A crime thriller, a puppet show about Broome's staircase to the moon, and a number of contemporary musicians will tour the Gascoyne, Kimberley and Pilbara, as part of Boost.
Culture and Arts Minister John Day said Boost provided regional audiences with greater access to high quality arts and cultural programs.
"Boost provides performing art groups with the opportunity to take their shows on the road to capture the imagination of audiences in regional towns and communities," Mr Day said.
Theatre Kimberley Inc will tour Staircase to the Moon - a musical and puppet play for children, to the Pilbara and Gascoyne regions.
Perth-based Performing Lines will tour Side Pony Production's new interactive audio theatre piece The Confidence Man, a story of family betrayal, philandering and psychotic menace.
Tura New Music will take the collaborative performance, Reflection, with renowned Aboriginal performers William Barton and Stephen Pigram from Broome through the Kimberley and Pilbara.
Regional Development Minister Terry Redman said Boost gave regional communities access to more and diverse live performances, while developing local skills.
"The program also includes the development of a skills training package for regional staff and volunteers to assist them in hosting and creating touring performing arts shows," Mr Redman said.
"This is an exciting and challenging program and it shows how the State Government's Royalties for Regions program is helping to create vibrant and sustainable regional communities."
Fact File
- Boost is administered by the Department of Culture and the Arts with support from the State Government's Royalties for Regions program
- The next round of grants close on June 18, 2015 for tours beginning January 1, 2016
- For more information, visit http://www.dca.wa.gov.au
Culture and the Arts Minister's office - 6552 6200
Regional Development Minister's office - 6552 6700
Results of Performing Arts Regional Touring Boost Grants Round Two
Theatre Kimberley Inc, Broome, $56,921
Staircase to the Moon - a musical provides opportunities for up to 20 local young people to work with the professional performers. The community engagement strategies include two-day workshops in musical theatre, puppetry and three-dimensional articulated sculptures for young people over eight years.
The musical is based on the book by the Aboriginal author Bronwyn Houston, and refers to the rising moon shining over the mudflats of Roebuck Bay in Broome during low tides, creating an illusion of a staircase.
Side Pony Productions, North Fremantle, $43,868
Administered by Performing Lines NSW, Side Pony Production will tour The Confidence Man, a new theatre piece written by Zoe Pepper from North Fremantle and Adriane Daff from Mount Lawley.
The interactive audio performance invites audiences to experience first-hand a story of family betrayal, philandering and psychotic menace. Six audience members participate with headsets and masks playing characters similar to the action in an interactive game.
Tura New Music, Perth, $30,406
Tura New Music's Reflection will tour extensively throughout the Kimberley and Pilbara regions. Internationally renowned Aboriginal artists William Barton and Stephen Pigram from Broome will be joined by members of the Echo ensemble, Stephen Magnusson from Melbourne, Steve Richter from Fremantle, Tristen Parr from Inglewood, with Perth's Tos Mahoney directing.
Reflection will visit remote Aboriginal communities in Beagle Bay, Djarindjin, Lombadina, and One Arm Point delivering 11 school workshops, pre and post-show activities with local artists and free community concerts.
