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 (with 15mins intermission)

  • PREVIEW

    Tues 4 November

  • OPENING NIGHT

    Thurs 6 November

  • CONTENT WARNINGS

    contains themes of family domestic violence and co-dependency; ableism; misogyny; presence of a weapon; presence of alcohol and drugs; contemplated murder; near-drownings.

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 contemporary and pedestrian aesthetics with theatrical realism through Patrick Gunasekera’s compellingly honest choreography.

Performed to an expressive recorded score by local composers Tiffany Ha, Ben Buchanan and Rebecca Riggs-Bennett, this coming-of-age shimmers with adolescence’s brilliant and bitter triumphs of surviving amidst invisibility.

 

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Photography by Taje Singh
  • Choreographer / Producer

    Patrick Gunasekera (he/him)

  • Director

    Jules Burton (she/her)

  • Intimacy Director

    Rhiannon Bryan (they/them)

  • Production Manager

    Emmett Aster (he/him)

  • Stage Manager

    Isobel Chard (they/them)

  • Composer / Pianist

    Tiffany Ha (she/her)

  • Composer / Cellist

    Ben Buchanan (he/him)

  • Electronic Music Producer / Sound Designer

    Rebecca Riggs-Bennett (she/they)

  • Lighting Designer

    Matthew Erren (he/him)

  • Set & Props Designer

    Octavia Hall (she/her)

  • Costuming Collaborator

    Alison Evans (she/her)

  • Blind Cultural Consultant

    Grace King (she/her)

  • Performer – “The Little Mermaid”

    Patrick Gunasekera (he/him)

  • Performer – “The Middle Mermaid”

    Ezrain O’Keefe (they/them)

  • Performer – “The Sea Queen”

    Rayna Lamb (she/her)

  • Performer – “The Sea Witch” & “The Ambassador”

    Reese Horne (they/them)

  • Performer – “The Prince”

    Octavia Hall (she/her)

  • Performer – “The Theologian”

    Alison Evans (she/her)

  • Performer – “The Captain”

    Ev Snook (they/them)

  • Assistant Producer

    Rachel Hull (they/them)

  • Design Associate

    Ken Meyers (he/him)

  • Dramaturg

    Ari Rahim (it/its & they/them)

  • Choreography Mentor

    Kim Balfour (she/her)