The Little Mermaid
4 – 22 Nov
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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.
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Choreographer / Producer / Scenographer
Patrick Gunasekera (he/him)
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Intimacy Director
Rhiannon Bryan (they/them)
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Production Manager
Emmett Aster (he/him)
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Stage Manager
Anna Quercia-Thomas (she/they)
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Composer / Pianist
Tiffany Ha (she/her)
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Composer / Cellist
Ben Buchanan (he/him)
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Sound Designer
Rebecca Riggs-Bennett (she/they)
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Lighting Designer
Jasmine Lifford (she/her and they/them)
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Set & Props Consultant
Charlotte Meagher (she/her)
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Blind Cultural Consultant
Grace King (she/her)
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Performer – “The Little Mermaid”
Patrick Gunasekera (he/him)
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Performer – “The Middle Mermaid”
Ez O’Keefe (they/them)
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Performer – “The Sea Queen”
Rayna Lamb (she/her)
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Performer – “The Prince”
Octavia Hall (she/her)
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Performer – “The Theologian”
Alison Evans (she/her)
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Performer – “The Captain”
Bella Scullard (they/them)
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Assistant Producer
Rachel Hull (they/them)
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Design Associate
Ken Meyer (he/him)
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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)
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Dramaturg
Ari Rahim (it/its & they/them)
