Sector: Building Cultural Understanding / Society and Culture
Country location: Republic of Korea
Grantee: The Last Great Hunt Inc

Project Description

Arielle Gray, Chris Isaacs and Tim Watts, the team behind the international multi-award winning production The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer, have created another heartfelt adventure. Using puppetry, mask, animation and live performance, they deliver a grand epic western about redemption and dementia.

An old man wanders into the wild. As the sun sets, he is swept up in a surreal western, on the run from a mysterious tracker hell-bent on hunting him down.

Itʼs Dark Outside is "a rare triumph of theatrical ingenuity and human compassion" (The West Australian).

Using a constantly creative, beguiling and touching blend of live performance, puppetry and animation, featuring an original music score by award winning composer Rachael Dease, the performers tell the story of memory loss ʻwith poetic insight and lightness of touch that makes it moving and uplifting to watchʼ (The Australian).

Key dates:

Seongnam Arts Festival, Seongnam Korea, 21 September 2016

The Last Great Hunt Monthly Mailout, Perth Australia, 01 September 2016

Social media: https://www.facebook.com/thelastgreathunt/ @tlgtheatre http://www.thelastgreathunt.com

Australia-Korea Foundation grant offer: $12,400.00

Total project value: $28,400.00