictions of suicide / self-harm. Please note – a lockout period applies. Latecomers may be admitted at a suitable break in the performance.
Image by Barbara Lowing November 2020 edited by Laura Bamford
THE ARTISTS
Producers BC Productions QLD
Co-producers e.g. and Big Scary Animal
Director Catarina Hebbard
Assistant Director Oliver Hetherington-Page
Production Manager Laura Bamford
Stage Manager Angela Ponting
Lighting designer Christine Felmingham
Designer Raymond Milner
AV Design Jeremy Gordon
Cast Rebecca Alexander, Elise Greig, Zoe Houghton, Danny Murphy, Astrid Wells Cooper, Tom Yaxley, Jodie Le Vesconte, Stephen Geronimos, Nikhil Singh, Triona Giles.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Proudly supported by Arts Queensland through the Queensland Arts Showcase Program and stART funding, Creative Partnerships Australia MatchLab funding, Philip Bacon Galleries, PlayLab, Micah & Brisbane Powerhouse.
VISITING US
We take the safety of our patrons, staff and artists seriously. Metro Arts is operating in line with current Queensland Government guidelines and the Stage QLD COVIDSafe Industry Plan. If you are unwell, please refrain from attending events at Metro Arts. Maintaining physical distancing requirements is expected and is the individuals responsibility. Click here for more information.
JANUARY – JUNE 2021 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
BRISBANE ART DESIGN (BAD) 2021
7 – 30 MAY
Bigger, BADDER, Brisbane! Brisbane Art Design (BAD) is back in 2021 and Metro Arts is part of the program.
SEDIMENT
8 – 30 MAY / EXHIBITION
Sediment brings together the work of five contemporary artists who utilise collage as an aesthetic to consider human transformation of the environment.
Co-existing Pollinators
8 – 30 MAY / EXHIBITION
A series of outdoor installations exploring bees and humans that will leave you positively buzzing.
ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE
18 – 29 MAY | THEATRE
Ten actors on stage across three eras; this is a big story told intimately. A story of family, mental health, love, strong women, supportive men and so much more in between.
FERTILE GROUND
25 – 29 MAY | DANCE
With vivid choreography, Fertile Ground manipulates space, sound and a brutalist pile of concrete bricks in this ground-breaking participatory performance.
OLD HAUNTS
5 – 26 JUN / EXHIBITION
ANTHEM ARI aims to provide a dedicated platform to celebrate the practices of First Nations, diasporic, and LGBTQI+ identifying artists of colour in Australia.
WHITE WOMAN
9 – 12 JUN | DANCE
In this dance-based satire, the artist places herself as the object of interrogation to question complicity and the transformational potential of self-enquiry.
OUR BLOOD RUNS IN THE STREET
22 – 31 JUL | THEATRE
Spoken word blends with physical theatre in this powerful cry of rage and ode to human resilience.
MAY GALLERY HOURS
Tue 11 May – Sat 15, 10am-4pm
Sun, 16 May CLOSED
Tue 18 May – Sat 22 May 10am-10pm
Sun, 23 May CLOSED
Tue 25 May – Sat 29 May 10am-10pm
Sun 30 May 10am-7pm
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COUNTRY
Metro Arts acknowledge the Jagera and Turrbal peoples, as the custodians of the land we work on, recognising their connection to land, waters and community. We honour the story-telling and art-making at the heart of First Nation’s cultures, and the enrichment it gives to the lives of all Australians.