THE CARNIVALE HAS COME TO TOWN
Southern Edge Arts’ FREE EVENT
Carnivale D’Mar is launching during the Festival of the Sea over the Easter Weekend.
Carnivale D'Mar has been created to celebrate the capture of the fearsome creature of the SEA by the littlest of heroes, PETER. In honour of the bravery and courage shown by Peter and his friends, Southern Edge Arts and Festival of the Sea are opening a Victorian style fairground with:
• Amazing Automatons (choreography from the SEA dancers),
• Aerial Cirque Extraordinaire, Clockwork Contortions and Virtuosic Object Manoeuvrers (circus routines and juggling),
• Ventriloquists of Valour (a puppet show retelling the remarkable tale of how Peter caught the Kraken),
• Fantastical and faceless comedians (mask and drama)
• Mechanical Fortune-tellers, and a Sideshow alley with numerous diversions to entertain and amuse.
Conceived by SEA Artistic Director Simon Clarke and directed, designed and constructed by Sandy O’Doherty, with assistance from Jane Davies and the SEA tutors, Carnivale D’Mar will provide a visually rich and enthralling environment for visitors to explore.
Simon Clarke explains: “Steampunk – an anachronistic Victorian-style aesthetic, defined by the phrase ‘what the past would look like if the future had happened sooner’ – sets the scene for this fair and allows our members (60 of them) to really relish the things they make and the characters they create, which means those who come will enjoy delightful surprises and have a whole lot of fun.”
CARNIVALE D'MAR
April 7th at 11.30am and 2pm - April 8th at 10.30am only.
A FREE EVENT (entry by donation), presented by Southern Edge Arts,
with the Fairground at the Albany Boat Shed.
See the Board on the Princess Royal Harbour foreshore for daily times
COME ONE, COME ALL,
COME 'N' HAVE A KRAKEN GOOD TIME!
In conjunction with the Festival of the Sea, Carnival D'Mar (Carnival of the Sea) provided an immersive environment for an audience to explore. Inspired by Peter and the Wolf, Carnivale D'Mar celebrated the capture of the ‘Kraken’ that has been terrorising seafaring folk from these parts for generations.The performances incorporated puppetry, music, dance, circus, physical theatre and clowning into a high energy, fun and slightly macabre experience. The parade traveled from the Albany Entertainment Centre, along the refurbished foreshore to the Boat Shed, the home of the Festival of the Sea.
SEA Members were involved in the creation, development and realisation of all characters, puppets, booths, stalls, exhibits and other carnival features. They have contributed significantly to the design and construction of the parade, as well as the choreography of circus routines and dance sequences and, working closely with SEA tutors.
"What the past would look like if the future had happened sooner"
The theme of Carnival D'Mar is Steampunk. Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, and speculative fiction that came into prominence during the 1980s and early 1990s. Steampunk involves a setting where steam power is still widely used—usually Victorian era Britain — that incorporates elements of either science fiction or fantasy.Works of steampunk often feature anachronistic technology or futuristic innovations as Victorians may have envisioned them, based on a Victorian perspective on fashion, culture, architectural style, art, etc. This technology may include such fictional machines as those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or more recently Philip Pullman.
Creative Development!
Workshops with visual artist and designer Sandy O'Doherty
October School Holidays
Visual Artists, puppet makers and performers Sandy O’Doherty and Jane Davies worked with SEA members and other interested youth to develop the visual concept for this amazing Carnival. Crafty & inventive kids painted The Mermaid & The Sailor, made a 'Miss Fortune Teller' Booth, puppet booth, created whirly gigs to their own design and test drove a roll the ball game. They created fish for the magnetic fishing props, paper mached the kraken and painted backdrops. All the while learning valuable artistic skills, in the theme of Steampunk.
3rd & 4th of December, 10th & 11th of December
10am – 2pm SEA studio
An enthusiastic group attended our free workshop over two weekends in December to develop costumes and characters to be showcased at the City of Albany
Christmas Celebration and Pageant.
Artist Sandy raided the multitude of Op Shops in Albany to discover some fabulous finds, which were then transformed into Steampunk fashion. Goggles, hats and belts, completed the outfits, all accessorised with gears, cogs, old keys, nuts and bolts, basically anything that Sandy scrounged that suited the theme.
January School Holidays
Mon 23rd - Fri 27th January 2012
10am - 3pm
Inventive kids made, created and test drove props, accessories and games, creating an authentic and otherworldly Victorian era sideshow alley in Steampunk style. The fantastical ‘Kracken’ was covered in paper ready for its final touches, so that it can be captured and paraded into the boatshed as part of Carnivale D’Mar
Performance Rehearsals
REHEARSAL SCHEDULE:
WHO |
DATE |
TIME |
WHERE |
|
Puppeteers |
Thursdays: march 15, 22, 29 and April the 5th |
4-5.30pm |
SEA |
|
Musicians |
Sunday March 18th |
10 -1pm |
SEA |
|
Dancers |
Sunday March 18th |
10 - 1pm |
SEA |
|
Circus |
Sunday March 11, 18th |
1-4 pm |
SEA |
|
Everyone |
Sunday March 25th |
10 - 3pm |
SEA |
|
Everyone |
Saturday 31st March |
1-5pm |
SEA |
|
Everyone |
Sunday 1st April - Dress Rehearsal |
9.30 - 3 pm |
SEA |
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
WHEN |
WHERE |
|
Saturday 7th April 11.30am and 2pm |
Meet at 10.30 at the Albany Entertainment Centre (AEC) |
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Sunday 8th April 10.30am |
Meet at 9.30 am at AEC |
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