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Location
On-site
The Substation, 1 Market Street, Newport, Victoria 3015, Australia
Dates
2–5 October 2024
Times
Wed 10:30–11:05am
Wed 12:30–1:05pm
Thu 10:30–11:05am
Thu 12:30–1:05pm
Fri 10:30–11:05am
Fri 12:30–1:05pm
Sat 10:30–11:05am
Sat 12:30–1:05pm
Format
Substation Program/​Dance/​Kids
Accessibility

The Substation is an accessible venue.

Admission

$35 1 child + Adult ($17.50 per person)

$51 2 children + 1 Adult ($17 per person)

$65 Family ticket, up to four people (e.g. 2 parents with 2 children or 1 parent with 3 children). ($16.26 per person)

$30 Additional Adult ($30 per person)

$25 Additional Adult Concession ($25 per person)

$15 Extra Child ($15 per person)

Note: at preview performance on Wednesday tickets will be $5 off listed pricing.

Tickets

A dance performance by Melanie Lane that transports children to a universe of magic and adventure.

Presented by The Substation and Melbourne Fringe Festival

Dream Swamp is a dance performance designed for children between 6-10 years of age.

Dreaming beyond the limits of our bodies, young audiences are transported into an absurd and uncanny universe of magic, adventure and transformation.

The journey begins in an immersive swamp-like world, murky and unpredictable – like a bizzare dream. In a collision of sound, colour, texture and movement, two dancers shape-shift, cast spells, time travel and defy gravity, transporting young people to a place where they can imagine their own bodies as a site of fantasy.

Dream Swamp received Cash to Create through the Fringe Fund, with thanks to the Pulse Giving Circle. The development has been supported by Creative Victoria and The Playking Foundation, with project partner The Substation.

Concept & Choregraphy: Melanie Lane

Performers: Harrison Ritchie-Jones and Rachel Coulson

Costume Designer: Geoffrey Watson

IMPORTANT EVENT INFORMATION

Doors will open 30 minutes before the performance start time.

Carers/parents must accompany children attending and sit in the show with their child.

WARNINGS


This event contains some Infrequent/Low Pressure Audience Interaction.


ACCESS


This event is wheelchair accessible and gender neutral accessible toilets are available.

Hero photo: Tianyi Liao, Rebecca McCauley

Photography: Gregory Lorenzutti

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Victoria 3015, Australia

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