FEE STRUCTURE

Our fee structure ensures venues without technical equipment or suppliers close by are offered a cost effective technical package.

CONNECTING PLACES KEY DATES

October 2017 Programming deadline to Regional Arts Victoria for shows touring before May 2018

November 2017 Creative Victoria’s Small Regional Presenters round

February 2018 Programming deadline to Regional Arts Victoria

March 2018 Creative Victoria’s Small Regional Presenters round

June 2018 Programming deadline to Regional Arts Victoria

July 2018 Creative Victoria’s Small Regional Presenters round (TBC)

A programming deadline is the latest date your committee needs to tell Regional Arts Victoria what shows you want. Get in touch for assistance and advice on applying to Creative Victoria’s Small Regional Presenters fund.

WORKSHOPS

Most Connecting Places shows have additional workshops available. Designed to complement the performance, a workshop provides opportunities for your community to deeply engage with the work.

Further details about Connecting Places shows and workshops are available on our website. Make sureyou check out the Presenter Pack available for each show!

Explore the program rav.net.au

Connecting Places delivers high quality arts experiences to community and council-run venues and festivals across Victoria. The program is designed to be accessible, technically appropriate and affordable.

From lounge rooms to libraries, barns to black box theatres, and of course local halls Connecting Places shows can be performed in even the most unconventional of spaces.

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CONTACT US

03 9644 1800rdwyer@rav.net.au

RegionalArtsVictoria @RegionalArtsVic

Check out what else is on offer from the Programming Department www.rav.net.au

Keen to book or talk dates – get in touch with Rosie Dwyer, Connecting Places Coordinator

Cover Image: Mikelangelo performs CAVE WAITS COHEN at Cheshunt Hall 2015 Image by Bek Varcoe

OUR SUPPORTERS

Feisty, feminist, fierce. Multi award-winning, internationally acclaimed cabaret femme fatale Anya Anastasia has gone rogue! Armed with a biting wit, a lust for revenge and her kick-ass all-female band. A seductive and exhilarating night of hilarious physical comedy and intense audience interaction.

Touring window: April Fee: $3,500 + $500 for technical equipmentIdeal for: lovers of cabaret, theatre and comedy

Rogue Romantic Anya Anastasia

A soulful and thought provoking musical journey into the songs that were sung and shared on the missions where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were relocated in the early 20th century. A beautiful revival of the almost forgotten stories that depict day to day life on the mission, exploring cultural identity, love and loss.

Touring window: MayFee: $5,000 + $500 for technical equipmentIdeal for: Music lovers, history buffs, local Aboriginal community, festival goers

Mission Songs Project Jessie Lloyd Music

A circus adventure for 3-6 year olds!

Roll up! Roll up! Run away to the circus with this fun and physical show by Solid State Circus performer Luth Wolff. With hula hoops, unicycle, magic and plate spinning, Luth takes kids aged 3 - 6 on a madcap circus adventure, with plenty of help from the audience!

Touring window: MayFee: $700 + $100 for technical equipment

Ideal for: 3-6 year olds and their adults

The Big Tops & Tiny Tots Circus Show Solid State Circus

Eight heartfelt and hilarious stories about Australian men. Award-winning Melbourne playwright Kieran Carroll presents his pocket comedy/drama series In The Mens a comic riot and thorough examination of generations of the Australian male.

Touring window: JuneFee: $1,350 + $500 for technical equipmentIdeal for: Men’s groups, theatre goers, comedy lovers, RSLs, sports clubs

In The Mens Type Faster Productions

A whole of community knees up, where local stars and world famous legends burn the floor!

Dance Hall is a supper dance, a bring-a-plate celebration, a storytelling and dance teaching extravaganza, a transcendent night of song & dance showing the bounty of your community in a brand new light.

Touring window: SeptemberFee: $4,334 + 12% royalties + $500 for technical equipmentIdeal for: Dance enthusiasts, cabaret lovers, community groups, table bookings

Dance Hall Finucane & Smith

Part game, part art, all fun, Fitter. Faster. Better. is a boot camp run entirely by children. Adult participants are paired with a 9-12 yr old Trainer who will take you through a workout designed to remind you how to have fun. Not ready to sweat? Come and sit and watch the fun unfold.

Touring window: OctoberFee: $4,000 + $500 for technical equipment

Ideal for: EVERYONE

Fitter. Faster. Better. St Martins

Melbourne’s’ own purveyors of junkyard theatre, The Suitcase Royale, present a tale of dastardly deeds and unfathomable adventure. In a small, dusty, outback town three men become embroiled in a devious and most sinister plot. Deliciously dark and exquisitely crafted, Chronicles of a Sleepless Moon is a funny, sad and surreal tale for all ages.

Touring window: NovemberFee: $3,500 + $500 for technical equipmentIdeal for: Groups of mates, the whole family, young people and comedy fans

Chronicles of a Sleepless Moon The Suitcase Royale

The Southern Ocean Sea Band is a misfit bunch of lads and lassies bringing tales and legends in song and shanty. Port Fairy born and bred musicians Jordan Lockett, Gus Franklin and James Dyson have joined forces with a motley crew of musicians in tow.

Touring window: August – September

Fee: $2,500 + $500 for technical equipment

Ideal for: Music lovers, folk festival goers, history buffs

Blood & Bones & Fins & GlorySouthern Ocean Sea Band

2018 CONNECTING PLACESFor more information and Presenter Packs head to our website rav.net.au

Reclaimed Pianos is an intimate performance that taps into the piano’s magical ability to transport us through time and to other places. The music is expertly blended with the incredible physicality of Circa’s acrobats.

Touring window: July–AugustFee: $2,500 + $500 for technical equipmentIdeal for: Circus fans, music fans, musicians, physical theatre lovers

Reclaimed Pianos Circa