Arts Access Victoria

Sandra Maxfield

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All rounder community artist who has skills in all mediums inside and out, can work with all types of client, and can write for funding submissions.

Elyss McCleary

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Elyss McCleary is a visual artist based in Melbourne, Australia. Her practice is informed by the intersticies between the personal and the mass produced, the autobiographical and the found and disregarded abstracted space. Through drawing, painting and photography combined with a process of chance and considered mark making created by chosen materials, her works reveal an inside and outside way of observing situations and surroundings

ROOM FOR POETRY LAUNCH

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This event features exciting established and emerging contemporary voices celebrating the intimate and intriguing world of the home through poetry. Special guests on the night are leading UK deaf poet Walter Kadiki and sisters Brielle and Chelsea Franzè, who recently worked with multi-poetry slam champion Michelle Dabrowski. The sisters are deaf and share a love of language. This event will be Auslan signed.
Refreshments provided.

No bookings required for this event.
Proudly supported by Banyule City Council and Yarra Plenty Regional Libraries.

Artists in Unison

admin — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:48:55 +0000

A group exhibition of work by emerging artists of Edwards Lodge Supported Residential Services.

Opening event:
Thursday 11th April 2013, 4:30pm – 5:30pm
RSVP aliey@alieyball.com

Exhibition Duration: 28th March – 9th May 2013

Skin & Cancer Foundation Premises Level 1 / 80 Drummond Street, Carlton

Edwards Lodge is a Supported Residential Service that provides accommodation to people who experience significant psychological, intellectual and physical disabilities. The residents of these services are extremely vulnerable individuals for whom previous reengagement with communities has been highly problematic.

Arts Access Victoria, with the support of The Department of Health, began working with Edwards Lodge in August 2012 to provide in house, weekly art classes and the opportunity to develop their own professional arts practices in a supportive environment. Artists In Unison is the direct result of that important initiative.
Framing for the exhibition has been generously funded by Merri Health Community Services Supporting Connections Program.

Exhibiting Artists:
Alan Bourne
Heather Brown
Gus Cattapan
Royce Clover
Glenn Court
Richard Graves
Janice Hills
Peter Low
Frank Alan Moore
Robin Pierson
Stephen Reynolds
David Weston
Peter Murray White

Skin Gallery Blog: http://skingallery.blogspot.com.au
Skin Gallery Facebook page

ROOM FOR POETRY LAUNCH

tdomf_fb27f — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 05:45:18 +0000

No bookings required for this event.
Proudly supported by Banyule City Council and Yarra Plenty Regional Libraries.

Dance of Death – Auslan interpreted and audio described

admin — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:47:41 +0000

18 April – 12 May, Audio Description Auslan Interpretation,
Wednesday 1 May, 7.30pm

TTT: Time to Talk
Tuesday 30 April, following the 6.30pm performance of Dance of Death.

Beckett Theatre, The Malthouse Theatre, 113 Sturt St, Southbank

ments of an increasingly loose Berlin society. Transgressive cabaret sensation Meow Meow joins us for the racier numbers, including a duet with Humphries

When: Mon 6 May, Tues 7 May 8pm
Where: Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne

For special access requirements, contact the ACO Box Office on 1800 444 444, boxoffice@aco.com.au

For more information and online booking: http://www.malthousetheatre.com.au/show-listing/dance-of-death/

The Arts Access Vic member discount price is $39 per ticket plus the Arts Centre Melbourne booking fee. AAV members only are eligible.

To find out about becoming a member contact Arts Access Victoria: phone-03 9699 8299. Email Leisa, lprowd@artsaccess.com.au or Janice, jflorence@artsaccess.com.au

Bookings:
•Phone the Arts Centre Melbourne on 1300 182 183
Discount and Wheelchair bookings must be made by phonements of an increasingly loose Berlin society. Transgressive cabaret sensation Meow Meow joins us for the racier numbers, including a duet with Humphries

When: Mon 6 May, Tues 7 May 8pm
Where: Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne

For special access requirements, contact the ACO Box Office on 1800 444 444, boxoffice@aco.com.au

For more information and online booking: http://www.malthousetheatre.com.au/show-listing/dance-of-death/

The Arts Access Vic member discount price is $39 per ticket plus the Arts Centre Melbourne booking fee. AAV members only are eligible.

To find out about becoming a member contact Arts Access Victoria: phone-03 9699 8299. Email Leisa, lprowd@artsaccess.com.au or Janice, jflorence@artsaccess.com.au

Bookings:
•Phone the Arts Centre Melbourne on 1300 182 183
Discount and Wheelchair bookings must be made by phoneWhy make love when war is much more fun…

Married and living together on an isolated island barracks, Alice and Edgar’s marriage mirrors their surrounds: bleak, desolate and inescapable. To combat the tyranny of intimacy they spar day after day. Dance of Death is a blistering black comedy and surreal theatrical experience.

By Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Warning this production contains frequent coarse language.

Booking: Phone, 03 9685 5111.
In person at the theatre Box Office, 113 Sturt St, Southbank
Companion Card accepted. No concessions on Saturday nights.
Wheelchair bookings must be made by phone.

All other access enquiries at the Box office phone number: 03 9685 5111.

Email the Malthouse: boxoffice@malthousetheatre.com.au

More information and on-line booking: http://www.malthousetheatre.com.au/show-listing/dance-of-death/

Barry Humphries with Meow Meow and the Australian Chamber Orchestra

admin — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:42:52 +0000

Barry Humphries with Meow Meow and the Australian Chamber Orchestra

Generous discounts for Arts Access Victoria members!!

Image of Barry and Meow Meow

Mon 6 May, Tues 7 May 8pm

Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne

Arts Access Vic member discount of $39 per ticket plus Arts Centre Melbourne booking fee.

Barry Humphries selects, presents and performs music from the Weimar Republic, a time between the World Wars when German art and music leaked into the basements of an increasingly loose Berlin society. Transgressive cabaret sensation Meow Meow joins us for the racier numbers, including a duet with Humphries.

For special access requirements, contact the ACO Box Office on 1800 444 444, boxoffice@aco.com.au

For more information and online booking:http://www.aco.com.au/whats_on/events

The Arts Access Vic discount price is $39 per ticket plus the Arts Centre booking fee of $7.25.
Ask for an Arts Access member’s discount. The password code is ‘AAV’.
Bookings:
•Phone the Arts Centre Melbourne on 1300 182 183
Discount and Wheelchair bookings must be made by phone.

Free Melbourne Comedy Festival tickets!

admin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 02:42:18 +0000

Darien Brown in

My Life On The B-Side

FREEBIES FREEBIES FREEBIES FREEBIES

Print out the this page and present (one per person) at the door on Tuesday 2^nd April, Wednesday 3^rd April or Thursday 4th April to receive a free ticket to the debut show by Melbourne comedian Darien Brown at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

FIRST IN GETS THE SEATS ON THE NIGHT. NO ADVANCE BOOKINGS.

Darien’s fascination with comedy started at around 8 when he finally comprehended his first “knock knock” joke, after which he embraced comedy with a passion, immersing himself in films and DVD’s and live shows whenever his funds and age-restrictions permitted.

His comedic influences are quite eclectic, starting with Buster Keaton, Monty Python, Mr. Bean andSpike Milligan and extending through Mike Myers and, Robin Williams to the present wide panoply of contemporary stand-up.

He aspires to being to autism what Steady Eddy and Francesca Martinez are to cerebral palsy.

Autism gifted Darien with two invaluable attributes for a stand-up comic: a great stage presence with a complete fearlessness of performing and an almost-obsessive attention to things which fascinate him, which has enabled him to steadily work through decades of comic history, learning as he went.

He has a unique voice and perspective on the world … a wry, left-field world view that is somehow reminiscent of classic Irish humour.

WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VENUE

LISTING INFORMATION:
Venue: Comedy on Collins, The Scots Church assembly hall
Dates: April 2-6 (No Show On April 7) April 8-13
Tickets: $18 Other, $20 Group, $20 Concession, $25 Full
Times: 07:30pm-08:15pm
Bookings: Website www.cleancomedy.com.au, Phone: (03) 9017 0104, At the door.

Arts Access Victoria – Positions Vacant

admin — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:44:41 +0000

Arts Access Victoria is a disability arts organisation providing access, participation, engagement and professional development in the arts and cultural life across Victoria for people with a disability.

Emergency Support Workers (4 Casual positions) – Various locations

Arts Access Victoria is seeking four Emergency Support Workers to work across a range of arts projects and arts practices workshops in Southern, Eastern and Western metropolitan Melbourne supporting adults with an intellectual and/or physical disability or an acquired brain injury on a casual basis.

Applicants will have a minimum Certificate III in Disability and/or at least 3 years relevant experience as the role requires personal care and other support duties. A background in the arts, or work in an arts environment, will be an advantage but is not a requirement.

Employment Safety Screening Compliance Policy

Applications will be subject to Arts Access Victoria’s Employment Safety Screening Compliance Policy which ensures that Arts Access Victoria meets sector best practice standards.

Arts Access Victoria is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages applicants with a disability and/or from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply.

Applications must be written (email acceptable) and should include:

Technical qualifications/training;
Relevant employment history;
A current police records check (or be willing to undergo);
Two employment referees and two personal referees

For further information or a copy of the Position Description, please contact: Sabina Reynolds, Arts Program Officer (03) 8640 6008

Applications should be addressed to:

Arts Program Officer

Arts Access Victoria

222 Bank Street,

South Melbourne 3205

Or sreynolds@artsaccess.com.au

Applications close Friday 12^th April, 2013

Applications will be assessed by the Arts Development Manager within 14 days of the closing date.

Applicants will be notified of the progress of their application within 21 days of the closing date.
Applications are treated as highly confidential and the information contained therein is not shared with any external agencies or third parties.

Auslan interpreted shows at Melbourne Comedy Festival

admin — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:32:12 +0000

This year MICF has 7 performers having Auslan interpreted shows – Book now to avoid disappointment!Please note that this program is not a curated event. The independent producers of each of these shows have nominated and arranged for their shows to be interpreted. The Festival does not take responsibility for the content of the shows.

Mondayitis Productions presents

TIM FERGUSON

‘Carry a Big Stick’

Directed by Marc Gracie

He’s back. Wiser. Funnier. A Sick Man with a Sick Mind. A year on from his SELL-OUT hit at the Melbourne Comedy Festival last year, Tim Ferguson is back with his
laugh out loud and poignant biographical show, CARRY A BIG STICK.
In this year’s version of CARRY A BIG STICK Tim will deliver his trademark sharp insights on
the human condition – and his own condition. On his never-ending battle with MS, he says
“you can laugh, or you can cry. Laughing takes fewer tissues”.

He has battled Multiple Sclerosis for much of his adult life and as he says in his show, “It’s not
for wimps.” He adds… “I love the bear pit of stand-up comedy. In my case it’s stand-up then
sit-down comedy. Yes, it’s that edgy.”

Tim delivers his adventures with wicked wit and admirable honesty – from touring the world as
a Doug Anthony Allstar to his life as a TV network celebrity.
Half-gigolo, half-pimp, half-mathematician, Tim Ferguson has lived. Armed with a big walking
stick – and occasionally a chair with wheels, this master comedian is fierce, fearless and funny
and has wowed audiences and commentators all over the world.

WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VENUE

Auslan interpreted performance Tuesday April 2nd

Venue: Melbourne Town Hall
Date: Thurs 28 March – Sun 7 March 2013
Tickets: $28.50 Full, $26.00 Concession & Group of 6 +
Times: 5:45pm (Sundays 4:45pm)
Bookings: www.ticketmaster.com.au, Ph: 1300 660 013
Duration: 75 minutes approx, no interval
More information: http://www.carryabigstick.com.au

Image of Bart Freebairn

Bart Freebairn in

The Age of Wonder

Do you remember when you were little and you made a pillow fort and it was awesome and then mum baked potato gems for lunch and things didn’t seem like they could get better until you found out friends were coming over to play ninjas with you in the backyard? What a great day. This may not have happened to you but that said when did you last feel a sense of wonder at the awesomeness of your life and the world? Follow Bart Freebairn on a fun filled journey into wonderment and the silly things we did to find what we once had as children in The Age of Wonder.

You are in safe hands with Bart Freebairn. He has been about the Australian comedy scene for a few years now. In that time he has appeared on the Comedy Channel, TripleJ and written for Channel Tens Good News Week. Bart is also a festival regular having done shows at Adelaide Fringe Festival, Brisbane comedy festival and Melbourne Fringe Festival with audience and critical acclaim.

Look no further for an hour of comedy full of heartfelt tales and laugh out loud moments as Bart guides you through nostalgia, dreams and the wonderment to come.

AUSLAN INTERPRETED PERFORMANCES:
Wed 3rd & Wed 17th April.

LISTING INFORMATION

Venue: Spleen 41 Bourke Street Melbourne 3000
Dates: 27 March – 21 April (Tuesday to Saturday no shows Friday
Tickets: Full $20 Concession $10 Tight arse Tuesday $10
Times: 9.30pm all shows
Bookings: via Try Booking bartlol.com or on the door

Image of Adam Hills

ADAM HILLS – HAPPYISM

Adam’s back from the UK and live onstage with his first solo show in three years – Happyism.

One of our greatest comedy exports, Adam had a mammoth 2012. The 2012 European summer culminated in the greatest Paralympic Games ever. Adam Hills was front and centre of this historic moment as the host of Channel 4’s The Last Leg, a daily and different review of the ground-breaking coverage of the Games, challenging the perceptions of disability. The success of The Last Leg gave rise to Adam hosting Channel 4′s alternative to the Queen’s Christmas Day message at the end of last year – a first for an Australian. Adam Hills is also the only Australian to have ever had his own stand-up show on UK TV, Channel 4’s Adam Hills Stand Up Live (2012).

Hills has been a prolific force on Australian TV – a five time Gold Logie nominee and host of two hit ABC1 shows, Spicks and Specks and Adam Hills In Gordon Street Tonight. But when Adam isn’t dominating the Australian TV landscape he is usually travelling in the world, mic in hand, in his day job as a globetrotting stand-up comedian.

Happyism is Adam’s long overdue, and highly anticipated, return to the stage at home in Australia, debuting at the iconic Princess Theatre during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He will also be back fronting ABC1’s Adam Hills Tonight later in the year.

It’s only a matter of time before we lose Adam Hills to the world – so get in quick!

Auslan Interpreted Performances: Sun 14th & 21st April

Venue: Princess Theatre
Address: 163 Spring St, Melbourne
Dates: Thu 11th – Sun 21st April (No show Mon 15th April)
Time: Tue – Sat 7:00pm, Sun 8:45pm
Ticket Prices: Full $49, Preview (11 Apr) & Tuesdays $45
Bookings: www.comedyfestival.com.au or Ticketmaster 1300 660 013 or at the door

Image of Tommy Little

TOMMY LITTLE – SEX, DRUGS & HERBAL TEA

As seen on Network Ten’s The Project. As heard on Nova 100.

Sex? Sure. Drugs? Great. But rock ‘n’ roll? Not this guy…Tommy’s two favourite things are chamomile tea and gangster rap, which would be perfect if he had a deaf grandma to hang out with. But he doesn’t. Thanks for bringing it up…

2012 was a big year for Tommy Little. The kind of year that sees young stars go completely off the rails. Thankfully he’s only guilty of driving under the influence of one too many ‘herbals’ of the liquid variety.

With a strong following on the local stand-up circuit and sold-out shows at home, 2012 saw Tommy make his Edinburgh Fringe Festival debut – receiving rave reviews and hosting one of the oldest (and most revered) late night comedy rooms in the world – Late’n’Live.

A natural on TV, his credits include writer and host for Channel 31’s talk show Studio A (that launched the careers of Rove McManus and Hamish and Andy), a judge on The Beer Factor (Go!), a regular presenter of the Friday Whip segment on Network Ten’s The Project and he has just released his first DVD, A Fistful of Apologies, through Madman.
Take note, Tommy Little is going places…and not just to the kitchen to put on another pot of tea.

AUSLAN INTERPRETED PERFORMANCE Wed10th April

Venue: Council Chambers, Melbourne Town Hall
Address: Corner Swanston & Collins Sts, Melbourne
Dates: Thu 28th March – Sun 21st April (No shows Mondays)
Time: Tue – Sat 8:15pm, Sun 7:15pm
Ticket Prices: Sat All Tix $27, Full & Fri All Tix $24, Conc, Laugh Pacl, Group & Tuesdays $22
Previews (28 – 31 Mar) $20
Bookings: www.comedyfestival.com.au or Ticketmaster 1300 660 013 or at the door

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Gavin Baskerville – Crunch Time

Following on from his critically acclaimed 2012 show Hanging In There, Hobart based comedian Gavin Baskerville returns with a new hour of “well polished” (Herald Sun) insightfully witty stand-up.

Gavin tries to be a good person, but being ethical in the modern world isn’t easy. At some point all of our morals are tested. Gavin would like to be more ethical, but he also likes driving his car and eating junk food.

The way he sees it, he can either take action and change the world or sit on the couch eating potato chips. Either way it’s Crunch Time!

AUSLAN INTERPRETED PERFORMANCES: Wed 10th April & Wed 17th April

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0FyI2cl40k&feature=youtu.be

LISTING INFORMATION
Venue: Three Degrees, QV Square
Dates: 9 April – 20 April (not Sundays or Mondays), Previews 9 & 10 April
Tickets: $18 Full $15 Concession
Times: 9.45pm
Bookings: www.3dcomedy.com.au

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First Dog on the Moon: Cartoobs and other typos

First Dog takes to the stage!

Walkley Award winning cartoonist and self-proclaimed National Treasure, First Dog on the Moon (aka Andrew Marlton), will perform his one-person show Cartoobs and other typos at the upcoming Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Cartoobs and other typos scored the Tour Ready Award at the 2012 Melbourne Fringe Festival, winning an invitation to take the show to the Adelaide Fringe in February. The Sunday Mail heralded it as a top 20 Fringe show about “what happens when you listen to the marsupials in your head”.

First Dog will perform Cartoobs from March 28 to April 21 in the straight-after-work-need-a-laugh 6pm slot at the Victoria Hotel in Little Collins Street.
“He’s the mysterious cartoonist that makes Crikey a must-read every day, and now he’s giving us an honest-to-god show,” according to TimeOut Melbourne, which also lists it as a top 20 must-see.

An hilarious and whimsical journey through the mind of one of Australia’s leading political cartoonists, Cartoobs inducts audiences into the mysteries of cartooning, battling a daily deadline and having the voices of hundreds of marsupials inside your head. Audiences may or may not even meet the ABC Interpretive Dance Bandicoot.
Song, dance, colouring-in and pretending to know what you are doing while being adorable all feature in this crisp satirical descent into despair and back out again whew that was close.

AUSLAN INTERPRETED PERFORMANCE: Thurs 18th April

Discounted tickets for Arts Access Victoria subscribers – email:communications@artsaccess.com.au for info.

LISTING INFORMATION
March 28 through to April 21
Venue: Victoria Hotel (Acacia Room) – 215 Little Collins St at 6pm
Tickets: $23 Book here for Melbourne