WonderCity is almost ready to welcome its first visitors.

Over the last three months Tantrum’s young ensemble members having been collaborating with professional artists, such as sound designer Huw Jones, to create the audio experience of WonderCity.  Tantrum is unique for its approach to professional theatre making.  Developing new performance work hand-in-hand with young people is not possible without supporters like you so we wanted to share this audio gift as a way of saying thank you for allowing us to wonder what performance can be.

As part of New Annual
September 28, 29 & October 4, 5, 6, 2024
Newcastle CBD

WonderCity invites you to step into a version of Newcastle as imagined by young people, embarking on an intricate journey to uncover surprising realities, alternate perspectives and imagined futures of our city.

Curated by young artists, WonderCity is part game, part performance and part wayfinding adventure, weaving through the CBD among some of Newcastle’s most iconic cultural institutions and landmarks. Follow an audio adventure through a series of activated sites and experience young peoples’ responses to the city through live performance, soundscape, film, and installation.

Location

The event will start at the Civic Park Fountain, and end in Wheeler Place in Newcastle CBD.

Dates

Saturday 28 September
Sunday 29 September
Friday 4 October
Saturday 5 October
Sunday 6 October

Times

2.00 pm and 7.00 pm each day

Duration

75 minutes

Price

Free!
Bookings are essential.

Artists & Collaborators

Created by Tantrum’s combined ensembles of young artists (8-30 years) including the WonderCity Ensemble and Accelerate Ensemble.

Creative Director: Penelope (Nel) Kentish
Creative Team: Barnaby Donaghy, Keltan O’Shea, Jada Laurie, Eryn Leggatt
Sound/Audio Design: Huw Jones
Dramaturg/Outside Eye: Claudia Chidiac

Acknowledgements

Tantrum Youth Arts is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.