'KIDS' takes inspiration from the classic Latin American play 'Juegos A La Hora De La Siesta', by Polish-born Argentinian playwright Roma Mahieu, a critical, subversive and highly political commentary on the Argentinean dictatorship.A future staged version of this work will be directed by Ivan Rojas. This reading is presented by Jimmy Flinders Productions.
Melbourne has a population of over four million, its people speak over 250 languages,
and one in three houses speak a language other than English around the dinner table – this is gold for Melbourne audiences. How various, complex and rich are its stories?
This NEON Reading is presented in association with MTC CONNECT, a partnership between Multicultural Arts Victoria and the Melbourne Theatre Company that engages talented theatre practitioners from diverse communities to build a richer arts landscape.
As part of NEON, MTC’s Festival of Independent Theatre, three MTC CONNECT Ambassadors, Rani Pramesti, Rashma N. Kalsie and Marco Romero present first stage readings of new work - offering a chance to be part of a vital stage of a play’s development, begin ning the dynamic conversation between writers and audiences.'KIDS'
By Sean McIntyre
Director Marco Romero, Associate Director Ivan Rojas
Monday 13 July, 7pm
The Lawler, Southbank Theatre | MAP
Tickets: $5 through mtc.com.au/neon
Media queries:
Jade Ouk, Marketing & Communications Officer,
Multicultural Arts Victoria
marketing@multiculturalarts.com.au / T +613 9188 3681 / +61 434 633 430
Notes to Editors
Marco Romero, Director
Marco Romero holds more than a decade of experience directing,acting and producing
theatre in Spain, Chile and Australia. He works in different languages and founded the
Spanish Theatre Company.
“I'm interested in liaising with international and multicultural theatre expressions created in
Australia.”
Sean McIntyre,Writer (actor/screenwriter/playwright/producer)
Sean McIntyre’s acting credits span across diverse genres in over 40 short and feature films in local and international film festivals and theatre. His playwright/producer highlights include: 'The Pickup' that was a top 30 finalist for the world’s largest short play festival, 1200 plays Short and Sweet (Melbourne, 2005 and Sydney, 2006);'A Kind of Destiny’, finalist in Crash Test Drama (March, 2012); and ‘Lounge Theatre’, part of Melbourne Fringe 2012 at The Butterfly Club that received a 3 star review in The Age.
Sean McIntyre is Creative Producer of 'A Fistful of Scripts', which he founded in 2010 (www.facebook.com/afistfulofscripts). Marco Romero and Sean McIntyre co-founded Jimmy Flinders Productions in 2012 (www.facebook.com/jimmyflinderspds), successfully presenting Lounge Theatre in the same year.
Details at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4914311/bio.
MULTICULTURAL ARTS VICTORIA
Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV) is a not for profit organisation that has evolved over four decades into one of Australia's most important bodies for development and promotion of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) contemporary art, heritage and cultural expression. Over 1 million participants each year are engaged in MAV’s innovative, educational and culturally rich program. MAV also provides crucial advice and significant initiatives for career development and creative capacity building for artists and communities from established and emerging backgrounds. The organisation can provide expertise in audience development, community engagement, and artistic excellence in CALD communities. MAV’s Emerge program highlights emerging and refugee artists and communities, and their contribution to enriching Australia’s cultural landscape.
MTC CONNECT
MTC CONNECT is apartnership with Multicultural Arts Victoria that was established in 2014 to broaden the range of voices informing Melbourne Theatre Company’s theatre making and programming processes.
It is part of MTC’s long-term goal to reflect Melbourne’s cultural diversity and to reduce the cultural myopia that has inhabited the theatre community in Australia. A first for an Australian state theatre company, MTC CONNECT is a tailored program where eleven theatre artists of diverse cultural backgrounds act as cultural and artistic ambassadors, advocates and facilitators between MTC and their communities.
Programs include individual masterclasses, one-on-one sessions,attendance at all MTC productions, programming updates and debriefs, and longer-term initiatives.
The 2015 MTC CONNECT Ambassadors are:
Tania Canas (El Salvador), Teame Ersie (Ethiopia), Rashma N. Kalsie (India), Nadja Kostich (Serbia), Vuyo Loko (South Africa), TariroMavondo (Zimbabwe), Diana Nguyen (Vietnam), Rani Pramesti(Indonesia), Jaime Wilson Ramirez (Chile), Marco Romero (Chile), and Majid Shokor (Iraq).
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