Performer
Donna set up Melbourne Women's Circus, which
is a company of 120 Women based at Footscray Community Arts
Centre in 1991. She has continued her passion for double balancing
and physical theatre since this time.
Donna wrote and performed her one-woman show Car Maintenance
Explosives and Love which has had seasons in Melbourne, Sydney,
Brisbane, Tasmania, the Edinburgh Festival and London. It has
been consistently well received and reviewed.
'The most perfect fusion of writing and performance..'
Phil Dous
The Guardian, London.
Donna directs physical performer Amanda Owen in Body Celebration
of the Machine, which will be performed in October2002 at the
studio of the Sydney Opera House. |
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Performer
| Franca is an acrobat and aerialist. She is a
qualified rigger. She performs with Melbourne's Women's Circus,
which she joined five years ago. Franca is Swiss/Italian and
was a well-known photographer in Switzerland before arriving
in Australia six years ago. She has worked for companies as
a rigger including Club Swing, Women's Circus, and Westside
Youth Circus. Franca is also a prop and costume builder. She
has toured performing both regionally and nationally. |
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Musician performer
| Kim has worked extensively as a composer, musician
and theatre director in both the UK and Australia. She toured
Germany, Holland, Scotland and Ireland with Caravanserai- a
world music performance group. Amongst others Kim has worked
with Opera North UK, Queensland Performing Arts Trust, the Victorian
State Opera, Women's Circus and Performing Older Women. |
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