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Cat Hope | Speechless

Cat Hope | Speechless Speechless (2019) is a contemporary Australian opera for four vocal soloists, bass orchestra and community choirs composed by Cat Hope. The work challenges contemporary notions of the operatic, creating an alternative libretto where words do not feature and no intended narrative is provided. Instead, Speechless communicates its intent to address a…

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Giving Voice: Lior, Lou Bennett & Nigel Westlake

Giving Voice: Lior, Lou Bennett & Nigel Westlake Ngapa William Cooper came out of a rich collaboration between composer Nigel Westlake, singer-songwriter Lior, and performer and academic Dr Lou Bennett, exploring the story of Yorta Yorta activist William Cooper. In 1938 William Cooper led the Australian Aborigines’ League through the streets of Melbourne in the only…

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experience collider

Experience Collider is a gauntlet of shared obstacles; a performance of fantastic exchanges between young people with circus skills and those with a disability and high support needs. Director: Sam Fox. Producers: Simone Flavelle, DADAA and Jo Smith, Circus WA. 21 young people are on a journey together, moving through the Experience Collider. They all…