A parting shot from the 2high Festival Team - 12.35am on Sunday, 30 October 2011.
Happy Festival!
A parting shot from the 2high Festival Team - 12.35am on Sunday, 30 October 2011.
Happy Festival!
Wowee!! 2high Festival 2011 had officially had its mess cleaned up! Its been a week - we’ve been rested, and had a moment to collect ourselves.
We’re also getting through photographs and videos from all our talented 2high Photographers - they’re up on Facebook if you want to take a sneaky peak!
The 2high Team wants to thank every volunteer, audience member, mentor, board member, family, friend and foe for coming along to this year’s festival.
It wouldn’t have been a mess of fun without each and every one of you!
For now, enjoy the photos and this special video of the day :)
Thanks to Allyson Alapont for this great vid!
4rum for the Future
What: Forum Event/Discussion/Backbone Programme
Where: Visy Theatre
When: Saturday 29 October 2011: 10.00 – 10.45 Australia and the ‘Asian Century’/10.50 – 12.30 Open Spaces Dialogue
We’ve got a fabulous forum in the midst of all the artistic excitement tomorrow at 2high Festival!
The BOUNCE: Future Voices Forum will being at 10am to kick off the festival. Come along - register, have your voice heard or just sit and listen to where the future of our arts industry is going :)
Now that we’ve got your taste buds tingling for some messy fun tomorrow, we’re putting a challenge out to you!
CAPTURE THE MESS is our photography competition! When you’re at the festival, take as many snaps as you’d like to capture the mess all around you!
Post it to our Facebook or Twitter with your level of experience by 5pm SHARP, Sunday 30 October, and go in the draw to win:
A ‘Day in the Life’ Package from Madhouse Studios. Creative Director Jen Dainer will come along to a shoot you have organised (either a job, or a portfolio shoot) and give you on the ground, real time, and commercial advice on how to shoot, light and edit it.
OR
One of two 4-hour studio hire packages at Allchromes Professional Colour Laboratory and Studio
AND MAYBE EVEN
A ‘Job Review’ Package from Madhouse Studios. Creative director, Jen Dainer, will take one of your jobs, shoots, projects or collections of work you’ve done on a theme and review it with you
Amateurs (like myself!) or pros are all welcome :) WOOOO!
Its now day 3 of bump in! Crazy to think 2high Festival begins TOMORROW!!
Some tantalising shots to get you in the mood for the festival ahead :)
OH, and incase you’ve forgotten it’s also halloween this weekend! We 2highers (always) highly encourage the use of costumes and dress ups for special occasions :)
SEE YOU TOMORROW!
We’re lucky ducks, dead beat band are playing 7.30pm - THIS SATURDAY at 2high Festival!
I seriously am in love! I wouldn’t miss them :) Want more?? Listen to them: deadbeatbandisaband
ohh yes yeah love a first sight!
Listen to Sunshine Ensemble
Ok, so I know it’s an array of posts about musicians, but to be honest we only post what we really love!
Sunshine Ensemble is no exception :) You may have heard them play at Lambda along with Guineafowl (Syd). BUT if, like me, you haven’t had the pleasure to see them live 2high is definitely your chance.
Check them out, take a listen. There’s definitely something about them :)
OH and they were just on 4ZZZ too :) we’ll see if we can try and snag a podcast!
Incase you haven’t heard, David Burton (Writer) and Claire Christian (director) have put together a stellar show! They’ve teamed up to create ‘Sex and Sensibility’ (click the link for the FB event!) and with two talents such as themselves I have a feeling it’s going to be a killer performance :)
5 DAYS!
We hope you’re getting as excited for next saturday as we are!!
Check out the program now, so you can plan your day revelling in mess with us at the Powerhouse.
If you get lost virtually, keep your eyes out for our nifty postcards which are scattered all around our fair city (and also have the program on the back)
See you at the Powerhouse!
2high School Winners!
Congratulations to our three 2high School winners who will be joining us at 2high Festival on 29 October :D
A Trip With Sid (Padua College)
Everlasting Forest - James Pike
And Evoke - by Sam Maclean and Brandon Dowery (QACI) (check out some teaser video stills below!)
Bang Bang Boss Kelly just wanted you to know something (watch video now!)
We seriously have 2 much fun at 2high Festival :)
OFFICIALLY TEN DAYS UNTIL THE FESTIVAL! YAHOO
A Fixate(tion) on Haven: Q&A with Ray and Tom
Fixate Productions - an emerging production company headed up by Thomas Noble and Ray Sondergaard - bring to 2high Festival a brand new and brutal work ‘Haven’ (click the link for more info!)
We had a little Q&A session with these two clever creatives about the piece, the team and some other little nick-nacks and pearls of brainiac brilliance:
1. Where did ‘Haven’ come from?
RAY: From a place that loves theatricality and dirty fun. The work takes its stimulus from Nick Cave and the Bad Seed’s album ‘The Murder Ballads’ and has been in development for just over a year. It was originally our graduating work (then called ‘These Lovely Creatures’) but I think that it comes from a place of curiosity about the bad stuff….the nasty’s that we keep in our closet…from our dark desires and our most beautiful nightmares.
2. 3 things/artists/genres that inspired the production?
RAY: Nick Cave, Tom Wiats, dirty side shows and the underground
3. If your team were a 90’s cartoon show which show would you be and why?
TOM: Probably a mix of the energy of the ninja turtles, but the bizarreness of Fraggle Rock. Those were some scary ass monsters.
4. What are you looking forward to seeing at the festival?
TOM: I’m looking forward to all the different works that Fen Lan is doing. She’s working with some great artists in Brisbane, and its a great cross cultural collision that will be beautiful
RAY: MESS!! I’m looking forward to the energy of the festival, there is already a buzz around brisbane about it. I can’t wait to meet new artists doing ballsy stuff and engaging with new works. *ballsy is not a word, I realise, so perhaps… challenging? exciting?… they don’t have quite the same ring though…
5. Advice to aspiring theatre/cabaret/performance makers?
RAY: Do it until it hurts. Never stop digging into materials or ideas that you love. Enjoy the process, ask for help, respect your fellow artists and never listen to your fear.
6. A quote you LOVE?
TOM: A quote - If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree. (Jim Rohn)
It promises to be a gut-punchingly good performance :) Can’t wait to see you guys in action, Fixate!
MENISCUS @ 2high Festival
What an awesome site for Meniscus, another one of our amazing artists who will be playing at 2high Festival this year :)
Check out their website to keep up to date with band news, read reviews and, of course, listen to some totally tasty tunes!
POSTERS ARE IN!!
And they’ll be poppin’ up in a surburb near YOU this weekend ;)
KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED, BANANA STYLE….
Snapped a pic of Rave magazine’s promotion of 2highschool!! Yay.
Entires close 9.00pm, Saturday 15 October.
Good luck!!
