“Nicola Gunn’s theatre is tantalising, entertaining and often bewildering in the best possible way.”
Herald Sun (on Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster)
Wed 21 Feb 3:35pm - 3:45pm
Powerhouse Theatre | Brisbane Powerhouse
10 mins

Nicola Gunn


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THEATRE
12 Years+
PRESENTED BY MTC WITH THE SUPPORT OF CAMPO

WORKING WITH CHILDREN

A show about the moral and ethical complexity of artists working with children and other social taboos.

Just imagine a woman who works with children. Now imagine a man who works with children. Imagine the woman has a secret that she’s ashamed of and the man says and does things in private he wouldn’t want made public. Fortunately there are regulations in place to protect children from dark emotions and the vulnerability of reality.

Collaborating with Pol Heyvaert from internationally renowned Belgian company CAMPO, Nicola Gunn uses her distinctive humour and fierce social critique to explore the moral and ethical complexity of working with children, shame and other social taboos.

Image: Justin Ridler

Nicola Gunn

Nicola Gunn is an award-winning writer, director, performer and designer, who combines text, choreography and visual art to make contemporary performance in response to a self-generated impulse to tell a story or explore a form.

Since 2002 she has been using subversive humour and a sly disdain for convention and existing power structures to find parallels between personal experiences and larger social realities.

She has received commissions from Melbourne Theatre Company, Malthouse, Chunky Move, Field Theory and Performing Lines/Mobile States. Her recent works include the award-winning Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster and Mermermer.

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