Creation Creation

Your most burning questions answered… sort of

About

  • AGES 10+
  • 50mins
  • Low light levels at times, Strobe and haze effects

Creation Creation returns to South Australia, touring regionally in 2027 and presented as part of the DreamBig Festival’s regional program. Schools bookings are now open, with tickets for the general public on sale soon.

How did we get here? Are aliens real? And can anyone really lick their own elbow?

From the curious minds of humans aged 8 to 102 comes Creation Creation – a laugh-out-loud theatre experience that dives into life’s biggest mysteries.

Armed with cardboard boxes, ping pong balls and unstoppable ingenuity, two fearless creators build, battle and brawl their way to the edge of the universe – and back.

Blending art, puppetry, mime and more, Creation Creation is a heartfelt and hilarious exploration of the questions that connect us all.

Part comedy, part cosmic wonder.

A NOTE TO OUR AUDIENCES

Some of the big questions tackled during this show, raised and then answered by the general public and the children and adults we interviewed, include; ‘how did the world begin?’, ’is there other life in the universe?’, ‘how are babies made?’, ‘what does dying feel like?’, and ‘what will life on earth be like in 1,000 years?’. These questions and answers are played out by our performers in gentle, moving and fun ways. Viewer discretion is advised, viewer curiosity is recommended.

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ON IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Murray Bridge Town Hall
Murray Bridge, Ngarrindjeri Country
11 May
10:00am | 1:00pm
Nautilus Arts Centre
Port Lincoln, Barngarla Country
14 May
10:00am | 1:00pm
Middleback Arts Centre
Whyalla, Barngarla Country
18 May
10:00am | 1:00pm
Northern Festival Centre
Port Pirie, Nukunu Country
21 May
10:00am | 1:00pm
Arts Centre Port Noarlunga
Port Noarlunga, Kaurna Country
25 May
10:00am | 1:00pm
Chaffey Theatre
Renmark, Meru Country
28 May
10:00am | 1:00pm
Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre
Mount Gambier, Buandig Country
01 June
10:00am | 1:00pm

School Program

  • AGES 10+
  • YEAR 5 - 12
  • 50mins
  • $15 schools, $12 equity.
    Booking fees apply. Prices are subject to change.
  • Contains haze effects and strobe lighting.
Murray Bridge Town Hall
Murray Bridge, Australia
Term 2
Week 3
11 May
10:00am | 1:00pm
Nautilus Arts Centre
Port Lincoln, Australia
Term 2
Week 3
14 May
10:00am | 1:00pm
Middleback Arts Centre
Whyalla, Australia
Term 2
Week 4
18 May
10:00am | 1:00pm
Northern Festival Centre
Port Pirie, Australia
Term 2
Week 4
21 May
1:00pm | 1:00pm
Arts Centre Port Noarlunga
Port Noarlunga, Australia
Term 2
Week 5
25 May
10:00am | 1:00pm
Chaffey Theatre
Renmark, Australia
Term 2
Week 5
28 May
10:00am | 1:00pm
Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre
Mount Gambier, Australia
Term 2
Week 6
01 June
10:00am | 1:00pm

Official Trailer

Credits

  • Co-Creator, Director Rosemary Myers
  • Co-Creator, Audioscript, Interviews Roslyn Oades
  • Co-Creator, Designer, Performer Jonathon Oxlade
  • Co-Creator, Designer, Performer Fleur Elise Noble
  • Composer Harry Covill
  • Lighting Designer, Technical Designer Chris Petridis
  • Movement Consultant Carol Wellman Kelly

Meet the Cast and Creative Team

Rosemary Myers

Co-Creator, Director

Rosemary Myers is the Artistic Director of Windmill Pictures. In 2021, she co-created and directed Beep and Mort.

In 2015, her first feature film Girl Asleep opened the 2016 Berlinale Generation 14plus and went on to win the MIFF Age Critic Prize 2016, the Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Seattle Film Festival, 2016 CinefestOZ Film Prize and eight AACTA Award nominations including Best Film and Best Director. In 2020, the film was nominated for the Byron Kennedy AACTA for Best Indie Film of the past decade.

Before her role at Windmill Pictures for over 14 years, Rosemary was the Artistic Director of Windmill Theatre Company. A multi-Helpmann Award nominated theatre director, her productions have toured to prestigious venues and festivals across the world, including Giffoni Film Festival, Rooftop Film Festival New York, Sydney Opera House, New York’s New Victory Theatre and London’s Southbank Centre, among others. In 2017 she was awarded the prestigious Australia Council Theatre Award.

Roslyn Oades

Co-Creator, Audioscript, Interviews

Roslyn Oades is an award-winning theatre-maker and documentary artist. She is best known for pioneering work in the field of headphone-verbatim theatre. Her original works for stage include: Hello, Goodbye & Happy Birthday, I’m Your Man, In a Deep Dark ForestCutaway–A Portrait, Stories of Love & Hate and Fast Cars & Tractor Engines.

She also creates site-based audio experiences, including: Cell 26 an audio work for a prison bed, Sea Stories an audio work for sunrise and The Nightline a listening club for insomniacs. She harbors an ongoing fascination with innovative creative non-fiction forms of art making.

Jonathon Oxlade

Co-Creator, Designer, Performer

Jonathon is an award-winning designer. He has designed for major theatre companies including Windmill, Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre, State Theatre Company of SA, Black Swan, Belvoir, LaBoite, Bell Shakespeare, Is This Yours?, Aphids, Arena Theatre Company, Polyglot, The Real TV Project, Polytoxic, Men of Steel, Lemony S Puppet Theatre, Terrapin, Vitalstatistix, Barking Gecko, The Border Project, Dead Puppet Society, The Last Great Hunt, The Escapists and Sandpit.

In 2023, he won an APDG Award for Beep and Mort Series 1. He designed Windmill’s feature film, Girl Asleep and won the ACCTA Award for Best Costume Design with a nomination for Best Production Design, as well as two APDG Awards. 

 

Fleur Elise Noble

Co-Creator, Designer, Performer

Fleur Elise Noble is a creator and an explorer – always seeking new ways in which to make art and share it with the world. Her superpower is her ability to focus obsessively on creative tasks. She was awarded scholarships from art schools in Adelaide and New York, where she studied drawing, painting, and sculpture. She went on to equip herself with an arsenal of creative forces, including puppetry, design, animation, film, projection mapping, performance, dance, writing and illustration.

Fleur is best known for her unique visual performances, which she spent many years performing at festivals around the world. Currently a PhD student at Flinders University, Fleur is writing a novel and designing a new performance for young people about digital addiction. She believes in the power of creativity to make complex ideas accessible and engaging.

Harry Covill

Composer

Harry creates eclectic music/sound design for screen and live performance. In 2017, he graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts. Recent work includes composing the original score for ROBOROVSKI, the animated short film directed by Dev Patel and Tilda Cobham-Hervey which premiered at the 2020 Adelaide Film Festival. Other notable works include composing the original score for the feature film Girl Asleep, directed by Rosemary Myers and the short film, A Field Guide to Being a 12 Year Old Girl directed by Tilda Cobham-Hervey (Crystal Bear).

Harry scored Atlantis as a part of the Belvoir Upstairs season (Belvoir) and has an ongoing collaborative relationship with Back to Back Theatre, where he composed the original score for the internationally acclaimed video project, The Democratic Set and the third iteration of the video series, Radial, created in collaboration with the National Theatre of Scotland. He also created the score and sound design for Windmill Theatre Company’s Big Bad Wolf.

Harry is currently developing the original score for Wandering Stars, an immersive public sculpture/sound work for the inaugural Rising Festival in 2021.

Chris Petridis

Lighting Designer, Technical Designer

Chris is a lighting and video designer from Adelaide, working across theatre, dance, and other live events in Australia and internationally.

Chris has worked with renowned arts organisations including State Theatre Company of South Australia, Theatre Republic, Is This Yours, Australian Dance Theatre, Brink Productions, Restless Dance Theatre, Slingsby Theatre Company, Force Majure, Windmill Theatre Company and Vitalstatistix.

Chris recently worked on the inaugural Illuminate Adelaide Festival’s Light Cycles in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens crafted by the world-leading studio, Moment Factory. Other recent credits include Carla Lippis’ Mondo Psycho for WOMAD 2022, Theatre Republic’s How Not To Make It In America and Windmill Theatre Company’s Creation Creation.

Carol Wellman Kelly

Movement Consultant

Carol was made in Australia and studied dance at the Victorian College of the Arts. She has extensive experience in performing, teaching and choreographing both nationally and internationally. From 1992 – 1999, she worked as a freelancer in London.

She was the assistant director for Garry Stewart and ADT (2000-2008), rehearsal director for Tasdance, Artistic advisor and Project manager Restless dance Theatre, Movement lecturer Flinders University Drama department, member Board of Directors, Australia Council, Ausdance and SA and Audio Describer for theatre and dance. Carol’s work with Windmill Theatre Co includes The Wizard of Oz, Girl Who Cried Wolf, Pinocchio, Big Bad Wolf  and Rumpelstiltskin.

What the critics say

"Spectacularly imaginative...The massive monochrome set of white cardboard cutout shapes provides a blank canvas for all sorts of creativity to unfold – at times quite literally."

The Advertiser

"Uproarious... Creation Creation is a brave and brilliantly inclusive concept from Windmill."

InReview

"Mesmerising and surprising... Creation Creation is top-notch at every level, with an absolutely fantastic score."

ABC Smart Arts

"Creation Creation is Windmill’s first foray into the world of documentary theatre – hopefully there will be more."

Adelaide Theatre Guide

"The huge of the sell out crowd of school students were deeply fascinated...there are cheeky moments as well us those of pure fun."

The Adelaide Show podcast
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Acknowledgements

The 2021 world premiere season was presented by Adelaide Festival Centre’s DreamBIG Children’s Festival. The creative development of Creation Creation was supported by the Windmill Studio Collective. Original creative development supported by Sandpit and Country Arts SA.

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