Tropical Arts

AMSND Highlights Clip

tropicalarts — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:38:50 +0000

Please watch and share our youtube clip – many of the highlights of the show are there. A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Shakespeare at the Tanks 2012. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAjmhpcwQek

Notices Notices Notices

tropicalarts — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 06:56:24 +0000

Hi all! Grant writing frenzy at the moment – but I thought it wise to quickly divert my attention to this Tropical Arts blog site to let you know that we have solid dates now for our production….

Tuesday the 15/10/2013 is our dress rehearsal (also preview) and

Saturday the 26/10/2013 is final performance

Stay tuned for the details…

Also – see the post immediately below for our ensemble training… bookings coming thick and fast, please confirm your place. Workshop participants are definately hot favourites for roles in ensembles!

Also – working on two pieces for the FNQATA One Act Play Festival at Malanda on the weekend 26-28 April – that’s soon! Who’s keen to come and support us? We are also still looking for a performer for one play. First time Director, Douglas Robins has opened it up - any one of any gender or age (if underage, with parental permission) or persuasion may apply – inclusive approach!

Also, Theatre of Exchanges workshops, Lead by Willem Brugman (0434 594 674) are still on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings – food for the performer with a wish to access deeper aspects.

Avril

Tropical Arts – pathways into theatre…

ENSEMBLE TRAINING

tropicalarts — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 00:49:21 +0000

All’s Well that End’s Well

tropicalarts — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:37:53 +0000

This year we have decided to tackle another, slightly “lesser known” comedy, with a title that has become a part of the lexicon. “All’s Well that End’s Well” is about the folly of youth, the frustration of age and the triumph of commitment (or perhaps obsessive persistance/underserved love?). Well, at least that’s how we begin…

I have attached the full script in a format you may be able to print out – otherwise go to http://shakespeare.mit.edu/allswell/full.html this link and download onto your Ipad or tablet to save trees.

Have a read. See what you think..

Cheers

Avril

All’s Well.. Entire Play

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – The Final Word

tropicalarts — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:09:25 +0000

At the close of 2012, Tropical Arts Association Inc has had an AGM, Christmas Party and we are now awaiting the DVD of our production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. The show was very well recieved by our audiences and it was the largest and most ambitious so far in terms of cast and partners. There were up to 85 in the cast (varied from night to night!) aged from 4-74 with 12 paid professionals, 25+ school students, 22+ performers with a disability and a great range of talented community actors. Backstage was just as diverse and exciting.

Tanks Arts Centre, Song Connection and ARC Disability services came along with us for the ride and we made sure there was a place for almost everyone who showed up, no matter how close to the production. Please enjoy the photographs to see just how colourful and happening it was.

Have a safe festive season and see you next year…Cheers Avril

The Dream Year to date

tropicalarts — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 23:06:25 +0000

There’s been workshopping in the Tanks:

Workshopping Mechanicals in Tank 3

Theres been roving around the Tanks:

sleepy and tropical

Getting ready for Tropical Surreal roving practice

: Roving through crowds at Carnival on Collins

The Banner’s Flying!

Buy tickets to A Midsummer Night’s Dream

tropicalarts — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:23:42 +0000

Welcome to Tropical Arts blog and website.

Shakespeare at the Tanks 2012 -A Midsummer Night’s Dream

To purchase tickets CLICK the ticketLiNK Logo!

Thank you for coming to see the show. Expect to be enchanted….

To Join in supporting us… Click this link http://pozible.com/tropicalartscairns

Looking for an enjoyable fundraiser for your organisation? Book a group of 10 or more for the 18th of October – please click the picture of Titania and Oberon below for details:

Click for fundraiser

Final Weeks before the show….

tropicalarts — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:18:28 +0000

Thank you to all those who turned up for the 2nd roving promo at the Tanks Markets Day. We had 4 Fairies, including Oberon, three Athenians including two lovers, one Mechanical, one Song Connection and two Scrinchies. We handed out about 300 flyers and could have handed out another 100 – but didn’t quite have enough. The roving work developed as we went, but everyone had fun and we were pretty solid by the end. Congratulations for getting into performance mode early!

Now we are at the truly exhilarating part of the process. We are now a well-connected team and we all have a good idea of what’s going on. The rehearsals will focus on polish and detail finding any missing pieces of this beautiful jigsaw. We add music and then next week, it’s bump in – which means that we will see the picture come closer and closer into focus – seeing Tank 3 dressed up and ready for the production. Can’t wait.

A massive dream catcher
Athenian pyjama columns
Butterflies galore
8m gauzy drapes
a forest
fireflies
Dez’s filmic score
Live instruments
big scrolls, small scrolls
costume, hair and makeup

All these beautiful things are still to be put into place – we’ve had sketches, now we see them all!

Can’t wait!

Roving at Tanks Market Day

Being in the Dream!

tropicalarts — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 02:40:52 +0000

A group of approximately 15 intrepid performers braved the crowds at Carnival on Collins on Sunday… roving in pyjamas with pillows and of course flyers. We did follow the leader through the throng, every now and then falling asleep on the tarmac, poles, walls, each other and lightly dreaming, snoring or snuggling. Passers by were certainly amused and then as we woke, we handed out flyers and quite a few had a good giggle at the connection between the sleeping and “The Dream”. Thank you to all the performers and others who helped us hand out over 600 flyers!

Hopefully will pick up some pics from any who were there strolling along not in pyjamas. Someone’s mum had a camera and Dez did come by with his handi cam – so watch this space for the amusement…

To give you a bit of inspiration, please check out our 6 min clip from last year’s production of Romeo and Juliet. … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Es5REo7XGM

All you need to know

Final Open Workshop – Being in the Dream!

tropicalarts — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 01:20:49 +0000

Titania’s Dream

What: Open and Inclusive Community Theatre Workshop - Find out how Tropical Arts works and how you can become part of Shakespeare at the Tanks 2012 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

When: Sunday 29thJuly, 1.30pm – 4.30pm

Where: Tank 3, Tanks Arts Centre, Collins Avenue, Edge Hill

Who: Everyone who is part of the production and anyone interested in becoming part of the production.

Theatre skills
Ensemble training
Exploring Shakespeare’s play
Sign up for the cast
Casting Confirmed
Rehearsing scenes
How to get the script!

How Much: Members – free, others $5. (Membership $10)

For further details call Avril on 0418 765 588 or Lyndell on 0411 345 622