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Artback NT Newsletter: From Borroloola to Woodford

— by Anisha Angelroth

On the 28th of December 2023 the Borroloola Woman’s Cultural Song Group together with Dr Shellie Morris AO, took to the stage at Woodford Folk Festival as Arrkula Yinbayarra – Together We Sing to introduce their beautiful album, Waralungku, now available on Bandcamp. Read about this, and more in our latest Newsletter

Stage Whispers: the most outstanding piece of contemporary dance theatre

— by Communications Manager

Powered by unparalleled choreographic vision and invention, and Tom Snowdon’s scorching soundscape, Value for Money is, quite simply, the most outstanding piece of contemporary dance theatre I have ever seen, wrote Geoffrey Williams for Stage Whispers, following the 2021 performance at The Darwin Festival. Read the full review here

BroadwayWorld: Breathtakingly Beautiful

— by Communications Manager

‘The ending of the piece was breathtakingly beautiful and served to bookend a complex and thoroughly engaging work’ – Barry Lenny, Broadway World REVIEW Value for Money Born in London, Barry Lenny was introduced to theatre as a small boy, through being taken to see traditional Christmas pantomimes, as well as discovering jazz and fine

ARTShub: Contemporary dance company recognised for pushing boundaries

— by Communications Manager

Journalist Suzannah Conway spoke with GUTS Dance Co-Artistic Directors Frankie Snowdon & Madeleine Krenek; and Co-Directors, creators and choreographers of the GUTS Dance Production of Value for Money  Sara Black & Jasmine Sheppard, as well as Artback NT’s Performing Arts Manager, Evan Saunders for a feature piece about the boundary pushing gutsy Mparntwe based dance company

Conversations, Some Like it Hot

— by Communications Manager

Some like it hot, is an exhibition curated by Wendy Garden that showcases the work of two accomplished, much lauded and much-loved Northern Territory based artists: Therese Ritchie and Franck Gohier. These artists are well known for their satirical work that combines wit and humour with astute social observation. In this exhibition Garden reflects on

Playing “groove quarantine” tunes from the Desert to the Top End

— by Communications Manager

Fusing blues, rock and funk into a unique desert sound, Purple Patch left their hometown of Alice Springs and headed north on their first tour through the Territory in May 2021. Their tour kicked off at Wide Open Space, then they drove up the Stuart Highway to Tennant Creek and Katherine. Stopping off in Darwin

Turning trash into animated characters through the magic of black light

— by Communications Manager

Rick Knight and the production team from Channel NT caught-up with the creatives from Trash Magic. This new children’s play is being produced by Luminous Productions, an all-abilities theatre company.  The show uses black light theatre and is scheduled to tour the Northern Territory later this year. Behind the light and under the black light