Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• “Restless Dance – Annual Report 2020"
  Restless Dance Theatre Annual Report 2020 - Company history, Chair's, Artistic Director’s, and Company Manager’s Reports, Productions including ‘Seeing Through Darkness,’ and new work in development ‘Guttered,’ Community workshop programs, Financials, Staff and Board, Supporters
• “Restless Dance – Howling Like A Wolf Promotional Card"
  Restless Dance 'Howling Like A Wolf' Promotional Card - reads, in part, “How do I know what you are thinking? Why are some of your facial expressions harder to read than others? How can I tell when you are lying to me? Why do I bite people I feel affection towards? Restless Dance Theatre's new work Howling Like A Wolf examines the science of non-verbal communication between humans.”
• “Restless Dance – Howling Like A Wolf Program"
  Restless Dance Theatre 'Howling Like a Wolf' Program - reads, in part "In Howling Like A Wolf humans are both the observer and the observed. The work explores facial expressions, our body language and the way our brains process complex and subtle information. The performers have shared their experiences of connection and isolation, the joy and confusion of human interactions, and how we all prepare ourselves for "this terribly significant business of 'other people'."
• "Queensland Theatre of the Deaf - Productions and Open Drama Competitions Since 1975 - Reported 1998"
  Queensland Theatre of the Deaf productions and open drama competitions, 1975 to 1997
• "Queensland Theatre of the Deaf - Productions Since 1975 - Reported 1990"
  Queensland Theatre of the Deaf productions 1975-1990
• "Queensland Theatre of the Deaf - Productions Since 1975 - Reported 1998"
  Queensland Theatre of the Deaf productions 1975-2001
• "Queensland Theatre of the Deaf - Actors Since 1975 - Reported 1990s"
• "History of Queensland Theatre of the Deaf"
  History of Queensland Theatre of The Deaf. Queensland Deaf Society Superintendent Leslie Abnett’s proposal for a Queensland Theatre of the Deaf in 1974, initiated via arrangement with the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust to have the National Theatre Trust perform in Brisbane and for a workshop at La Boite Theatre in 1974. Formation Founding Committee (Kerry Prior, Mary Gibbs, John O’Donnell, Leslie Abnett as Office Bearers, Lloyd Nickson as Artistic Director, Keith Puddlefoot as Technical Director, and N. Bricknell, R. Hilsdon, K. Donnell, M. Bergman, P. Arnold, A. Lynch, D. Villis as Committee Members). Company Aims, Workshops at the Queensland School for the Deaf, rehearsals for a core adult group and a junior group at the new D.M. Chadwick Hall at the Queensland Deaf Society at Newmarket in Brisbane – production history including changes in Artistic Director (from Llyod Nickson in 1975, to Nickky Bricknell in 1977, to Ken Donnell in 1979). Company technique, stated as “Our Technique is a combination of Visual Language, Sign-Mime (visual vernacular), Mime and the Spoken Word – a blending of hearing actors and conventional acting ideals with imaginative mime, expression and manual language of the Deaf.”
• "Queensland Theatre of the Deaf - Kenneth J Donnell - Actor, Director, and Foundation Committee Member - CV"
  CV of Kenneth J Donnell, Foundation Committee Member, Actor, Director, and Artistic Director Queensland Theatre of the Deaf from 1980, dated 1998 - training (including as first profoundly Deaf Australian to be awarded a Churchill Fellowship), awards, shows as actor (An Evening with the Theatre of the Deaf, Snow White & Company, Ondine, The Crane, Jack the Simpleton & his master, Dick Woodington-Lord Mayor of Where?, Treasure Map, Seasons, Christmas Carol, Only an Orphan Girl, The Man from Snowy river, A Stranger at the Inn, Gotze, Wolf Boy), as director (Medieval Mime, Mime Skits for Expo'88', Spring Mime Madness), and as director/author (Follow That Sign, Robert the Bruce, Anonymous Addict, Nara's Journey, Our Eyes are Your Ears, Assimilation, The Devious Black Marble, Fate of The Rose)
• "Blue Roo Theatre Company - Newsletter: South Burnett, 2024"
  Blue Roo Theatre Company news, first South Burnett newsletter, 2024
• "Back to Back Theatre - Sounds And Scores - Residency with Nelson Park School"
• "Back to Back Theatre - Face To Face - Residency with Nelson Park School"
• "Back to Back Theatre - Light Letters"
  Back to Back Theatre Light Letters - artist statements, script sketches, and other materials - reads, in part “In mid-2007 Back to Back Theatre invited schools and community groups from the Corio Bay area to enter into collaboration with the company under the direction of Marcia Ferguson. The company was very excited to welcome into the creative venture Nelson Park Schol, Norlane West Primary School, Cloverdale Community Centre and Dorthy Thompson Centre as well as collaborating local Geelong artists Leane Stein, Ross Meuller, David Dellafiora, Mark Cuthbertson and Stephen Oakes.”
• "Salubrious Productions - Artist Catalogue Janelle Colquhoun"
  Profile page, with bookings contact details, and availability/repertoire, across "Opera, Classical, Jazz, Musical, Cabaret, Light Pop"
• "Incite Arts - Strong Feelings - Video -2"
• "Incite Arts - Strong Feelings - Video"
• "Australian Theatre of The Deaf - Sing & Sign Workshop/Performance Information Form 1"
  Australian Theatre of the Deaf Sing 'N' Sign workshop performance information/registration form 1994 - "SING 'N' SIGN is a combination workshop/perfonnance in which the children work with the actors to learn the skills of Sign-Singing"
• "Australian Theatre of The Deaf - Sing & Sign Workshop/Performance Information Form"
  Australian Theatre of the Deaf Sing 'N' Sign workshop performance information/registration form 1994 - "SING 'N' SIGN is a combination workshop/perfonnance in which the children, divided into groups, work with the actors to learn the skills of Sign-Singing"
• “Studio A – Inside Studio A – Promotional Flyer 2020”
  Information about project 2020, in which creative producer Amelia B created "Inside Studio A" as an ‘about’ video featuring the work of artists, including interviews with Mathew Calandra, Thom Roberts, Catherine McGuiness, Jaycee Kim, and Meagan Pelham. Photograph by Cybele Malinowski.
• “Studio A – And Romance Was Born - Promotional Card 2020"
  Information about Studio A collaboration with fashion design label Romance Was Born. Photograph by Tanja Bruckner.
• “Studio A – One Another Homewares – 2018”
  Information about a range of homewares, using hand weaving and embroidery, created by Studio A and in collaboration with One Another in 2018. Photograph by Rick Carter.