Riverside presents Australian Theatre for Young People
PATRICE BALBINA’S CHANCE ENCOUNTER WITH THE END OF THE WORLD
Something unsettling has crept into the neighbourhood. It’s a feeling, a suspicion that disappears when you look at it directly. Patrice Balbina has noticed that small things are starting to disappear. The butcher loses his laugh, the man with the pigeon is losing his patience, and Dad says the government has lost its mind. Even the love of her life seems to be a little further away each day. But you wouldn’t expect the end of the world. Then he rang the doorbell.
Funny, surprising and deeply moving, audiences will see themselves in Patrice, a young Australian girl just like any other, who suddenly has to flee her home to a rickety boat bound for another land. This multi-lingual international production, performed primarily in English, also includes some French, Portuguese and Italian spoken language and takes you on an extraordinary journey.
Patrice Balbina’s Chance Encounter with the End of the World is the final chapter of a two-year international partnership Documents of Poverty of Hope, supported through the European Union’s Cultural Fund.
Suitable for: Ages 10+ and their families
Dates & Times:
SCHOOLS SHOWS
Thursday 12 April at 10:15am & 12:30pm
Friday 13 April at 10:15am
GENERAL PUBLIC SHOWS
Wednesday 11 April at 6:30pm
Director
Fraser Corfield
Dramaturg
Odette Bereska
Choreographer
Jacqueline Gosselin
Production Designer
Ben Pugh
Sound Designer
Pru Montin
Education
Mandy Smith
Stage Manager
Sven Laude
Producer
Dirk Neldner
Photo by
Amelia J Dowd
Photo Design by
Justin Stambouliah
Production Photos by
Ben Pugh
Cast
Nicolas Brites
Holly Fraser
Emilie Leclerc
Guiditta Mingucci
Yves Simard
Suitable for Years 5 – 10
FROM THE PROGRAM COORDINATOR
A show like this, made in collaboration with artists from all over the world by Australia’s premiere youth theatre company, comes along so rarely that you cannot miss it. This show is perfect for giving students a perspective on immigration and refugees that is relevant to them, presenting the issue in a gentle yet moving way. Our student and teacher previewers alike have raved about this show! Inspiring empathy in bounds and presented in a creative and innovative way, it’s sure to engage your students with a very current issue that is hard to get in any other way.
CURRICULUM LINKS
Download the Curriculum Links here: Patrice Balbina’s Chance Encounter With the End of the World Curriculum Links
SCHOOLS BOOKINGS
Download information on how to book here: How to Book
Download Riverside’s Risk Assessment here: 2018 Risk Assessment
ACCESS
Visual Cues: This production has strong visual cues giving students a different reference point for comprehension of the narrative or subject matter.
Download information about access at Riverside here: Access at Riverside