Presented by Patrick Gunasekera

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

4 – 22 Nov

  • AGES

    16+

  • TIME

    6.30pm (Tues & Thurs)
    1.30pm (Saturday Matinees)

  • RUNNING TIME

    Approx. 80 mins (including 15mins intermission)

  • PREVIEW

    Tues 4 November

  • OPENING NIGHT

    Thurs 6 November

  • CONTENT WARNINGS

    themes of family domestic violence and co-dependency; toxic masculinity and homophobia; ableism; contemplated murder; presence of a weapon; brief non-consensual touch; near-drownings; alcohol; real food onstage; sexual references

A small scale ballet

The youngest son in a mobility aid-using family runs away from his Mandurah home, looking for the love he deserves on land in the western suburbs’ beautiful Prince.

Reimagined as a modern ballet about local lives, The Little Mermaid reckons with the power and fragility of love and growth on the margins.

Made with care by a disabled-led team of underrepresented theatre, dance and music collaborators, this ballet bravely defies tradition — merging classical, contemporary and everyday choreography with social realism through Patrick Gunasekera’s compellingly human score.

Performed to expressive new music by local composer-improvisers Tiffany Ha and Ben Buchanan, this coming-of-age shimmers with adolescence’s brilliant and bitter triumphs of surviving amidst invisibility.

👋 Every Saturday matinee will be followed by a post-show Q&A with the creative team from 3:15pm.

💻 Pay-what-you can online streaming tickets can be bought here.

Additional show information

📜 Click here to read this show’s Synopsis (coming soon)
ℹ️ Click here to read this show’s Show Program (coming soon)

🚦 Click here to read this show’s Content Warnings Guide.
♿ Click here to read this show’s Detailed Access Information (coming soon).

 

 

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. Thank you to the many kind donations to our independent fundraiser, which have supported the access costs of this project. - Photography by Taje Singh
  • Choreographer / Producer / Scenographer

    Patrick Gunasekera (he/him)

  • Intimacy Director

    Rhiannon Bryan (they/them)

  • Production Manager

    Emmett Aster (he/him)

  • Stage Manager

    Anna Quercia-Thomas (she/they)

  • Composer / Pianist

    Tiffany Ha (she/her)

  • Composer / Cellist

    Ben Buchanan (he/him)

  • Sound Designer

    Rebecca Riggs-Bennett (she/they)

  • Lighting Designer

    Jasmine Lifford (she/her and they/them)

  • Set & Props Consultant

    Charlotte Meagher (she/her)

  • Blind Cultural Consultant

    Grace King (she/her)

  • Performer – “The Little Mermaid”

    Patrick Gunasekera (he/him)

  • Performer – “The Middle Mermaid”

    Ez O’Keefe (they/them)

  • Performer – “The Sea Queen”

    Rayna Lamb (she/her)

  • Performer – “The Prince”

    Octavia Hall (she/her)

  • Performer – “The Theologian”

    Alison Evans (she/her)

  • Performer – “The Captain”

    Bella Scullard (they/them)

  • Assistant Producer

    Rachel Hull (they/them)

  • Design Associate

    Ken Meyer (he/him)

  • Audience Peer Support Worker

    Rachel Hull (they/them)
    Adele Aria (they/them)
    Anania Tagaro (she/her)
    Ari Rahim (it/its & they/them)

  • Online Film Videographer

    Logan Ringshaw (he/him)

  • Dramaturg

    Ari Rahim (it/its & they/them)