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Scratch NightsScratch Nights are explorations into strange new performance territory, designed to give artists the opportunity to test out their riskier ideas in a high-risk, low-stakes environment.
Event History:
Initially started as a space to develop our own work, we found the forum to be incredibly rewarding as a testing ground for new ideas and material - some of which took us by surprise to spawn whole new works. We wanted to share this good thing, so we opened the floor to any artist of the live persuasion interested in genuine performance experimentation. Joel operated Scratch Nights on the first Wednesday of every month, between 2013-14. The series then evolved into bigger standalone Scratch Nachts, produced by Simon Haren and Sabrina Martin and George Fenn, the first of which took place at Fringe 2015, with over 150 guests, 20 acts, 3 bands and 2 noise complaints, subsequently winning "Innovative Concept" at the Fringe Awards Click here to see past Scratch Night and Scratch Nacht lineups! |
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Posties
Wellington's most reliable and professional workers hand deliver your letters with only a loose descriptions of the intended recipient for an address. Secret Secret Party Party and BATS Theatre Christmas Party 2013 LitCrawl 2014 and 2015 |
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Awards BoothA private booth where everyone's a winner. For BATS Theatre Christmas Party, 2013 |
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JustSpeakBinge Culture in Parliament!
We worked with justice reform group JustSpeak to use performance as a means to achieve their aim "to empower young people from all walks of life to think independently and speak out about justice issues that they care about or affect them." Simon and Fi facilitated a workshop at JustSpeak Camp 2012 and caused havoc at a reception at New Zealand's Parliament, by asking several hundred guests to take part in the performance. We collaborated on critical-thinking based performative exercises at JustSpeak forums. For JustSpeak, 2012 |
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Soundtrack to the Daily GrindPassangers break into song on a bus without warning, more passengers embark and join in. For NZ Fringe Festival 2011 and the Christchurch Arts Festival 2011 With Joel, Jake and Owen Baxendale, Erin Banks, Bryony Skillington and Gareth Hobbs, and support from Creative New Zealand. |
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Alien GalaxyThree Forward.
One Left. Laser Attack. One small step for man, one giant leap for turn based theatre. Following the uncompromising instructions of the mission control cassette tape, our two commanders must navigate the perilous ALIEN GALAXY. Will rockets from the green planet destroy them? Will they die in the soundless vacuum of space? And can the volunteer laser operators be trusted to follow orders? A short sketch for Sebastian Sommer's Bite Size Theatre. 2010 Photo: Astrid Gleichmann |
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random street theatreWe've performed on Wellington's Cuba Street and in Midland Park, on Auckland's Queen Street and K Road, in Dunedin's Octagon and at Otago University In the early days we thought it might be useful to rehearse on the street. It was definitely cheaper. |
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Videos for Mash PitIn 2010 we made a series of short videos for a now defunct comedy website.
Featuring: the Panda on a hard night on Courtney Place, our recent status updates, a dancing boy, and more... The idea was to download them, mess them up, or just enjoy them as they are! Kind of like a council assigned street art wall to Youtube's random graffitti, which is probably why it failed. |
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Street Reaping Angels of Death were sighted roaming the streets of Wellington. It could have been something to do with Jo Randerson's Good Night The End at Downstage. Or maybe they just wanted to get out and enjoy the sunshine.
For Barbarian Productions, 2009 Photo: Dominika Zielinska |
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Gatecrashing Pick of the FringeWe did three nights of sideshow performances, 29th April, 1st and 2nd May 2009, around the other acts. We played a live status sign game and a facebook quiz game in the bar, built our cardboard model of Wellington behind the seating block, and had a kind of confessional operating in the men's loos. For Downstage Theatre, 2009 |
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The Anomaly OpensWe performed at Canaan Downs Festival at New Years 2009. Festival organizer Simon Kong described the show as "[an] out of this world, on target, contemporary, topical, engaged performance provided professionally in a inhospitable environment… a phenomenal success where many others have failed and fled.”
The picture is of the set for our main performance. There is a video of the set and bits of the performance here and photos here. For Cannan Downs Festival, 2008/09 |