Yeoow! With great sadness, and yet also with great zest, we will be fare-welling Jurassic Lounge TONIGHT. After several fabulous years performing as freaks amongst the dinosaur bones at this iconic event, extinction has caught up with us. We are honoured to be performing our puppet parable ‘Save Me’ at the LAST EVER …
Old Mate spins tall stories at Winter Magic Festival
Despite the cold, Old Mate had a great time sharing his stories with the young fellas at Winter Magic Festival in Katoomba this year! The local children were fascinated and delighted by the dubious old man, who had the Mums and Dads chuckling as much as the kids. As usual, Katoomba Street saw thousands of people amble by, admiring …
Old Mate takes on Peats Ridge Festival
Happy New Year! And what a New Year celebration it was! The beautiful Natalia and I took Old Mate on an Umbrella Theatre outing to Peats Ridge Festival for some fun and frivolity roving the site on the Saturday and Sunday. We even got a (somewhat nonfactual) mention in Time Out magazine in the lead up! The sun was beating …
Umbrella Theatre at Peats Ridge Festival
Umbrella Theatre are delighted to present Old Mate roving around the Peats Ridge Festival this year! We’ll be harassing & entertaining passers by with the tales and ramblings of Old Mate on; 30 December 11.00 & 3.30pm 31st December 11.00 & 3.00pm See you there to share a yarn and reflect on the passing of another wonderful year! xx
Umbrella Theatre Does Crack Theatre Festival
Crack Theatre Festival is part of the experimental arts program, This Is Not Art (TINA) held in Newcastle over the October long weekend every year. I’ve always loved this festival for its stimulating mix of performance, installations, workshops, readings and panel discussions. The Crack component is led by Artistic Directors (and artists in their own rights) Jane Grimley & Gareth …