The Dust Palace
The Dust Palace is a circus theatre company based in Auckland, New Zealand. It was co-founded by actors Eve Gordon and Michael Edward in 2009. [1]
History
In 2009 Eve Gordon created a fringe burlesque show Burlesque As You Like It: Not A Family Show which questioned the place of burlesque in contemporary society and engaged with its political and theatrical beginnings. The company was formed with members of the cast and crew following the success of this show.[2]
The Dust Palace performs original devised works incorporating traditional theatre, physical theatre, dance and circus arts.[3]
In 2012 the Dust Palace leased a warehouse in Auckland suburb Penrose which became their studio [4] and also houses The Dust Palace School which teaches circus skills to adults and children. A scholarship programme was started in 2014 to provide a year's worth of free classes for twelve young people.[5]
Productions
- Burlesque As You Like It: Not A Family Show (2009)
- The Moon's Insane and other stories (2009)
- The Sexy Recession Cabaret (2009) (co-production)
- Love and Money (2010)
- Venus is... (2011)
- Cirque Non Sequitur (2012)
- With a Stranger (2013)
- Same same but different (2013)
- Knock Knock (2013)
- Top of the Heap (2015)
- Orpheus (in development)
References
- ↑ Dekker, Diana (8 March 2013). "A Divine Body of Work". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ↑ The Big Idea (19 September 2012). "TBI Q&A: Eve Gordon". The Big Idea. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ↑ Simei-Barton, Paul (21 February 2013). "Theatre review: Amazing acts of derring do". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ↑ Bertrand, Kelly (9 November 2012). "Mike Edward and Eve Gordon: 'Our unconventional romance'". The New Zealand Woman's Weekly. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ↑ Rogers, Ben (2 July 2014). "Swing in to circus fun". East & Bays Courier. Retrieved 9 March 2015.