At Sea, Staring Up
9 March 2012 - 24 March 2012
A new play by Finegan Kruckemeyer. Told through poetic language this intriguing script is brought to life with superb acting and an amazing set.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR LOVE?
Emma the Greek will sail the seas alone to save her father; Noah will search for his wife who flew off a bridge. Elise will fight the dragons snapping at her heels as she drives each night to lull her baby to sleep; Caleb, a curious misfit, will swim vast oceans to prove his love for Sylvia Wist. Oh, and Sylvia Wist can climb up waterfalls and jump time and space. She may not be ordinary but she is in love.
Our first production for 2012 (our 20th year) At Sea, Staring Up by internationally acclaimed playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer will make you want to hold hands with your loved one, to make that phone call to family far away and maybe do something a little crazy to impress your new love... READ MORE
TICKETS
$18 - $30 BUY TICKETS
RATED M15+ (mild course language & adult themes)
Directed by Suellen Maunder // Designer Luke Ede // Lighting Designer Jason Glenwright // Composer & Sound Designer Quincy Grant // Dramaturg Peter Matheson // Featuring Laura Pegrum, Natalie Taylor, Brett Walsh, Ella Watson-Russell & Christiaan Westerveld
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Phone ticket sales available 9am till 5pm Monday to Friday
3. In person ticket sales available 9am till 5pm Tuesday to Friday
Access to the JUTE ticket sales office is via the JUTE ticket line phone located inside the KickArts shop.
Please
note: School groups need to be booked directly through the JUTE box office via ph.
0740 50 9444 or email info@jute.com.au.
PRICING
Standard
Productions$30 Adult
$25 Concession (Full Time Students, Government Pension / Senior, Healthcare Card)
$25 Groups of 4 or more
Opening Night,
Friday March 9 (ticket price includes opening night event with
arrival beverage & light catering)
$40 Adult
$35 Concession (Full Time Students, Government Pension / Senior, Healthcare Card)
$35 Groups of 4 or more
Tuesday Productions
Cheap Tuesday’s ALL TICKETS $18
School Matinee Groups, Thursday March 15
$12 per
student when booked in a school group.
Teachers
receive one complimentary ticket per every 10 paying students.
Please
note: School groups need to be booked directly through the JUTE box office via ph.
0740 50 9444 or email info@jute.com.au.
Companion Card
JUTE Theatre Company is a participating Companion
Card organisation. Provided the cardholder requires attendant care support in
order to attend a production, JUTE will issue the cardholder with a second
ticket for their companion at no charge. Card holders are to present card when
booking. Please note: companion
card seats need to be booked directly through the JUTE box office via ph. 0740
50 9444. Visit www.companioncard.org.au
for more information.
from Director Suellen Maunder
I invite you to come and experience beauty and heroic acts of love in
our first show of 2012. A new play by
internationally acclaimed playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer, At Sea, Staring Up
will make you want to hold hands with your loved one, make that phone call
to family far away and maybe do something a little crazy to impress your new
love.
At Sea, Staring Up is a richly poetic magical play with five delightful
characters who jump off the page. Finegan creates worlds that are magical
and real all at the same time. It is one of the most beautiful pieces of
writing I have had the privilege to direct and it’s performed by five young actors
in the early stages of their careers, for whom the work was written. A sweeping
story of five lives across three continents, this epic tale surprises and
delights with magical leaps of imagination.
Told through poetic language this
intriguing script is brought to life with superb acting and an amazing set. I
look forward to inviting you into this world.
Enjoy,
Suellen
Interviews: Meet the Creative Team
Meet Jason Glenwright
'At Sea, Staring Up’ Lighting Designer and true lover of 'lights'
1. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR LOVE?
I have searched, driven and been committed to everything that is love.
2. HOW DID YOU BECOME A LIGHTING DESIGNER?
I always noticed the lighting used in high school productions and just became fixated by it! So I joined the schools technical team and discovered this passion for theatrical lighting. After High School, I studied lighting further at QUT and by doing that, helped form great connections with some incredibly inspirational theatre practitioners from the industry. Plenty of design work grew from there.
3. IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE SUPER POWER WHAT WOULD IT BE & WHY?
I wish I could fly so I could touch up the focus of lights in the roof during a lighting plot session if need be!
READ the full interview with Jason Glenwright on our Facebook page http://on.fb.me/JasonGlenwrightInterview
Meet Finegan kruckemeyer
‘At Sea, Staring Up’ Playwright & all round nice guy
Not to subvert the question too much, but it really is what love has done for me. Meeting Essie gave me a newfound sense of purpose, made the great times better, and the quiet ones okay. She moved to an island so we could live together, and she accepted my hand in marriage when i offered it three months after we started dating. What I have done for love is loved her back, unconditionally, and always realised how lucky I am.
2. HOW DID YOU BECOME A PLAYWRIGHT?
I tried other things in the arts, like acting, teaching and stand-up, which I enjoyed, but just didn’t feel the same affinity for. Generous mentors and friends in Adelaide schooled me in theatre as a teenager.....
READ the full interview with Finegan Kruckemeyer on our Facebook page http://on.fb.me/FineganKruckemeyerInterview
Meet Quincy Grant
The delightful ‘At Sea, Staring Up’ Composer & Sound Designer1. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR LOVE?
I have given my life freely to another, and followed her to the ends of the earth.
2. HOW DID YOU BECOME A COMPOSER & SOUND DESIGNER?
I grew up in the country and from a young age always played music and made things, so I’ve just kept doing that to this day. I started off teaching myself and then went to the city to study at music schools. From there I’ve been writing and playing music ever since: for orchestras, bands, theatre, film and everything else. The world of imagination and sound is where I love living.
3. IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE SUPER POWER WHAT WOULD IT BE & WHY?
Flying – how fantastic that would be: to soar above the earth and the sea. And I wouldn’t mind trying immortality too: just once.
READ the full interview with Quincy Grant on our Facebook page http://on.fb.me/QuincyGrantInterview
About playwright Finegan KruckemeyeR
Finegan (30) has had 51 commissioned plays performed on five continents, and was an inaugural recipient of the Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship.
This year 20 works (including nine premieres) will play worldwide, with seasons in Argentina, Australia (ten works in six states, with two at the Sydney Opera House and three at the Melbourne Arts Centre), China, England (three national tours), Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland – and the United States, at invited programmes New Visions New Voices (JFK Center for the Arts, Washington), New Plays for Young Audiences (New York University), and the IPAY American Showcase (his fourth consecutive IPAY work).
READ Fingean Kruckemeyer's full bio on our Facebook page http://on.fb.me/FineganKruckemeyerBio
BUY TICKETS
DATES
09 – 24 March 2012
TIMES
Tuesday & Wednesday 6.30pmThursday, Friday, Saturday 7.30pm (new time)
Matinee 15 March, 11am
The foyer bar will be open one hour prior to each performance.
VENUE
JUTE TheatreCentre of Contemporary Arts, 96 Abbott St, Cairns, QLD 4870
PARKING
Off street parking is available at the rear of the Centre of Contemporary Arts building; access is via the driveway. Free on street parking is available on Abbott Street in front of the building.BUY TICKETS
Raise money whilST enjoying brilliant new Australian theatre
Are you a charity, sporting or social group looking to raise funds whilst experiencing great theatre? Why not consider a fundraising night out at our first production for 2012 (our 20th year), 'At Sea, Staring Up' by Finegan Kruckemeyer.In 2011, fundraising groups raised $3375 for local charities, social & sporting organisations - all while having a great night out at the theatre!
HOW IT WORKS
It's easy - simply get a group of 30 or more people together and JUTE Theatre Company will give your group half the ticket price. A fantastic way to raise money whilst supporting local professional theatre.Your group will need to buy a minimum of 30 tickets from us at a discounted half price rate of $15 per ticket (the standard adult price is $30). Your group then sell the tickets to your contacts as a fundraising initiative at the standard JUTE adult ticketing cost of $30 each, therefore raising $450 for the 30 tickets sold ($15 per ticket x 30 = $450).
Limited seats are available for this offer.
production dates available for fundraising group bookings
• Wednesday 14th March (6.30pm production start)• Thursday 15th March (7.30pm production start)
• Wednesday 21st March (6.30pm production start)
• Thursday 22nd March (7.30pm production start)
To arrange your booking, please fill out the online application form below.
We will then send you an invoice for payment by Direct Deposit or EFTPOS. Tickets will not be held or confirmed until payment has been received by JUTE Theatre Company. NO refunds for unsold tickets are available on this offer. Once payment has been processed we will contact you to confirm your booking details.
QUESTIONS?
Please contact Kirsten Oliver at JUTE on ph 4050 9444 or email info@jute.com.auIf your browser is not displaying the below application survey please follow this link to complete the application https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FundraisingASSU