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Past Event

18 — 21 Sep

Private View

Presented by Brisbane Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse and CPL — Choice, Passion, Life

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4 Rooms, 4 Diverse Experiences

Most people are sexual beings, with sexual thoughts, attitudes, feelings, desires, and romantic fantasies. Having a physical or intellectual disability doesn’t change your sexuality and your desire to express it. Yet, the subject of people with intellectual disability having romantic dreams and sexual desires is still taboo.

Private View invites audiences to become voyeurs; to observe people in their domestic spaces and discover their romantic dreams and hidden desires.

Haunting melodies from Carla Lippis are deeply intertwined within the work and serve as the heartbeat of each scene, underscoring the dancers’ stories and intensifying their emotional resonance.

Private View breaks down societal myths and misinformation and sets the viewer on a path to twist their preconceived attitudes around sexuality and disability. The production is an intimate exploration of unspoken stories and secret longing from Australia’s leading creator of dance theatre by dancers with and without disability.


Price

$39 — $49

Times

Matinee performances - 2pm
Evening performances - 7:30pm

Sat 21 Sep, 7:30pm - AUSLAN Interpreted, Audio Described performance
Pre-show Tactile Tour, 6:30pm

Duration

Approx. 1 hour

Where

Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse

Level 1, 119 Lamington St, New Farm

Venue info

Accessibility

Wheelchair Accessible

Auslan Interpreted Event

Audio Described Event

Important Info

Recommended for audiences ages 14+. Contains sexual references, nudity and theatrical haze. 3-minute lockout.

Michelle Ryan will be running a workshop as part of our Studio 1 Workshop Series on Sunday 15 September, 2:30PM. More info here.

Sensory Friendly Show
This work is sensory friendly, and patrons are invited to show up with whatever they might need to ensure a comfortable experience – headphones, earplugs etc all welcome. You are free to leave the space as needed and/or vocalise to express yourself or your excitement. All patrons are encouraged to self-adapt in the space and everyone attending will be able to choose between two chairs (a stool or hard backed chair) upon entering the space.


Booking Methods

For alternative ways to book, or to discuss your accessibility requirements, call Brisbane Powerhouse on (07) 3358 8600 or email info@brisbanepowerhouse.org.


Dates
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…all distinctions based on ability or disability — or who is watching and who is being watched — finally seem to melt away

Limelight


#PARTNERS

Restless Dance Theatre
1 - Queensland Government
CPL
Brisbane Powerhouse
Festival Donors

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Major Festivals Initiative + Australian Government + Creative Australia

#Artists

Restless Dance Theatre

Restless Dance Theatre

Restless Dance Theatre is Australia’s leading creator of dance theatre by dancers with and without disability. Our artistic voice is loud, strong and original. Restless brings artists with diverse minds, bodies and imaginations together to create contemporary dance theatre from everyday lived experiences; manifested into beautiful art, embedding inclusion into our screens, on our stages and in unexpected places. Restless Dance Theatre is a place where diversity is celebrated, and all artists thrive creatively.

Carla Lippis

Carla Lippis

Carla Lippis is a live grenade with lungs, who has recently returned home after four years in London’s West End, where she worked as the principal singer at the historic Cafe de Paris, and as the host of notorious nightclub The Box. Her international touring has included concerts with Calexico, Kiss, Mötley Crüe and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. She performed in the venerated circus La Soiree. Her variety show Midnight Marauders guested at Edinburgh Festival’s Club Cumming.

How to get there

Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse

Level 1, 119 Lamington St, New Farm

Getting there

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