Presented by The Blue Room Theatre

600 SECONDS

600 SECONDS

5 – 16 Aug

  • TIME

    6:30pm

  • RUNNING TIME

    Approx. 60 mins

  • 600 SECONDS: MAKES

    5 – 9 August

  • 600 SECONDS: MOVES

    12 – 16 August

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 Centre For Stories & Performing Lines WA

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

 

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. 

 

More on the Mentor:

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. 

Photography by Taje Singh
  • Mentors

    Bonnie Davies
    Tyrone Earl Lraé Robinson