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.