600 Seconds – MONTAGE

short works, big ideas

Our short works program, 600 Seconds, returns bigger than ever! Expanding into five distinct programs: Moves, Makes, Montage, Music, and Menagerie, this year’s program bursts with bold ideas, fresh talent, and creative energy to warm your winter nights.

Partnering up with Black Swan State Theatre Company, allow your imagination to run with stories that will leave you surprised. Mentored by Artistic Director Kate Champion, witness 5 stories that will push your human experience to the limit.

011910 – My Way by Isla Simeoni
Frank Sinatra’s ghost lives in the perpetual purgatory of a karaoke bar in the heart of the Philippines during the time of the “My Way Killings”.
Team: Isla Simeoni and Tiandra Seal

Bear Hug by Alexandro Gould-Arocha
It’s Nathan’s Birthday! There will be streamers, lollies and a special guest (SHHHHH, its a surprise!) Surely nothing goes wrong?
Team: Alexandro Gould-Arocha, Tommy Carroll, Lara Simpson and Harriet Darvall

FAYE by Rosemary Mckenna
A humorous but compassionate play that follows a day in the life of Faye, a droll insular survivor, navigating the trials and tribulations of living with a Prosthetic Breast.
Team: Rosemary Mckenna and AnnMarie Bradstreet

Me and My Tent Against the World by Monroe Myles
How do you be the magic you never had? Four homeless kids navigate what to do when the youngest discovers the tooth fairy.
Team: Monroe Myles, Sam Sumpel and Crowley Middleton

Your Dad is Probably a Racist. by BikeLock Art House
It’s time for you white people to finally do some lifting. Come if you’ve ever felt white guilt! I expect you all to be there… unless you’re a racist?
Team: Alexia U-Min Skipper, Hazel Hunt and Prince Attwood

About Mentor

Kate Champion has decades of experience working in theatre, dance-theatre, opera, musical-theatre, film and circus – in genres ranging from devised original work, new Australian plays, classics, comedy, multi-art form work, interactive and physical theatre. For Black Swan she has directed the critically acclaimed Things I Know to Be True, Dirty Birds, The Pool, Prima Facie and Never Have I Ever. 

Kate was the founding artistic director of Force Majeure, an influential dance theatre company based in Sydney, premiering five original main stage works for major festivals and touring regionally, nationally, and internationally, receiving multiple Helpmann and Australian Dance Awards.  

Kate works on large-scale projects, and for major theatre companies as well as in the small-to-medium and independent theatre scene. Kate had a 26-year career as a performer and dancer with companies both nationally and internationally and created two acclaimed solo shows.  

In 2025, Kate was the recipient of Creative Australia’s Award for Theatre.