Graham F Smith Peace Trust Inc

Peace Trust Grants for 2010

March 4th, 2010

We are happy to announce the successful recipients of this year’s grant which will support two Adelaide-based performing arts projects.
With more than 20 applications from around Australia we regret that we are unable to support more of the very worthwhile projects working for peace through the arts.

Rockin’ the Boat – presented by the Rockin’ the Boat collective, Born on Monday & Vitalstatistix

A sold-out hit at last year’s Port Festival, Rockin’ the Boat raises a toast to the docksiders, seafarers, working girls, dreamers and rebels of Port Adelaide and ports around the world. An eclectic night of stories and songs – from Brecht to Guys and Dolls, Nick Cave to Kate Bush, Joni Mitchell to John Lennon – Rockin’ the Boat is a celebration and protest in true Port style!

Conceived and produced by Emma Webb; Directed by Catherine Fitzgerald;
Featuring Eileen Darley, Heather Frahn, Rosalind Aylmore, Jenna Bonavita, Peter Douglas, Emma Luker, Stephen Sheehan and Port Adelaide’s community choir, Born on Monday. 

7pm Wednesday 8th December, 8pm Friday 10th December, 5pm Sunday 12th December.
Waterside,11 Nile St, Port Adelaide. $20 waged/$15 concession & Fringe Benefits

Skip Miller’s Hit Songs – Brink Productions

Skip Miller’s Hit Songs is a multi-narrative theatre work for African and Australian actors and musicians, drawing on the storytelling traditions of two continents. 

Brink Productions has been developing this project for nearly two years.   Written by SA playwright Sean Riley, it tells the story of Skip Miller, an Australian photo-journalist who returns home to Australia after a career spent on the African continent.
On the one hand we have the story of a man who returns home to Australia but because of the experiences he has had, finds he no longer belongs… he yearns to go back to Africa but for various reasons, cannot.  And then on the other hand we have several stories that tell about people who are either being forced to leave Africa or have just arrived in Australia. They don’t belong and of course yearn to return home to Africa, but for various reasons, cannot.  So we have this paradox of two juxtaposing narratives. It’s the points of connection and sameness in these stories that brings a great poignancy but also a wonderful sense of playfulness, humour and human insight to the work.
The world premiere season will be held at the Odeon Theatre in Norwood in Feb/March 2011.

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