4 shows. 5 cities. 31 days. 81 performances.

Four great new contemporary performance works hit the road in August/September, from the national touring initiative, Mobile States.

2 Dimensional Life of Her by Fleur Elise Noble

A visual performance made of drawing, animation, puppetry, projection and paper, where drawings reproduce themselves, drift between surfaces and move in and out of three dimensions. Winner, best show, Under the Radar Festival.

“Noble not only deconstructs her art, she shreds, incinerates and rebuilds it, milking the full potential of today’s multimedia technology like an Andy Warhol for a new era.” The Advertiser

Fraudulent Behaviour by Rosie Dennis

Was Nietszche right? Do we need lies in order to live? Rosie uses prose, invisible friends, a decoy duck and cardboard cut-outs, in a witty & thoughtful performance responding to Nietzsche’s assertion.

“You laugh at her lightness but as you’re laughing, she has moved to a darker, lonelier sentiment, evoking such humanity you don’t want her go.” Drum Media

The Bougainville Photoplay Project by Paul Dwyer, produced by version 1.0

A slide show with fireside chat exploring the unfinished business of reconciliation, this is politics and performance at its most personal.

“A combo of boy’s own adventure, academic research, political act and theatre-making experiment… His touch is as light as his themes are serious. A powerful story – beautifully told.” James Waites

The Tent by Matt Prest

Step into The Tent, hand built out of scrap metal and old truck canvas – and into the story of an unlikely male friendship, self-sufficiency and prolonged adolescence.

“An attractive mix of puppetry, surprise-packed set design, audio-visual sequences, music and rather genial, laid back live performance.” The Age