Blister

02/08/2019

We are SOLD OUT again tonight!! And only three seats short of selling out for Saturday night too. We have a matinee Saturday 2pm that still has plenty of seats available - don't miss out!!
Bar open from 6pm and after the show xo

01/08/2019

If you need a big warm theatre hug then you should make sure you get along to Blister this week!
We open TONIGHT to a SOLD OUT audience!!

The show was given a huge tick of approval by our preview audience, and we close Saturday. This cast is something special. Xo

http://sales.securetix.net.au/event.php?feed_id=MDAwMTIwMDAwMDcwNDUxMg%3D%3D&event_id=541

31/07/2019

Preview tonight!! The Holden Street bar will be open from 6pm - why not come down for a vino before the show? Or stay for a cerveza afterwards? See you then!

29/07/2019

We only have a handful of tickets left for opening night! We're hanging lights and plotting sound cues, ready for our preview audience on Wednesday night.
There's only 6 shows, so make sure you book in now to secure your spot.
http://www.holdenstreettheatres.com/index.php/What-s-On/blister
Buen Camino!

26/07/2019

Thankyou for promoting our show so fabulously!

Lace up those walking shows, because there's only one more week until Blister lands at HST!

Take a journey across Northern Spain with Rosie, as she traverses the Camino de Santiago on a trek of self discovery 🥾 Inspired by playwright Sarah Peters' own experiences whilst hiking the trail, this heart-warming show is not to be missed! 🎉

For tickets and more information, head to our website:

http://holdenstreettheatres.com/index.php/What-s-On/blister

20/07/2019

Just like the photo this show is like a big warm hug! Another brilliant day of Blister rehearsals.
Tickets are selling fast, so make sure you head to Holden Street Theatres website to book yours - 31st July to the 3rd August.

http://www.holdenstreettheatres.com/index.php/What-s-On/blister

11/07/2019

Blister made it into the paper! We're on Page 6 - 'Drama Inspired by 800km' 😀

06/07/2019

Rehearsals are well under way! Here's a few sneaky behind the scenes shots of the team hard at work.

01/07/2019

Across the last month Kirrily Snape has produced a series of podcast episodes all about Blister. And here they are!

To learn more about the creative team and the process of working with a new play, you can access the full series through Spotify or Anchor:

https://open.spotify.com/show/7ztPDq8ui0n9fPbpHEnbPm

https://anchor.fm/blister

Podcast · Kirrily Snape · In 2016, playwright Sarah Peters walked the Camino de Santiago, an 800-kilometre hike across Northern Spain that has been travelled by pilgrims for centuries. She went to discover the stories of other adventurers - but she also had to confront her own. Drawn from encounte...

30/06/2019

Starting to build set pieces for the show! (There's probably a joke in here about how long it might take a playwright to build a bunk bed with an Allen key...)

17/06/2019

We are beyond thrilled to be working with cellist Rachel Bruerville as the composer for Blister. Rachel is also a singer, arranger and writer - read on for more info!

Rachel Bruerville (b. 1991) composes music for many purposes: to entertain, to educate, and to explore. She calls Adelaide her home, and is active in the musical community as a composer, arranger, cellist, singer, and writer.
Rachel is honoured to have been commissioned by The Hush Foundation for the Hush18 National Composers Project, mentored by Elena Kats Chernin, composing new music to reduce stress and anxiety in children’s hospital environments. She is also completely ecstatic to have been awarded a 2019 Carclew Fellowship, supporting her role as Young Adelaide Voices’ Composer in Residence. Her work has been performed by ensembles including The Australian Chamber Orchestra Collective, The Endeavour Trio, Gondwana Voices, the National Youth Choir of Australia, Sydney Children’s Choir, and the Adelaide Wind Orchestra.
In her life as a performer, she is a core member of the internationally acclaimed Adelaide Chamber Singers, has played for Patch Theatre Company as on-stage cellist in Emily Loves to Bounce (2016-17 tours), and has sung solo with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and Paul Rissmann, Festival of Learning 2017-18. Rachel also has a cat named Larry, and when she’s not in a rehearsal, you might find her hanging out in the Hufflepuff common room.

14/06/2019

Our third and final cast member, who will also be taking on the challenge of performing over 15 characters through his role in Blister is....drum roll please....the wonderful Hew Parham!

Read on to find out all about Hew's extensive performance experience:

Hew is a graduate of Flinders University Drama Centre, Adelaide Australia.
In 2007 Hew was the recipient of the Neil Curnow Award where he studied at The Hunter Gates Academy of Physical Theatre one-year program in Canada. Hew has also extensively trained and mentored in the Pochinko Clowning/Clown through Mask Method with John Turner at The Manitoulin Conservatory for Creation and Performance (MCCP). In 2009 Hew returned to Manitoulin Island where he undertook a three-month mentorship to further his skills with Turner. In 2013 Hew received a grant from Arts SA to work with British Physical Comedy troupe Spymonkey in London, England.

Hew has developed several solo shows with his comedic characters – including Odyssey Schmodyssey which played at the Sanguenay Fringe Festival in Quebec, Canada as well as the Amuse Bouche New York Clown Theatre Festival; The Giovanni Experiment and Giovanni! which also played at the New York Clown Theatre Festival in September 2014 and more recently at The Wonderland Festival in Brisbane, Australia. In 2016 Hew was commissioned to produce a new work at The Adelaide Cabaret Festival Rudi’s The Rinse Cycle.

In 2017 Hew was employed by Melbourne based company Bunk Puppets to tour their show Sticks Stones Broken Bones to Norway, Germany and China. Hew won the 2004 Melbourne Fringe Award for Best Spoken Word Performance for Pounding Nails into the Floor with My Forehead, other credits includes: The Tension of Opposites (Capture The Flag Collective/Adhocracy); Me and My Shadow (Patch Theatre Company); Superheroes (Stone/Castro); Gorge (Brink Productions); Big Smoke (Riverland Youth Theatre Company); Boo! (Windmill Performing Arts); Berlin Cabaret (Weimar Productions); Significant Others (Oddbodies); Tomfoolery (Loaded Productions); and Don’s Party (Holden Street Theatre).

Hew has also directed Light Minded (AC Arts); The Good Doctor (Accidental Productions); The Little Blue Parcel and Mouth Music (Tutti Arts) and devised the performance No Strings versus Godzilla with No Strings Theatre of Disability. He is the resident Clown teacher at Flinders University.