ARC

Erth has created a new work with young people that highlights the current crisis of the mass extinction of species.

ARC is a scalable and site-specific participatory theatre work designed around a menagerie of naturalistic critically endangered and extinct animals. Giving the audience small moments of highly intimate, transformational engagement with fragile, vulnerable life, the work will be led by children, who will enable the transition of wonder and preciousness onto participants.

This is at a time when we are hearing stronger and younger voices speaking up on matters that affect their world. The work is a confrontation with the reality of species extinction, and at the same time, a provocation of hope. These guides are messengers, reminding us of the resilience of nature, our power as individuals to both protect and preserve, and the inherent hope and creative genius of children, who are our future.

Current Tours


20 - 21 June 2024

Riverside Theatres
Parramatta, NSW


24 - 25 June 2024

Burdekin Theatre
Ayr, QLD


28 June 2024

Gladstone Entertainment Centre
Gladstone, QLD


3 - 6 July 2024

Brisbane Powerhouse
Brisbane, QLD


10 - 12 July 2024

Theatre Royal
Hobart, TAS


16 July 2024

Paranaple Arts Centre
Devonport, TAS


18 - 19 July 2024

Theatre North at the Princess,
Launceston, TAS


23 July 2024

Colac Otway Performing Arts & Cultural Centre, Colac, VIC


25 - 26 July 2024

The Memo,
Healesville, VIC


28 - 29 July 2024

Bunjil Place,
Narre Warren, VIC


2 - 3 August 2024

The Round,
Nunawading, VIC


5 August 2024

Lighthouse Theatre,
Warrnambool, VIC


9 - 10 August 2024

Esperance Civic Centre,
Esperance, WA


13 - 14 August 2024

HEART Margaret River,
Margaret River, WA


17 August 2024

Albany Entertainment Centre,
Albany, WA


20 - 21 August 2024

Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre,
Bunbury, WA


24 & 26 August 2024

Bay Pavilion,
Batemans Bay, NSW


28 - 29 August 2024

The Art House,
Wyong, NSW


31 August 2024

Glen Street Theatre,
Belrose, NSW


3 - 4 September 2024

Capitol Theatre,
Tamworth, NSW


10 - 11 September 2024

Goulburn Performing Arts Centre,
Goulburn, NSW


14 September 2024

Performance Arts Culture,
Cessnock, NSW


16 - 17 September 2024

The Joan,
Penrith, NSW


20 September 2024

Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, Bathurst, NSW


24 September 2024

Orange CIvic Theatre,
Orange, NSW


26 - 28 September 2024

Canberra Theatre Centre,
Canberra, ACT


Past Tours


Sydney Opera House,
Sydney NSW

24 September - 7 October 2022
(world premiere)


Arts Centre Melbourne
Melbourne VIC

15 -16 October 2022


An Erth production commissioned by Sydney Opera House, as part of New Work Now, enabled by Jillian Segal AO & John Roth on behalf of Yarranabbe Foundation.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the NSW Government through Create NSW.