POCKET FULL OF KNIVES
Youth-devised play about self esteem & suicide
In collaboration with Yass and Crookwell High drama students.
4th - 6th July
Financial assistance received from the Commonwealth Regional Arts Fund,
Goulburn's Community Drug Action Team & Goulburn Mulwaree Council

The Lieder Blues

The Lieder Youth Theatre Company will be presented their popular Fire show in Belmore Park as part of this year's Blues Festival. Friday 8th and Saturday 9th February.

The fire manipulation and acrobatics display has become a spectacular feature of the blues Festival over the years highlighting the young talent emerging from the community via the Lieder. Performers from past shows have gone onto studying performing arts around Australia and even taken up professional careers in street theatre, circus and on stage.

This years fire show is titled Firesong and features the skills of a number of the Lieder Youth Theatre members including Kirby Medway, David Nell, Josh Waters, Mark Churchill, Katherine Rayner, Grace Nell, Lillian Dorman, Craig Gordon, Josh Churchill, Shelley Taylor, Linden Fennamore, and Alyssa Medway.

Local composer, Paul Paviour has contributed music to the production alongside music chosen by the Company to perform to. Peter McLaren has also assisted on the musical side of the production.

Firesong, commencing at 9pm, will last approximately forty-five minutes. It will involve sequences with fire staff, diabolo, a fire bike, fire juggling, poi, fire sculptures and much more. The show is assisted by adult members of the Lieder including Pauline J Mullen, Bill Dorman, Colin Simson, Marc Nell, Alan Churchill, Brian Richardson, Lee Gray, John Knops and Craig Edwards.

A highlight this year will be the inclusion of live and pre-recorded video footage screened throughout the show created by local young filmmaker, James McPaul and Bill Dorman.

Firesong has been created by the performers under the guidance of Artistic Director, Chrisjohn Hancock.

Funding to assist with this event has been gratefully received from Goulburn Mulwaree Council.

Members of the Lieder Youth Theatre will be out and about during Saturday 9th entertaining the Blue's crowd in Belmore Park with clowning, street theatre, face painting and stilting. Anyone who would like to try their hand at walking on stilts will be given a chance during the day with assistance from some of the Lieder Youth. These activities have been sponsored by ActewAGL.

This year the Lieder Theatre in Goldsmith Street is an official venue for the Blues Festival with performances happening on Saturday afternoon and evening and Sunday afternoon. Check out the blues guide for details or phone the Lieder Theatre for information on 48215066.