THESE SHOWS APPEARED AT THE VILLAGE
Here is an incomplete list of some of the artists that we work with. Go and see them if they are doing something near to you. They are good as gold.

Coracle
Rebecca Rutter’s gorgeous projection/performance work.
A story of the sea. A cartoon. A spectacular with overhead projector and boat...
An underground legend finally having a public season.
- redbec's my space

A Girl and Her Squid
Tassie based physical theatre and circus act.
Featuring a girl who eats glass and a contortionist in the bath.
With great music and visuals.

How To Modify Your Mini

Tristan Stowards cult hit from the last Village.
Part lecture, part love story: everything you need to know about engines.

The Caravan Of Love

The ladies return from Snowmanlandia with songs of desire and stories from another place.
Fall under the spell.
- caravan of love

Some Day My Prince Will Come

Amanda Armstrong’s mini classic.
Four solo performers and a little house.

The Shitt Family Puppets

Megan Cameron, Sarah Kriegler, Jacob Williams and guests.
Top puppetry, mostly for grown ups.
See the Shitt Family legend grow.

The Town Bikes

The best couple of hard dancers in town.
Fresh from the triumphant season of Milk.
This is what you want. Not to be missed.
- town bikes

Black Hole
They are going to do the Chicken Cabaret.
Rarely seen. Always remembered. Two nights only.
But we’re not going to tell you which ones.

Bird Man

The Bird Man makes his Village debut. (Can’t think why its taken so long.)
He’ll do his thing in a variety show with the marvelous Daniel Oldaker and bewitching Rani Huszar.
Sure to please.

Silent Box
Fantastic live soundtracks to 20’s silent film gems.
Massively popular at the last Village. This is really, really good.

Hamlet

Short Attention Span’s smash hit 20 minute retelling of perhaps the finest play ever written.
The Bard’s first foray into The Village.

The Penny Machinations

Every body loves them. And so do we.
Every night they will delight us with a selection of highlights from their menu of three minutes wonders.
Including “Berina Of Mystery”, “Bearded Margie” and the well liked “Silhouetted Lady.”

Lazlo Steigenberger’s Film Booth

Soon to be everyone’s favourite misanthrope.
Check out Lazlo’s 20 second missives from earth to outer space.
Here’s one to whet your appetite.
- cancelled.com.au

 

Music

Croque Monsieur
The Village House Band. Gypsy punks. 100% the business.
- croque monsieur - listen now

The Night Sky

Sultry European standards. Seductive. Danceable. Formidable!

The Wikkimen
A new treat. Hawaiian Roots music. Or should that be Hula Pop.
Whatever. Good stuff.

The Dilapidated Diva
She has been hiding for little while.
But she’s back with a new outfit and an attitude. Gorgeous virtuosity.
With Justin Holland on keyboard.

Adam Simmons is going to do something.

With saxophones. Probably more than one. You know it will be good.
- Adam Simmons

 

Roving and Outdoors

Feetbus

Just back from conquering the bus malls of Europe,
the Feetbus will stop all stations at the Village.
A welcome return from a favourite of last year.
- feettheatre.com

Beck Rutter and Peat Moss’s - Washing Machine Magic Show

 

For Kids
Saturday Afternoon is all about families.
From midday to 5pm there will be heaps of extra’s for kids.

Including:

Fin

A simple tale of growing up and letting go. Finding your own path and following it.
Hand lives on his own, he’s cleaning up his groovy pad one day when a child appears in a vase where a bright red flower once was. This is weird…………and hey it gets weirder.
A puppet show with 1 small puppet, a very dapper hand
and some extraordinarily beautiful music by Hope Csutoros and Helen Mountford.
Performed by puppeteer Megan ‘Tex’ Cameron
and set in a small red striped puppet booth fin is a gentle comedy with no words.
A visual laugh. A simple story..

There Was An Old Woman…
Amanda Armstrong’s lovely retelling of the old story.
She really does swallow that stuff…
You can see it inside her…

Fashion Show
Saturday arvo we’ll do a fashion show.
The kids make the clothes. The grownups wear them on the catwalk.
Another return of an old favourite.

Story telling in the Bep Baii
Story telling in the smallest tent in the world.
Sessions for little ones and for older ones too.

 

Dog show
Around about 1PM there will be a dog show.
Featuring best dressed dog, Tug Of War with a Soft Toy,
Fetch the stick Rover, and Who’s a Good Dog Then? Bring your dogs. Prizes! Bones!
Details soon…

The Silent Landscape Project returns to The Village
with a slow deliberate walk for reconciliation.
Join a ritual walk into the park, culminating in a smoking ceremony.
Details soon. In conjunction with the Victorian Aboriginal Housing Trust.

 

PLUS MORE!

 

The Village Artistic Directors - Ian Pidd, Suzanne Kalk and Stuart Vaskess
The Village was first created for the Art Is… festival in Horsham.