"Theatre to disable your intellect and stimulate your imagination.."
“...provocative, challenging and very entertaining...”
Welcome to Different Light Theatre Trust
Based in Christchurch, New Zealand we are a mixed ability theatre company
Despite a difficult year Different Light is still here. After the February quake we had classes and rehearsals up and running again by March 13th, thanks to the generosity of the International Buddhist Centre.
In fact, despite all the difficulties, this is the third performance by Different Light this year. In June, with help from the CPIT Foundation, Christchurch City Council and the Society for Disability Studies, we were able to allow Glen Burrows, Ben Morris and Isaac Tait to perform at the Society for Disability Studies Conference in San Jose, California. This was a great experience for all concerned and a great success. In October, we were pleased to collaborate with Free Theatre Christchurch, TV chef, Richard Till and Richard Gough from the Centre for Performance Research in Wales, on The Earthquake in Chile, presented in and around St Mary's Church in Addington. This gave the performers the chance to work more collaboratively and to explore site-specific performance in the wider community.
Some ongoing projects have had to be put on hold this year: a tour of Christchurch secondary schools and the further development of the weekend course at CPIT into a more extensive full-time course with a meaningful qualification. For 2012, though, we have received invitations to performance festivals: Ludus Festival Leeds at PSi and Denver SDS and the offer of a cultural exchange with Mind the Gap Theatre Company in Bradford. We are currently seeking funding to allow us to accept these invitations. Downstage Theatre in Wellington are also keen for us to tour a performance there later in 2012.
Still Lives is really a snapshot of where the group is. Much of the work done this year by Paul McCaffrey, Stuart Lloyd-Harris and Kim Garrett has been developmental work with the larger group. The first half involves all the members of the group. The second half is a presentation of the performance by the three actors first staged in San Jose and now brought back to Christchurch.
With help from a lot of people, Different Light is still here: Different Light still lives.
In fact, despite all the difficulties, this is the third performance by Different Light this year. In June, with help from the CPIT Foundation, Christchurch City Council and the Society for Disability Studies, we were able to allow Glen Burrows, Ben Morris and Isaac Tait to perform at the Society for Disability Studies Conference in San Jose, California. This was a great experience for all concerned and a great success. In October, we were pleased to collaborate with Free Theatre Christchurch, TV chef, Richard Till and Richard Gough from the Centre for Performance Research in Wales, on The Earthquake in Chile, presented in and around St Mary's Church in Addington. This gave the performers the chance to work more collaboratively and to explore site-specific performance in the wider community.
Some ongoing projects have had to be put on hold this year: a tour of Christchurch secondary schools and the further development of the weekend course at CPIT into a more extensive full-time course with a meaningful qualification. For 2012, though, we have received invitations to performance festivals: Ludus Festival Leeds at PSi and Denver SDS and the offer of a cultural exchange with Mind the Gap Theatre Company in Bradford. We are currently seeking funding to allow us to accept these invitations. Downstage Theatre in Wellington are also keen for us to tour a performance there later in 2012.
Still Lives is really a snapshot of where the group is. Much of the work done this year by Paul McCaffrey, Stuart Lloyd-Harris and Kim Garrett has been developmental work with the larger group. The first half involves all the members of the group. The second half is a presentation of the performance by the three actors first staged in San Jose and now brought back to Christchurch.
With help from a lot of people, Different Light is still here: Different Light still lives.