As if September wasn’t full enough all ready, the Umbrella ladies also scored a sweet gig at the Australian Museum‘s Jurassic Lounge. What is Jurassic Lounge, I hear you ask? Take the Australian Museum, remove the children, open it after dark, add a couple of bars, bands, djs, vjs, workshops and an arts program, ta da! Regular features are Silent …
Umbrella Theatre does Subsonic Festival
Miss Reese Geronimo and I braved the peak hour traffic recently to perform at Subsonic Festival in Barrington Tops, a beautiful site near the Hunter Valley. Under the tall trees and by a river skirted with weeping willows, we set up the Umbrella Theatre to the delight of passing ravers. I performed the new ‘Encounter with a Monster’, a puppetry …
Umbrella Promo at Harvest Festival
Psst! Below is a sneak peak of the action from our recent performance at Harvest Festival – enjoy! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zezN9z2ySwY&feature=youtu.be]
Umbrella Theatre at Harvest Festival
Yesterday the Umbrella Theatre Collective spent a simply marvelous day in the Secret Garden at Harvest Festival. As a part of the charming arts program we brought puppetry to the punters, ten at a time. The festival vibe was great with Portishead headlining and no one leaving disappointed. The vital statistics: Number of cops who saw the performance: 4 Number …
One Hell of a Crazy Month..
Its a big week for gigs and its been a big couple of weeks of media coverage for Mystery Bus! We got a couple of modest mentions in Sydney Morning Herald’s Spectrum A feature in the Inner West Courier An article in Alternative Media An interview on Eastside FM An article in Drum Media and to top it off… FRONT …
Fraser Studios Open Day & Residency
As previously mentioned, I participated in the Fraser Studios open day with the talented multi-disciplinary artist Aesha Henderson (Her work is exhibiting NOW at Gaffa Gallery). Below are a series of images show casing the day. Social snaps of the day were taken by the beauteous Caroline Garcia (You can also check out her Dancehall classes – she’s got amazing …
Psychic Octopus Installation
Umbrella Theatre have been very lucky to score a residency at Fraser Studios with the brilliant visual artist Aesha Henderson. (You can check out her work exhibiting NOW at Gaffa Gallery, Sydney CBD) Fraser Studios are a series of beautiful antique warehouses donated temporarily for use as multidisciplinary artist spaces and studios. We have been busily working away here on …