A letter from Suellen Maunder – 1st quarter of 2024
May 16, 2024
Hello! Despite the rainy weather, we at JUTE have been bringing little rays of sunlight to our audience and project participants. Right now we are gearing
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DARTS News May 2024
May 12, 2024
by Jess Lamb, Creative Producer DARTS – Industry Placement Cohorts are valuable. They forge belonging, invite deep discussion and promote mutual growth through collaboration. In
I Gut This Feeling begins 5-week Tour
May 10, 2024
JUTE Theatre Company’s award-winning First Nations residency program, Dare to Dream, hits the road on Monday, 13 May, bound for five remote communities with its
CQU and JUTE sign MoU
April 26, 2024
This week, JUTE Theatre Company and Central Queensland University celebrated a new partnership with the signing of an MoU! Together, we’re collaborating on the development
A new online course, Behind the Curtain with Sam Gibb
January 30, 2024
JUTE is excited and proud to present Behind the Curtain, a new JUTE Behind the Scenes online course for anyone wanting to learn the ropes of
Creative Development News – January 2024
January 30, 2024
Special casting call for Accidental Bride Creative Development (February 2024).JUTE is calling for Indian actors to participate in an exciting Creative Development. Accidental Bride is a brand-new play by
@ jute_theatre . May 17
Less than 4 weeks to go! Have you got your tickets yet? Link in bio or visit Humantix.
https://events.humanitix.com/host/5fbc8930f96bf0000be4d96a
Less than 4 weeks to go! Have you got your tickets yet? Link in bio or visit Humantix.
https://events.humanitix.com/host/5fbc8930f96bf0000be4d96a
@ jute_theatre . May 15
Write Sparks Wednesday! Over the coming weeks, we`ll be introducing this year`s "Write Sparkers" to you, and the stories they are working on. At the end of their course, there will be a play reading session, on Tuesday August 1st, so pencil the date in for now.
Sara Isherwood`s story, titled "Chinese Garden" is a story about her own family - five generations of regional Chinese market gardeners and cooks. She`s the last in the line and the only female.
One of the family stories is about her granddad, from the 1950s. Her grandad used to cook for his family on an open fire at the farm. His wife, Sara`s mother’s mother, had died, and he was bringing up three kids alone in the bush.
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Years later, he ran several cafes in Brisbane and Townsville. "I remember watching him make wontons," says Sara. "He cut up the filling with just a Chinese cleaver and folded the pastry around it to make the ingot shaped ones. He was so fast. He used to tell me, You, eat, eat! He’d tell my sister, You, study! Study!", Sara recalls.
"It’s about ancestors and about food, connection, and belonging. For me, cooking and gardening are my art forms. So, food is a vital part of this story."
Write Sparks Wednesday! Over the coming weeks, we`ll be introducing this year`s "Write Sparkers" to you, and the stories they are working on. At the end of their course, there will be a play reading session, on Tuesday August 1st, so pencil the date in for now.
Sara Isherwood`s story, titled "Chinese Garden" is a story about her own family - five generations of regional Chinese market gardeners and cooks. She`s the last in the line and the only female.
One of the family stories is about her granddad, from the 1950s. Her grandad used to cook for his family on an open fire at the farm. His wife, Sara`s mother’s mother, had died, and he was bringing up three kids alone in the bush.
#jutetheatrecompany #Playwriting #WriteSparks #Drama #cairns #playwright #playwriting #storytelling #writesparks
Years later, he ran several cafes in Brisbane and Townsville. "I remember watching him make wontons," says Sara. "He cut up the filling with just a Chinese cleaver and folded the pastry around it to make the ingot shaped ones. He was so fast. He used to tell me, You, eat, eat! He’d tell my sister, You, study! Study!", Sara recalls.
"It’s about ancestors and about food, connection, and belonging. For me, cooking and gardening are my art forms. So, food is a vital part of this story."
@ jute_theatre . May 13
Today is Day 1 of our Dare to Dream Team`s 6 week Safer Children, Safer Communities Tour, which will take them to the Cape and even Mornington Island! This photo was taken shortly before Dean, Serena, Shey and Shahnee left. Have a good trip!
📸In this photo L-R:
📖 Serena, our stage manager and research assistant extraordinaire
💪 Monica, Creative Producer
🚘 Dean, our Tour liaison officer and driver
🧙 Shey, actor and workshop facilitator
👩🎓 Sharon, workshop facilitation trainer
🦎 Shahnee, actor and workshop facilitator
#daretodream
Today is Day 1 of our Dare to Dream Team`s 6 week Safer Children, Safer Communities Tour, which will take them to the Cape and even Mornington Island! This photo was taken shortly before Dean, Serena, Shey and Shahnee left. Have a good trip!
📸In this photo L-R:
📖 Serena, our stage manager and research assistant extraordinaire
💪 Monica, Creative Producer
🚘 Dean, our Tour liaison officer and driver
🧙 Shey, actor and workshop facilitator
👩🎓 Sharon, workshop facilitation trainer
🦎 Shahnee, actor and workshop facilitator
#daretodream
@ jute_theatre . May 10
Exciting news! 🌟 From Campfire to Stage Light returns to Cairns for three exclusive shows (13-15 June) before hitting the road on a regional Queensland tour! Don`t miss out!
Check out this throwback video from 2022 with playwrights (L-R) Cindy Hudson, David Bindi Hudson, and Kathryn Ash discussing their creative process and the joys of collaborative playwriting.
🎟️ Get your tickets now: https://events.humanitix.com/host/5fbc8930f96bf0000be4d96a
This video is part of our Educational Resource pack that goes with the production, especially created for schools. If you`re interested in attending the show with your school in Cairns - there is a special matinee time for this - contact Kathryn via email: kathryn@jute.com.au
Exciting news! 🌟 From Campfire to Stage Light returns to Cairns for three exclusive shows (13-15 June) before hitting the road on a regional Queensland tour! Don`t miss out!
Check out this throwback video from 2022 with playwrights (L-R) Cindy Hudson, David Bindi Hudson, and Kathryn Ash discussing their creative process and the joys of collaborative playwriting.
🎟️ Get your tickets now: https://events.humanitix.com/host/5fbc8930f96bf0000be4d96a
This video is part of our Educational Resource pack that goes with the production, especially created for schools. If you`re interested in attending the show with your school in Cairns - there is a special matinee time for this - contact Kathryn via email: kathryn@jute.com.au
@ jute_theatre . May 9
Throwback Thursday: back to two months ago, JUTE hosted Perseverance Street`s GRIT, plus two local prologues. To hear what the Cairns audience had to say about it, find the full 7 minute video on Facebook or Instagram or for HD quality, YouTube: https://youtu.be/VGIC1XjNru4?si=cPEaYFnH2vjQUHqn
Perseverance Street Theatre Company
Throwback Thursday: back to two months ago, JUTE hosted Perseverance Street`s GRIT, plus two local prologues. To hear what the Cairns audience had to say about it, find the full 7 minute video on Facebook or Instagram or for HD quality, YouTube: https://youtu.be/VGIC1XjNru4?si=cPEaYFnH2vjQUHqn
Perseverance Street Theatre Company
@ jute_theatre . May 9
Throwback Thursday: we can`t believe it`s already been 2 months since JUTE hosted Perseverance Street`s GRIT at Bulmba-ja. GRIT: The Stories. The Town. The Music. received rave reviews from audiences and critics alike. The regional GRIT tour is an example of a new touring model we`re developing to help regional theatre companies take their work further afield and reach more audiences. We will continue working on the model with the Queensland regional theatre sector under our new program, DARTS (Driving and Activating the Regional Theatre Sector). For more information on DARTS, visit www.jute.com.au/au
#grit
Perseverance Street Theatre Company
Throwback Thursday: we can`t believe it`s already been 2 months since JUTE hosted Perseverance Street`s GRIT at Bulmba-ja. GRIT: The Stories. The Town. The Music. received rave reviews from audiences and critics alike. The regional GRIT tour is an example of a new touring model we`re developing to help regional theatre companies take their work further afield and reach more audiences. We will continue working on the model with the Queensland regional theatre sector under our new program, DARTS (Driving and Activating the Regional Theatre Sector). For more information on DARTS, visit www.jute.com.au/au
#grit
Perseverance Street Theatre Company
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Write Sparks Wednesday! Over the coming weeks, we'll be introducing this year's "Write Sparkers" to you, and the stories they are working on. At the end of their course, there will be a play reading session, on Tuesday August 1st, so pencil the date in for now.
Sara Isherwood's story, titled "Chinese Garden" is a story about her own family - five generations of regional Chinese market gardeners and cooks. She's the last in the line and the only female.
One of the family stories is about her granddad, from the 1950s. Her grandad used to cook for his family on an open fire at the farm. His wife, Sara's mother’s mother, had died, and he was bringing up three kids alone in the bush.
Years later, he ran several cafes in Brisbane and Townsville. "I remember watching him make wontons," says Sara. "He cut up the filling with just a Chinese cleaver and folded the pastry around it to make the ingot shaped ones. He was so fast. He used to tell me, You, eat, eat! He’d tell my sister, You, study! Study!", Sara recalls.
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Will be there . Sending hugs to Sara
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Today is Day 1 of our Dare to Dream Team's 6 week Safer Children, Safer Communities Tour, which will take them to the Cape and even Mornington Island! This photo was taken shortly before Dean, Serena, Shey and Shahnee left. Have a good trip!
📸In this photo L-R:
📖 Serena, our stage manager and research assistant extraordinaire
💪 Monica, Creative Producer
🚘 Dean, our Tour liaison officer and driver
🧙 Shey, actor and workshop facilitator
👩🎓 Sharon, workshop facilitation trainer
🦎 Shahnee, actor and workshop facilitator
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Exciting news! 🌟 From Campfire to Stage Light returns to Cairns for three exclusive shows (13-15 June) before hitting the road on a regional Queensland tour! Don't miss out!
Check out this throwback video from 2022 with playwrights (L-R) Cindy Hudson, David Bindi Hudson, and Kathryn Ash discussing their creative process and the joys of collaborative playwriting.
🎟️ Get your tickets now: events.humanitix.com/host/5fbc8930f96bf0000be4d96a
This video is part of our Educational Resource pack that goes with the production, especially created for schools. If you're interested in attending the show with your school in Cairns - there is a special matinee time for this - contact Kathryn via email: kathryn@jute.com.au ... See MoreSee Less
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Throwback Thursday: we can't believe it's already been 2 months since JUTE hosted Perseverance Street's GRIT at Bulmba-ja. GRIT: The Stories. The Town. The Music. received rave reviews from audiences and critics alike. The regional GRIT tour is an example of a new touring model we're developing to help regional theatre companies take their work further afield and reach more audiences. Before the Opening Night performance there were two prologues based on local stories. We will continue working on the model with the Queensland regional theatre sector under our new program, DARTS (Driving and Activating the Regional Theatre Sector). For more information on DARTS, visit www.jute.com.au/au
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Thanks to everyone who came along last night, to see the only Cairns performance of I Gut This Feeling by playwright Isaac Drandic, and to learn more about our Dare to Dream program.
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Great photos Mimi 😍
Beautiful pics Mimi!!!
Fantastic effort