600 SECONDS

short works, big ideas

Two big weeks of ten short works. This year, our Summer Nights favourite is making a return, bringing that unforgettable summer vibe to warm you up this winter. Two compelling line-ups each containing 5 brand-new short works of local talent, artistry and innovation.     

600 SECONDS: MAKES (5 – 9 August)

Presented in Partnership: with Performing Lines WA

Week one sees boundary pushing storytelling and live performance under mentorship from WA gem Bonnie Davies.  

BoyBand by Harrison Lorenz-Daniel
They were built to be Australia’s greatest boy band, destined for global fame. Now, they unravel in real time amidst choreo and Platinum-charting hits.

I am Grease Grillson by Elise Wilson
Right before your eyes, Grease Grillson will lift a very heavy weight. It’s the heaviest weight anyone who lifts weights has ever lifted.

Hissterier by Kailyn Tang & Amelia La Pira
“How many cats can you own until you are labelled as crazy? 1, 4 or 24? Is there a line between love and obsession? No one comes between a lady and her feline.”

TWINK DEATH by Benjamin Quirk
Death comes for us all, but for Benjamin Quirk, it’s coming sooner than he thought. At the ripe old age of 28, he’s facing death one new chest hair at a time.

TALL STANDING YORGAS (TS YORGAS) by Third Place Productions
TS Yorgas is a series of interconnected moments experienced by 3 generations of Noongar women from the one family, sometimes fact and sometimes fiction, the use of dramatic prose and performance will hold your heart.

600 SECONDS: MOVES (12 – 16 August )

Presented in Partnership: with STRUT Dance 

Week two, dance and movement artists take over strut-ting their new ideas with mentorship from local icon Tyrone Earl Lraé Robinson. 

Canvas of Time by Madilynn Bayliss & Kai Taberner
Experience the artistic realm of the gothic Medieval period to the enlightened realism of the Renaissance through the lens of movement expression and performance.

Conference On Hope by Zendra & Eliza
An astronaut orbits the Earth in the International Space Station, watching human life and history in fractured moments. What does it mean to bear witness?

Count Your Cans by Glenn Wallis
Two “Containers for Change” collectors become locked in a bitter turf-war when they begin stealing each other’s cans.

I am Scared of the Uniforms by Javan Akeem Reid aka Deco Zymm
This dance piece aims to tell a story about youths becoming force ripe because of the things they go through while growing up. It reflects on overcoming hardship.

InSafety by Bridgette Davies & Otto Pye
Two vulnerable artists take the stage to explore vulnerability in a vulnerable way; laying themselves bare for anything that comes their way. This is dance, with a hint of oboe and voice.

More on the Mentors:

Bonnie Davies is a multi-award winning producer and performer based in Perth, Australia. She accidentally created her alter ego ‘Famous Sharron’ who is ‘very famous for nothing at all’, Famous Sharron’s profile and popularity has taken her around Australia – and she is a regular on Telethon7’s Slumber Party and Triple M Southwest. Her work within the industry ‘behind the scenes’ has included working across large scale festivals (AWESOME, Hyper, Big Day Out, Red Bull Air Race), UK organisations (Blast Theory, Big Lottery Fund and Arts Admin UK), local council and various arts board positions. 

Tyrone Earl Lraé Robinson began his professional choreography career in 2010, assisting at STEPS Youth Dance Company under Alice Lee Holland. Since then, he has built an extensive career as a dancer and choreographer, working nationally and internationally across contemporary and commercial dance. Robinson has choreographed notable works such as KS Project (2016), [BIO] curious (Sydney Dance Company 2017), Consent (Proximity Festival 2017), Falling between Heaven and Earth (Co3 Youth Ensemble 2018), and YOU ARE (OFF-base Dance). After a stint in Japan with Noism Dance Company, he returned to Australia, continuing his work as a choreographic artist. As artistic director of OFF-base Dance, Robinson aims to bring more culturally and creatively diverse work to Australian audiences. 

• Mentors

  Bonnie Davies
  Tyrone Earl Lraé Robinson

• BoyBand

  Harrison Lorenz-Daniel
  Parker Horne
  Lucy Wong

• Canvas of Time

  Madilynn Bayliss
  Kai Taberner
  Keana Mislang
  Nathan Turtur

• Hissterier

  Kailyn Tang
  Amelia La Pira

• TWINK DEATH

  Benjamin Quirk

• TALL STANDING YORGAS (TS YORGAS)

  Barbara Hostalek
  Jessie Ward
  Alana Dooley
  Amy Smith
  Brieanna Collard

• I am Grease Grillson

  Elise Wilson
  Duncan Young

• Conference On Hope

  Zendra Giraudo
  Eliza Smith
  Cameron Park

• Count Your Cans

  Glenn Wallis
  Lauren Thomas
  Erin Barry

• I am Scared of the Uniforms

  Javan Reid
  Ian De Mello
  Aaron Suk

• InSafety

  Bridgette Davies
  Otto Pye