SUSTAINABILITY

Practices

Off Grid theatre with solar battery for full sound and light in remote performance venues such as riverbed in St Albans NSW.

Street-find props, set and costumes, then repurposed.

Rehearsals are residential intensives at our off-grid theatre ranch at St Albans, surrounded by Yengo National Park.

Programming

Plays chosen for their themes of natural energy, ancient universal lore and respect for Nature.

Plays edited to focus on connection to nature: eg. Mother Earth as Caliban – enslaved by Prospero who releases her and finds peace. Tweaked to fit local themes and needs.

Once rehearsed, plays stay in the repertoire, fitting seasons and spaces.

Policies

Holding the mirror up to Nature, not modernity.

Production style demonstrates to audiences how things can be done sustainably.

Nature is infinitely more powerful than a reproduction: we use what’s there and make what’s needed from recycled material wherever possible.

People

'Post-show blues' and unemployment anxiety removed by having an on-going troupe of actors.

Post-show guided meditation with audience clears narrative dramatic trauma and rebalances optimal grounded energy for all.

Post-show audience and actor bonding in the space integrates the emotions of the show and affirms on-going connection to the story and its players.

“Letitia Hodgkinson’s set and costumes prove recycled materials can feel deliberate and rich."

- Honi Soit

"Costuming was very impressive and gave authenticity to the period. Costuming, sets and props were all predominantly sourced second-hand. This is a credit to the Art Director Letitia Hodgkinson who passionately sourced a suitable array of fabrics and materials. Her actions are most admirable and show a great commitment to environmental sustainability, while maintaining a high standard of creativity and artistic sense."

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