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First Nations Dance Residency: Caleena Sansbury, 'Mullamar'

chloe metcalfe ·

Photo: Supplied by Caleena Sansbury.

Showing and Q&A

When: Friday, September 13, 6-7pm

Where: The Breakout at The Mill, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: $10 (+ booking fee)

Note: Please arrive 15 minutes early to grab a drink. This event will be 1 hour (including a Q&A). 

  • This showing and Q&A will be held in The Mill Breakout. Please come to the Exhibition Space at 154 Angas Street, the bar will be open to grab a drink before we take you through to The Breakout.

    Please arrive at 5:45pm arrival for a 6pm sharp start.

    This event will be 1 hour (including the Q&A).

    Accessibility

    Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, access the pedestrian ramp on the corner of Gunson St to get to our front door, which will be open.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

    If you have questions or would like to talk to one of The Mill team contact info@themilladelaide.com

Mullamar is a new project by Caleena Sansbury, in collaboration with Adrianne Semmens and Kaine Sultan Babij, aiming to create a rich, multidimensional exploration of her great-grandmother Mary Cooper’s life.

By blending storytelling, physical movement, and projection, this creative development will investigate the personal and systemic challenges faced by Aboriginal people in the 1940s, highlighting their resilience and cultural significance.

About the artist:

  • Caleena Sansbury is a prominent First Nations artist whose diverse background and extensive experience have established her as a leading figure in the arts. Her heritage, encompassing Ngarrindjeri, Narungga, and Kaurna cultures, deeply influences her work and perspective.

    A graduate of NAISDA Dance College, Caleena’s career spans various disciplines including performance, choreography, and program coordination. She has showcased her talents on both national and international stages, working with respected artists and companies.

    Her notable collaborations include:

    • Vicki Van Hout on productions like Long Grass and Les Festivities Lubrufier.

    • Thomas E. S. Kelly on the performance work [MIS]CONCEIVE.

    • Karul Projects on the piece SSHIFT.

    Caleena’s experience extends to children's theatre, where she has performed in shows produced by InSite Arts such as Saltbush and Our Corka Bubs, and with Polyglot Theatre in Tangled. Her work demonstrates a deep understanding of both dance and theatre, particularly in contexts involving young audiences.

    In addition to her performance career, she has contributed to theatre as an actor in Legs On the Wall’s The Man With The Iron Neck and has showcased her organizational skills as a producer for the Melbourne Fringe in 2018. She has also toured South Australia with Taree Sansbury’s Mi:wi 2019, and performed in Jacob Boheme’s dance work Gurranda in 2024. Caleena continues to perform and practice dance in and throughout South Australia. 

    Currently, Caleena is a Program Coordinator at The Mill, an award-winning multi-disciplinary arts organisation. Her role at The Mill continues to reflect her commitment to fostering a vibrant and dynamic First Nations arts community.
 

Photo: Supplied by Caleena Sansbury.

 

breakout showing, public program, performing arts residency, first nations residency

First Nations Dance Residency: Kaine Sultan-Babij, 'Sovereign Sequins'

chloe metcalfe ·

Photo: Morgan Sette.

Showing and Q&A

When: Friday, May 31, 6-7pm

Cost: $10 (+ booking fee)

Note: Please arrive 15 minutes early to grab a drink. These events will be 1 hour (including a Q&A for the 6pm showing). 

  • This showing and Q&A will be held in The Mill Breakout. Please come to the Exhibition Space at 154 Angas Street, the bar will be open to grab a drink before we take you through to The Breakout.

    Please arrive at 5:45pm arrival for a 6pm sharp start.

    This event will be 1 hour (including the Q&A).

    Accessibility

    Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, access the pedestrian ramp on the corner of Gunson St to get to our front door, which will be open.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

    If you have questions or would like to talk to one of The Mill team contact info@themilladelaide.com

Fusing Contemporary Indigenous Dance with the bold artistry of drag, Kaine Sultan-Babij will explore themes of identity, self-expression, and storytelling through movement and character.

Audiences can expect a captivating performance blending contemporary Indigenous dance with elements of drag. The show promises to take viewers on a dynamic journey exploring culture, identity, and expression, leaving them inspired and uplifted.

Kaine Sultan-Babij is a versatile artist renowned for their work in dance, choreography, and drag performance, captivating audiences with their dynamic performances that blend genres and push artistic boundaries.

About the artist:

  • Kaine Sultan-Babij is an Arrernte and Gurindji Contemporary Dance Artist, renowned for their work in dance, choreography, and drag performance. Based in Kaurna Country, Kaine stands as an Independent Dancer and Choreographer, contributing to the vibrant Australian performing arts scene.

    Alongside their achievements in dance, the emergence of Estelle, a captivating Drag Performer and Persona, has added another layer to Kaine's artistic repertoire. Through electrifying performances, Estelle has earned a respected place in the Adelaide drag scene, embodying a powerful fusion of Tradition, creativity, and contemporary expression.

    With a background that includes performing with Leigh Warren and Dancers, Bangarra Dance Theatre, and the Australian Dance Theatre, Kaine has skilfully blended Contemporary Dance and Contemporary Indigenous Dance. Based in Kaurna Country, Kaine stands as an Independent Dancer and Choreographer, contributing to the vibrant Australian performing arts scene.

    Together, Kaine and Estelle embody a powerful fusion of Tradition, creativity, and contemporary expression, making a lasting impression on the dance and drag communities in Australia.

 

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

 

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Centre Stage Residency: Alix Kuijpers, 'Grim Grinning Ghosts'

chloe metcalfe ·

Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

Showing and Q&A

When: Thursday, November 23, 6pm

Cost: $10 (+ booking fee)

Note: Please arrive at 5:45pm arrival for a 6pm sharp start. This event will be 1 hour (including the Q&A). 

  • This showing and Q&A will be held in The Mill Breakout. Please come to the Exhibition Space at 154 Angas Street, the bar will be open to grab a drink before we take you through to The Breakout.

    Please arrive at 5:45pm arrival for a 6pm sharp start.

    This event will be 1 hour (including the Q&A).

    Accessibility

    Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, access the pedestrian ramp on the corner of Gunson St to get to our front door, which will be open.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

    If you have questions or would like to talk to one of The Mill team contact info@themilladelaide.com

Grim Grinning Ghosts is looking to experiment with different combinations of Alix Kuijpers' performance practices to create a unique lived experience. In a one-of-a-kind choreographic séance, the audience will be guided into the afterlife of those living, and deceased.

Alix's queer based cross disciplinary exploration of interactive theatrical elements, sound design and choreographic exploration are the core pillars of this new work. This solo work is asking audiences to come and experience a full spectrum of emotion derived from campy theme park attractions, personal loss and missed connections.

Alix will also be bringing this development to life with the assistance of the talented Alchemy Collective.

The showing will be followed by a short Q&A with Alix, hosted by The Mill CEO / Artistic Director Katrina Lazaroff. Audiences will have the opportunity to ask questions about the development and provide feedback about the performance.

  • Alix Kuijpers is an emerging freelance choreographer and sound designer whose queer based work has garnered a strong reputation for creating contemporary dance in South Australia. Kuijpers’ notable achievements include becoming the first dance honours student at a South Australian institution, receiving first-class honours from Flinders University for his solo work IMMATERIAL.

    Alix recently spent time in the USA and Europe participating in major dance festivals such as B12 and Orsolina 28 and working with practitioners such as Jacob Jonas the Company and Thar Be Dragons. His most notable sonic commissions include creating the sound score for Motus Collective’s work The Leftovers in 2022 and again in 2023, he also created the score for METTLE by Circus SA and for Ceremonial by Amelia Watson, which premiered at the ResiDanza di Primavera in Italy.

    In 2023, Kuijpers was awarded a Best Dance weekly award for his Adelaide Fringe debut ‘i know the end’ and later in the season received the coveted Emerging Artist Award for Fringe 2023.

    Alix is passionate about representing as a South Australian artist and champions the emerging artist voice through his roles and initiatives as Dance Hub SA's 2023 Associate Artist and as one of Carclew’s 2023 Sharehouse Residents.

 
 

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Free-range Residency: Astrid Pill, 'Peter Out the Obsolete'

chloe metcalfe ·

Informal showing and Q&A

When: Friday, June 9, 6-7pm

Cost: $10 (+ booking fee)

  • This informal showing and Q&A will be held in The Mill Breakout. Please come to the Exhibition Space at 154 Angas Street, the bar will be open to grab a drink before we take you through to The Breakout.

    Please arrive at 5:45pm arrival for a 6pm sharp start.

    This event will be 1 hour (including the Q&A).

    Accessibility

    Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, access the pedestrian ramp on the corner of Gunson St to get to our front door, which will be open.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

    If you have questions or would like to talk to one of The Mill team contact info@themilladelaide.com

Throughout her two-week residency at The Mill, Astrid will be developing this performance work investigating the link between disposable culture, planned obsolescence and the ephemeral nature of human life. 

The starting point to developing this work has been a series of photos she took as a joke present for her son, who kept wheeling home broken office chairs that he’d found on the side of the road. She noticed how many there were, dumped on the street. She has 88 photos of dumped chairs so far!

Something that started out as a joke, has taken on meaning for Astrid. She started to see beauty, loneliness and despair in those chairs; as though they were people with personalities and back stories. The chairs, much like humans, are not designed to last and she started to think about other types of objects that are disposable, the types of people who are ‘disposable’. 

This inspiration and concept is in very early stages of development and this residency will give Astrid the time to explore her thoughts, note making and photo taking.

Please join Astrid Pill and The Mill's CEO/Artistic Director for an informal performative conversation about the process.

  • Astrid is a performer/theatre maker who has worked with numerous companies and collaborators since 1996. She worked with Restless Dance Theatre and Patch Theatre Company, both over 10 years periods and has a 20-year collaborative relationship with Ingrid Voorendt and Zoe Barry, with whom she is creating the new work – Widow Weirdo.

    She has worked with Brand X, Yashchin Ensemble, The Border Project, Sarah Neville, Maude Davey and Vitalstatistix, Ingrid Voorendt, Ladykillers, Daisy Brown/Cabaret Festival, Windmill and State Theatre SA/Brink. She sang for The New Pollutants re-score of Metropolis, which toured to major venues and film festivals including The Sydney Opera House and Fed Square.

    Astrid has won many awards including an Adelaide Critics Circle Award for Cake, which she wrote, toured and adapted for ABC’s airplay and an Arts SA Emerging Artist Award, which enabled her to study voice and physical theatre in France and Poland. 

Photo: Courtesy of the artist

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Breakout Residencies: Emma Beech showing, 'Here We Are'

chloe metcalfe ·

Photo: Daniel Marks

Public showing

When: Friday, December 2, 5-6pm (4:45pm arrival for 5pm sharp start)

Where: The Mill, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (enter via The Exhibition Space)

Cost: $10 (+ booking fee)

Duration: 1 hour (including casual Q&A)

  • Grim Grinning Ghosts will be held in The Breakout at The Mill. Please come to the Exhibition Space at 154 Angas Street, the bar will be open to grab a drink before we take you through to The Breakout.

    Accessibility

    Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, access the pedestrian ramp on the corner of Gunson St to get to our front door, which will be open.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

    If you have questions or would like to talk to one of The Mill team contact info@themilladelaide.com

The Mill’s Centre Stage Residency will progress a new work presented by Emma Beech to its next stage of development, including a work-in-progress public showing and culminating in a season at The Mill as part of Adelaide Fringe 2023.

Here We Are crosses forms between stand-up comedy, improvisational theatre, performance lecture and traditional theatre. Embracing simplicity in form, a low carbon footprint in all areas of design, as well as a focus on the here and now, by creating improvised story performances.

“No rehearsals, no story set list, no set design, just me, the craft I have so finely tuned, my stories from the wonderful story life I have lived and sought out, and the relationship I build with the audience over the course of a show.”

About the artist:

Emma Beech graduated from Flinders Drama Centre 2002, has worked in theatre and screen plus developed a practice making theatre shows from intimate conversations with strangers. Emma has made theatre across a broad range of genres with rigorous makers from Adelaide, to Melbourne, to Spain to Denmark, for over 15 years and has been commissioned by Carte Blanche, Vitalstatistix, Country Arts SA, Arts House, DreamBIG and recently the Adelaide Festival.

Collaborator:

Here We Are is directed by Tim Overton.

 

The Mill Centre Stage Residency is presented in collaboration with Adelaide Fringe Artist Fund.

 

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Brand X Residency: Olenka Toroshenko showing, 'i am root'

chloe metcalfe ·

Photo: Lauren Connelly (LALA Photography)

Public showing

When: Friday, September 2, and Saturday, September 3, 8pm

Where: The Flying Nun by Brand X, 34-40 Burton St, Darlinghurst

Cost: $25

Accessibility: If you have access requirements for attending the show, please tick the access requirements box during the booking process. This includes booking companion card tickets. A Brand X team member will then be in touch to ensure we understand your requirements.

As part of the Spotlight / Brand X Residency, 2022 recipient Olenka Toroshenko flew to Sydney to further develop and perform her work i am root as part of Brand X’s Flying Nun Program.

The aim of this residency is to develop national pathways for artists to further develop and present their work interstate along with networking opportunities provided in partnership with Brand X in Sydney.

The residency began at The Mill for 2 weeks earlier in the year, followed by a 1-week residency and performance season at Brand X’s The Flying Nun program. Olenka’s performances will occur on September 2 and 3.

We look forward to reporting on the outcomes from this wonderful development presentation and touring opportunity that is built to empower and support South Australian makers!

  • Olenka Natalia Toroshenko is a Ukrainian Canadian artist, writer and producer whose life is in service to a saner, meaningful existence. She is a multidisciplinary performer whose mediums include spoken word poetry, dance, clowning, song, storytelling and ritual performance art. 

    She is a Katonah yoga teacher, student of The Orphan Wisdom School and lover of coniferous forests. She has worked in news broadcasting and politics which helped shape her understanding of the current cultural paradigm. She was the co-producer of “wild”, “Shakti Showcase” and “Shakti Rising” multi-artist/disciplinary productions and has toured 4 different continents as a singer, poet and dancer.

    She enjoys producing video projects, Burning Man theme camps, and multidisciplinary shows. She is inspired by collaborating with other artists.

    Olenka currently resides in South Australia.

 
 

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Brink Residency: Samuel Lau, Q&A 'Walk of the Ancestors'

chloe metcalfe ·

Photo: Lok.

Public Q&A

When: Friday, July 8, 6pm

Where: The Mill Breakout, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Duration: 1 hour

Cost: Free

  • Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, access the pedestrian ramp on the corner of Gunson St. The Mill has concrete flooring throughout and a disability toilet. View more in-depth information on our accessibility page.

The Mill will be hosting a work-in-progress Q&A for Samuel Lau’s Walk of the Ancestors, with mentorship from Brink Productions director Chris Drummond.

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Walk of the Ancestors is a project that explores how Eastern philosophy and values, such as filial piety and ancestor veneration have manifested and directed Samuel Lau’s life as a second-generation Chinese- Australian.

This development opportunity has provided a mentorship with Director Chris Drummond to explore further into the writings of the play.

The Q&A will be between Samuel and Chris, supported by The Mill Associate Producer Louie Dempsey.

  • Samuel Lau is an Adelaide-based actor and musician. With cultural roots in Hong-Kong, Sam is a second- generation Chinese-Australian. A 2019 graduate of the Adelaide College of Arts Acting program, he has since worked in a variety of mediums such as ABC’s TV series Aftertaste, Anifex studio’s animation film The Better Angels and Too Dumb Blonde’s productions of Does it Please You? which was the recipient of the 2021 Holden Street Theatre Award. Sam often explores themes of diaspora in his works, such as through his 2021 MakeSpace Artist Residency where he dove into the cultural identity of being in-between cultures; investigating his lifelong navigation of liminal spaces both culturally and spiritually. 

  • Chris Drummond is Artistic Director of Brink Productions. His productions have been presented by most major theatre companies and arts festivals in Australia. Credits include The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Memorial, Long Tan, The Aspirations of Daise Morrow, Babyteeth, Thursday, The Hypochondriac, When the Rain Stops Falling and Night Letters. He was nominated for a 2009 Helpmann Best Director Award for The Flying Dutchman (SOSA) and his productions have won Ruby, Adelaide Critics Circle, Green Room (Vic) and Sydney Theatre awards. Chris was Associate Director of State Theatre Company of South Australia from 2001 to 2004. 

 
 

This residency is presented in partnership with Brink Productions, supported by Arts South Australia. 

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Breakout Residencies: Olenka Toroshenko showing, 'I am Root'

chloe metcalfe ·

Photo: Lauren Connelly (LALA Photography).

Public showing

When: Friday, June 10, 6pm

Where: The Mill Breakout, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Duration: 1 hour (including casual Q&A)

Cost: $10 (+ booking fee)

  • Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, and a disability toilet is also available. View our accessibility information page.

You are invited to the work-in-progress showing of I am Root, a ritual performance piece by Olenka Toroshenko.

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Most of us are transplants. Uprooted from one country and resettled, making home in another's. Do you remember where you came from? What happens when culture, language and ancestry are left behind?

Seed. Water. Root. Grow. Harvest. Eat. Die. Decompose. Repeat.

Told from the perspective of a Ukrainian Canadian living in Australia, this ritual performance piece wonders how one might question, create and nourish culture in a globalised, colonised world. Olenka enlists her mother tongue (Ukrainian) and the mediums of song, dance, folk traditions and recipes, story, poetry and prayer to enliven the depths of the unspoken, mysterious places where spirit lives...if we're willing to cultivate it.

We are future roots.


The showing with be followed by a short Q&A with Olenka, presented by The Mill CEO / Artistic Director Katrina Lazaroff & Associate Producer Louie Dempsey. Audiences will have the opportunity to ask questions about the development and provide feedback about the performance.

  • Olenka Natalia Toroshenko is a Ukrainian Canadian artist, writer and producer whose life is in service to a saner, meaningful existence. She is a multidisciplinary performer whose mediums include spoken word poetry, dance, clowning, song, storytelling and ritual performance art. 

    She is a Katonah yoga teacher, student of The Orphan Wisdom School and lover of coniferous forests. She has worked in news broadcasting and politics which helped shape her understanding of the current cultural paradigm. She was the co-producer of “wild”, “Shakti Showcase” and “Shakti Rising” multi-artist/disciplinary productions and has toured 4 different continents as a singer, poet and dancer.

    She enjoys producing video projects, Burning Man theme camps, and multidisciplinary shows. She is inspired by collaborating with other artists.

    Olenka currently resides in South Australia.

 
 

This residency is presented in partnership with Brand X, Sydney, supported by Arts South Australia. 

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Breakout Showing: FLESHSOUP, 'TERRAIN_001'

chloe metcalfe ·

Andrew dances, his hand cupping his chin tenderly.

Photographer: Alexander Waite Mitchell

Public showing

When: Friday, December 3, 3:45pm for a 4pm start

Where: The Mill Breakout, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: Free

Duration: 1 hour

Accessibility: Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, there is a ramp into The Breakout and no internal steps. There is also a disability toilet. View our accessibility information page.

This new immersive experience looks into transhumanism and post-human sociology, the work dives into a world where we explore how to create performance art in a sci-fi landscape.

For us, this is an exploration into creating an atmospheric world for the audience to be transported into. The conceptual ideologies are merely a vessel for us to explore new methodologies of creating when looking at pushing the boundaries of what ‘dance’ can be.

The full-length work will be presented in Queens Theatre in June 2022, this showing at The Mill will be a sketch, a draft and an exploration into what is possible when creating a cerebral experience through movement and atmosphere. 


Thanks to City of Adelaide Quick Response Grant Funding for supporting this residency.

About the artist:

Directing this production is FLESHSOUP, composed of Andrew Barnes and Lily May Potger. We created FLESHSOUP in early 2021 to initiate a community platform for young freelancers in Adelaide to create, share and seek alternative avenues of performing, beyond traditional funding routes. Culminating our experience from training and working in the mainstream and underground dance scenes of London and the freelance industries of both Perth and Adelaide, we have refined our practice and executions as a team. These experiences have brought us to push for more and bring Adelaide an aspect of the wider arts community that is embedded in excellence, youth, experimentalism, and community.

Open Studio Day

Wednesday, December 1, details to come

EOI’s to attend: info@themilladelaide.com

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Breakout Residencies: Paper Mouth Theatre showing, 'YOU’RE ALL INVITED TO MY SON SAMUEL’S FOURTH BIRTHDAY PARTY'

chloe metcalfe ·

Caitlin holds a birthday cake and wears a party hat, they sit beside Yoz.

Public showing

When: Friday, November 19, 3.45pm sharp for a 4pm start

Where: The Mill, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (enter via The Exhibition Space)

Cost: Free

Duration: 1 hour

Accessibility: Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, there is a ramp into The Breakout and no internal steps. There is also a disability toilet. View our accessibility information page.

The Mill’s Centre Stage Residency will progress a new work presented by Paper Mouth Theatre to its next stage of development, including a work-in-progress public showing and culminating in a season at The Mill as part of Adelaide Fringe 2022.

Anchored within the suburban sphere of an outer-space-themed-fourth-birthday-party, this work transcends a cycle of time, spanning the Big Bang to the end of an entropying universe.

Narrated by Samuel’s Mother and Father, this work positions the audience as the unseen (but ever-present) birthday boy, SAMUEL.

Amidst melting ice cream cakes, decimated piñatas, a dying planet, and a rocket ship to Mars, SAMUEL is forced to reckon with the ever-present question: “who do I hold accountable?”

This program is presented with support from Adelaide Fringe Artist Fund.

Due to venue capacity restrictions, we ask you only book a ticket if you are able to attend. All attendees must be aware of our hygiene policy before attending our venue.

About the artist:

Caitlin Ellen Moore (she/they) will be creatively producing YOU’RE ALL INVITED TO MY SON SAMUEL’S FOURTH BIRTHDAY PARTY alongside writer and lead performer Mary Angley (she/they), and performer, composer and projection designer Dan Thorpe (he/him).

Videography: Sunny Side Uploads

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Brink Productions Theatre Residency: Jo Zealand showing, 'The Circle Show'

chloe metcalfe ·

Photo: Daniel Purvis.

Photo: Daniel Purvis.

Public showing

When: Friday, September 3, 2021, 5.45pm sharp for a 6pm start

Where: The Mill, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Duration: 1.5 hours, including post-show discussion

Cost: Free

Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, and a disability toilet is also available. View our accessibility information page.

This showing is the culmination of a two-week second development of The Circle Show by Jo Zealand; an interactive performance piece blending music, comedy, clowning, and dance. Jo has been collaborating with theatrical storyteller Suzie Skinner and musician Johnny Siegel to push the boundaries between performance and self-exploration.

As the successful recipient of the 2021 Brink Productions Theatre residency, Jo will be working with Chris Drummond as an artistic provocateur who will give dramaturgical, design and conceptual support to develop and extend this new work.

Due to venue capacity restrictions, we ask you only book a ticket if you are able to attend. All attendees must be aware of our hygiene policy before attending our venue.

The Mill is an accessible space. Disability access is available via Angas St, and a disability toilet is also available. If you have any questions or additional accessibility requirements, please contact us at info@themilladelaide.com

About the artist:

A performer for 25 years, Jo Zealand specialises in interactive theatre, comic character and physical theatre with a musical twist and has an Advanced Diploma in Professional Screenwriting from RMIT. Jo’s aim is to use performing arts to bring about connection, awareness and joy. Beginning her training as a founding member of Restless Dance Company and Slack Taxi, Jo has studied with master teachers across Europe, Asia, and Australia. Artistic Director of No Strings Attached 1999-2004, she lead the company on an overseas tour and was nominated for an Innovation Award.

 
 

spotlight residency, breakout showing, dance residency

Breakout Residencies: Thomas Fonua, MAMA

chloe metcalfe ·

Private showing

When: Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 5.45pm sharp for a 6pm start.

Where: The Mill, 154 Angas St, Adelaide (enter via the Gallery on Angas St)

Duration: 1 hour

MAMA is a new physical-theatre work which examines gender, identity and Patriarchy from a South Pacific lens. Drawing from the origin stories of the Samoan Fafafine and Tongan Fakaleiti, MAMA is commentary from this generational perspective of the labour division which validated the act of pre-colonial gender fluidity in accordance to a patriarchal society. It also examines the differences in the rite of passage of a boy becoming a man from the past traditional landscape to a present western/urban environment.

About the artists:

Thomas Fonua is an artist of Pacific decent with an established career as a dancer, choreographer and emerging leader. Thomas has worked for companies such as Black Grace (NZ) , Australian Dance Theatre, Red Sky Performance(Canada) and has been touring internationally from the age of 16.

Thomas’ alterego Kween Kong, is the Reigning Dragnation Australia Winner. With a strong focus to inspire, challenge and nurture our community with his loved based leadership style.

Thomas is the recipient of The (NZ) Prime Minster’s Award for Arts and Creativity(2015), Out For Australia’s Emerging Leader(2019) and has recently been nominated for the Dora Award For Outstanding Choreography in Canada.

Fez Faanana is well known for creating accessible, ground-breaking, physically dynamic, risqué and contemporary performance that infuses his Pacific bloodline, political bite, gender juggling, visual spectacle and tongue-in-cheek.

Fez is also Shivannah. He-she is the host and MC, choreographer, creative director, performer, collaborator and co- creator along with an all-male circus burlesque gender bending cast. As an independent artist, collaborator and arts worker/educator, Fez has toured extensively throughout Australia and internationally through Canada, the Pacific, the UK and the USA. He has featured in various cabarets, co-productions and commissioned works including Melbourne Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Festival, Sydney Biennale, Sydney Festival, Harbor Front Centre Toronto, Big Sky Works & Galapagos Art Space New York, Performance Space Sydney, Duckie Royal Vauxhall London and the Sydney Opera House Studio. He has also independently produced and programmed work for Brisbane Festival & Adelaide Fringe Festival.

 
 

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Breakout Residencies: Monte Masi showing, 'Fulfillment Centre'

chloe metcalfe ·

Photo: Monte Masi

Photo: Monte Masi

Public showing

When: Friday, September 18, 2020, 6:30pm (arrive 6.20pm for contract tracing)

Where: The Mill Breakout Space, 154 Angas Street, (enter via Gunson Street)

Duration: 1 hour including Q&A

Cost: Free

Fulfillment Centre is a new performance by Monte Masi which examines desire, online shopping trends, and what we do with the things that we buy (and say) late at night. Hovering somewhere between physical comedy, performance art and exhibition tour, expectations will be met and much cheaper items will be enjoyed in this work-in-progress showing. 

The development of this performance has been assisted by a Guildhouse catapult mentorship with Hew Parham. This project has been supported by the Department of Premier and Cabinet through its Arts and Culture Programs.

Due to venue capacity restrictions, we ask you only book a ticket if you are able to attend. All attendees must be aware of our hygiene policy before attending our venue.

About the artist:

Monte Masi makes performances, videos, and text works which examine the labour of looking and the ways we look together: from the cool contemplation of the gallery space to the hot stare of the browser session and the complexity of encounters in the social sphere.  

Recent exhibitions and performances have included llllllllllllllllllll (twenty lowercase Ls) as part of Louise Haselton: Like Cures Like performed at the Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide; Born as part of Transcriptions for Fine Print, performed at the Art Gallery of South Australia, 2018; INSPI-RAY SHUN-SHUN APP-LI-KAY SHUN-SHUN at Hobiennale 2017, Hobart; and Work in Progress: Investigations South of Market at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco. 


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Brink Productions Theatre Residency: Artist chat with Jo Stone

chloe metcalfe ·

Artist Jo Stone looks at the camera, she has long brown hair and is wearing a black top

Artist chat

When: Saturday, August 1, 2020, 4pm

Where: The Mill Breakout Space, 154 Angas St (enter via Gunson St), Adelaide 

Cost: Free

This residency is an open project development platform co-presented by The Mill and Brink Productions. It is an opportunity for performing artists/writers and/or theatre directors to develop a new work with the mentorship from established theatre director Chris Drummond of BRINK Productions and professional support from The Mill team and Director Katrina Lazaroff.

Jo Stone is this year's recipient and has spent two weeks developing and interrogating a new theatre work around the idea of 'a final hour' with the support of Brink’s Chris Drummond.

This Saturday, we will host an invite only informal artist chat with Jo Stone and Chris Drummond who will discuss the process of developing new work and preview ideas. 

RSVP is essential to this session, which will be limited due to COVID restrictions. If you would like to attend, please click the button below and email through your full name and phone number to be notified of your spot by Director Katrina Lazaroff.

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Breakout Residencies: Jamila Main public showing, 'How To Eat Rabbit'

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Image: Jamila Main by Pamela Boutros.

Image: Jamila Main by Pamela Boutros.

Public showing

When: Sunday, July 19, 2020, 3pm

Where: The Mill Breakout Space, enter via Gunson St, Adelaide

Duration: 1 hour, including artist and audience Q&A

Cost: Free

A first stage creative development of How To Eat Rabbit, the latest play from actor and playwright Jamila Main, with actor Audrey Mason-Hyde, director/dramaturg Teddy Dunn, and movement choreographer Erin Fowler. How To Eat Rabbit asks how will we survive as our planet rockets towards climate catastrophe, and how we prioritise our own survival against our responsibility for those around us.

About the play:

How To Eat Rabbit was awarded a Merit Award from State Theatre Company of South Australia in the 2019 Young Playwrights Award. The first draft of the play was originally written in the fourteen days following the 2019 Australian Federal Election in response to Greta Thunberg and the School Strike for Climate movement.

About the artist:

Jamila Main is currently a Carclew Fellow, a Youth Advisor to Australian Theatre for Young People, a member of RUMPUS Theatre, and a Midsumma Pathways Participant. Jamila is a trained actor and award-winning playwright, and explores themes of autonomy, trust, and joy within queer and feminist dramaturgies in their work.

Jamila is a fierce advocate for people with Endometriosis with a focus on the intersection of queerness and disability. Jamila recently created an Inclusion Letter Template to request Endometriosis organisations and support groups improve the inclusivity beyond cis heterosexual women with Endo; the Template is currently being translated into Italian and Swedish.

Bookings are essential, please make sure you are at the venue and ready for the showing.

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Breakout Residencies: Post Dining public showing, 'Eating Tomorrow'

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Freerange Residency recipients Post Dining launch their showing 'Eating Tomorrow'

Public showing

When: Friday, July 3, 2020

Where: The Mill Exhibition Space and Breakout Space, 154 Angas St, Adelaide

Sessions: 5:30pm, 5:50pm, 6:10pm and 6:30pm

Duration: 40-50 minutes

Cost: Free

Have you ever wondered what the future might look like? Feel like? Taste like? Eating Tomorrow is a back-to-the-future time travel experiment, immersing audiences in prospective scenarios of what our food systems, customs and behaviours might become in the next fifty years.

Strap yourselves in as performers lead you through the progressive narrative of Eating Tomorrow: a brand new cross-disciplinary multi-sensory theatre work devised by the Post Dining collective. Expect to be immersed in imaginary worlds, see, smell, touch and taste what we think the future might have in store. This showing will be a work-in-development bite-sized morsel of a production in early development - so we'd love to hear your feedback after the production to tell us what you think was a hit, and what was a miss.

Bookings are essential, please make sure you are at the venue and ready for your designated timeslot.

 
Steph Daughtry and Hannah Rohrlach of Post Dining. Steph wears a velvet blazer and white shirt, Hannah wears glasses, a blck top and a floral blazer
 

Company Biography:

Post Dining are a team of leading edge artists, performers, designers and producers who disrupt and reimagine the relationship between people, food, environment and culture. We pioneer new forms of entertainment and education that challenge and engage all the senses. For the past five years we have cut ourselves a niche in Adelaide through our immersive designs which communicate with audiences through memorable, thought-provoking and interactive performances, exhibitions, workshops and experiences. 

Post Dining explores the artistic merits of using food as a tool to explore socio-political concepts, and to push the boundaries of intimate audience engagement. This involves the collaborative engagement of local artists, musicians and designers, producing work with the Australian String Quartet (ASQ), MOD., Open State Festival and Ernst and Young (among others). Check out Post Dining’s website for more info here