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Casting call for a new CuriousWorks play from The Lanka Project »

Feb 21 2012 | Shakthi Sivanathan | Comments
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Those who use Star Now can find this casting call here . Please note this audition is for a 2 week rehearsal period to showcase key scenes from the play. ...

Those who use Star Now can find this casting call here .

Please note this audition is for a 2 week rehearsal period to showcase key scenes from the play. Rehearsals are currently scheduled for May 2012.

Actors with both text and movement based / physical theatre experience are especially encouraged to audition.

Synopsis : A Counting and Cracking of Heads follows the uprooting and resettling of a family over four generations from Sri Lanka to Australia. Through their journey, we see a Sri Lanka riven by, but by no means surrendering to, violent divisions – and an Australia transforming of, but also transformed by, the people that flee to its shores. This is a stylised, epic drama about love, violence, silence and hope in families – all from the perspective of the insiders.
Location : Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Payment details : Paid work. Payment details will be provided privately.

Applications to this casting call requirements: Please send a CV, headshot and link to showreel to shakthi@curiousworks.com.au

ROLES

Sid
The great-grandson of the family is Siddhartha. An Aussie born and bred, but of Sri Lankan appearance, Sid is the lead for the second act and reconnects with his heritage, with dramatic consequences, over the course of the play.
Males, aged 18 to 30
Ethnicity: Sri Lankan
Skin colour:Brown

Lily
Lily is a supporting lead for the second act, set in Australia. She is of mixed heritage appearance (Aboriginal Australian / European / Asian) and has a strong, independent spirit.
Females, aged 18 to 30
Mixed heritage appearance

Apah
Apah is the lead for act one of the play, set in Sri Lanka. He is a social conservative but a political rebel. An epic role.
Males, aged 40 to 70
Ethnicity: Sri Lankan
Skin colour:Brown

Aacha
Aacha is the supporting lead for act one of the work, set in Sri Lanka. She is the real ruler behind the patriarch of the family, Apah – but she rules from behind the scenes. She doesn’t get involved in his politics and concentrates on family and community.
Females, aged 40 to 75
Ethnicity: Sri Lankan
Skin colour:Brown

Radha
Radha is a lead in both act one and two. She has to manage a traumatic transition from Sri Lanka to Australia, leaving the family history behind and starting a new chapter in Oz.
Females, aged 18 to 40
Ethnicity: Sri Lankan
Skin colour:Brown

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Casting call for a new CuriousWorks play: four actors required »

Feb 21 2012 | Shakthi Sivanathan | Comments
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Those who use Star Now can find this casting call here . Please note this audition is for a 2 week rehearsal period to showcase key scenes from the play. ...

Those who use Star Now can find this casting call here .

Please note this audition is for a 2 week rehearsal period to showcase key scenes from the play. Rehearsals are currently scheduled for May 2012. 

Actors with both text and movement based / physical theatre experience are especially encouraged to audition. 

Synopsis : A Counting and Cracking of Heads follows the uprooting and resettling of a family over four generations from Sri Lanka to Australia. Through their journey, we see a Sri Lanka riven by, but by no means surrendering to, violent divisions – and an Australia transforming of, but also transformed by, the people that flee to its shores. This is a stylised, epic drama about love, violence, silence and hope in families – all from the perspective of the insiders.
Location : Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Payment details : Paid work. Payment details will be provided privately.

Applications to this casting call requirements: Please send a CV, headshot and link to showreel to shakthi@curiousworks.com.au

ROLES

Sid
The great-grandson of the family is Siddhartha. An Aussie born and bred, but of Sri Lankan appearance, Sid is the lead for the second act and reconnects with his heritage, with dramatic consequences, over the course of the play.
Males, aged 18 to 30
Ethnicity: Sri Lankan
Skin colour:Brown

Lily
Lily is a supporting lead for the second act, set in Australia. She is of mixed heritage appearance (Aboriginal Australian / European / Asian) and has a strong, independent spirit.
Females, aged 18 to 30
Mixed heritage appearance

Apah
Apah is the lead for act one of the play, set in Sri Lanka. He is a social conservative but a political rebel. An epic role.
Males, aged 40 to 70 
Ethnicity: Sri Lankan
Skin colour:Brown

Aacha
Aacha is the supporting lead for act one of the work, set in Sri Lanka. She is the real ruler behind the patriarch of the family, Apah – but she rules from behind the scenes. She doesn’t get involved in his politics and concentrates on family and community.
Females, aged 40 to 75
Ethnicity: Sri Lankan
Skin colour:Brown

Radha
Radha is a lead in both act one and two. She has to manage a traumatic transition from Sri Lanka to Australia, leaving the family history behind and starting a new chapter in Oz.
Females, aged 18 to 40
Ethnicity: Sri Lankan
Skin colour:Brown

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Gun Hill Road makes for bumpy ride @ 2012 Mardi Gras Film Fest »

Feb 20 2012 | Eleanor Winkler | Comments
The Bronx, New York
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Last night I went to see Gun Hill Road , a 2011 Sundance Grand Jury Nominated film directed by Rashaad Ernesto Green, set in the gritty suburbs of the Bronx. ...

Last night I went to see Gun Hill Road , a 2011 Sundance Grand Jury Nominated film directed by Rashaad Ernesto Green, set in the gritty suburbs of the Bronx. At its core, the film is about the broken relationship between father and son, framed within the less commonly explored issue of transgender intolerance.  

The brief synopsis: After 3 years in prison, Enrique (Esai Morales) returns home to find his whole world has changed: his wife, Angela (Judy Reyes) has been having an affair, and his son Michael (Harmony Santana) is in a state of sexual transition that he can not comprehend. We as the audience witness Michael’s sexual awakening and the pain of the strained relationship with his father, and Enrique’s struggle to reconcile the past with the present and put aside his masculine ideals to truly see Michael for who he is. 

I was engrossed in the story for the duration of the film, and was only slightly put off by some rather shaky hand held camera work. Overall it was a well crafted low budget feature. But, be warned, you will not walk out of the cinema feeling happy and light.

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tis the season for grant writing

tis the season for grant writing »

Feb 20 2012 | Eleanor Winkler | Comments
CuriousWorks - 402/11 Randle St, Surry Hills
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Before I started in the not-for-profit sector many years ago, I had a vague understanding of what a funding “grant” was (as opposed to my uncle Grant), but nothing could ...

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Before I started in the not-for-profit sector many years ago, I had a vague understanding of what a funding “grant” was (as opposed to my uncle Grant), but nothing could have prepared me for what it meant to properly write a grant, or just how many grants it would take to keep a community arts organisation afloat … and between you and me … it’s A LOT!

 

Having researched/written/co-written many since arriving back in the office in January, I thought I would take a minute to reflect on the highs and lows of the thrill of the chase.

 

 

The Lows:

  • Stress.
  • Sitting at the desk for hours on end not really knowing what to write.
  • Filling in those stupid PDF forms with text box limits that have a tendency to wipe all your saved data when you re-open!
  • Freaking out when the budget template that has been provided by the grant provider doesn’t add up … and sometimes when my own figures don’t add up.
  • Forgetting to attached your support letters and only releasing a day late.
  • Receiving the fateful email/letter/phone call notifying you that your application has been unsuccessful.

 

The Highs:

  • Eating loads of insert desired type of high calorie food here, my choice is always chocolate.
  • Playing my favourite film soundtracks on repeat through noise cancelling headphones to keep me focused on the task at hand (has to be music without lyrics, or my sentences end up sounding a lot like love song dedications with Richard Mercer …) 
  • The rush of placing the printed application into the express post box or pressing send on the email.
  • The high five with the closest person upon finishing the application.

 

The Lessons:

  • Even though you may write AMAZING grant applications, you have to acknowledge that there is no way anyone on the planet has a 100 percent success rate … deal with it.
  • Call the grant provider in advance – people love to have a chat.
  • Regularly open your mail – you might have a nice surprise waiting for you in a DL envelope.
  • Vent your frustration in an appropriate manner … sometimes it’s the little things that make you feel better, like tearing up a rejection letter into a million little pieces.

 

Now it’s back to the task at hand … we’ve got 4 due in the next fortnight … time to get cracking!

 

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How to use Isadora »

Feb 20 2012 | CuriousWorks | Comments
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This screencast is a simple guide for setting up Isadora to present Video, Images and Audio for live performances or multimedia presentations.www.curiousworks.com.au

This screencast is a simple guide for setting up Isadora to present Video, Images and Audio for live performances or multimedia presentations.www.curiousworks.com.au

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