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Thanks to everyone - the actors, writers and audience members - who contributed to another fun scratch night this week h...
12/06/2026

Thanks to everyone - the actors, writers and audience members - who contributed to another fun scratch night this week hosted by Elbow Room 👏

Eight playwrights sharing new works in development, each paired with a song that fuelled the writing in some way. It was incredible to watch bring these scripts come to life.

And a shout out to our 🪩 DJ Jof O’Farrell 🪩 who took us to the dancefloor afterwards.

Stay tuned to hear about future scratch nights at Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre.

📸 Lord Media

For a non-verbal production, how might a dramaturg serve the team? We asked this of In Shadows dramaturg, Haneen Mahmood...
10/06/2026

For a non-verbal production, how might a dramaturg serve the team? We asked this of In Shadows dramaturg, Haneen Mahmood Martin:

“Working on this production has been an opportunity to further play with sharing a folklore that is extremely familiar to me through artforms that I grew up with, bolstered by the energy and rigour of the rest of the team. Dramaturgy isn’t solely a text-based practice. I’ve been utilising the many wonderful conversations I’ve had with the team to ensure that the performance that you see aligns with the world we’ve created.”

We can’t wait to see how this team transforms Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre.

For more information, visit the Darebin Arts website.

In Shadows (Dalam Bayang-Bayang)
24 – 28 June
Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre

Creative Team
Performer & Choreographer: Janette Hoe
Puppeteers: Bronwen Kamasz and Vanessa Ellis
Director, Puppetry Design and Set Design: Liang Luscombe
Puppetry Devising: Liang Luscombe and Bronwen Kamasz
Musical Director: Isobel D'Cruz Barnes
Live Music: Hantu
Lighting Designers: Amelia Lever Davidson, Giovanna Yate Gonzalez
Costumes: Geoffrey Watson
Producer and Dramaturg: Haneen Mahmood Martin
Production and Stage Manager: Harry Dowling

Tonight award-winning indie theater company Elbow Room will host another exciting scratch night at Northcote Town Hall A...
09/06/2026

Tonight award-winning indie theater company Elbow Room will host another exciting scratch night at Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre.

Tonight the following artists will have ten minutes each to present new works-in-progress based on the music that inspires them to do your thing: Tracy Achieng, Jade Breen, Melinda Butel, Alex Duncan, Lilli-Rose Lawrence, Olivia Richardson, Zuzanna Teresa, and Maroussia Vladi.

➡ Tix are available: https://tinyurl.com/39pvf97f

All are welcome!

Speakeasy Scratch Night: Mix Tape
hosted by Elbow Room
📆 Tuesday 9 June, 7pm
📍 Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre, 189 High Street, Northcote
🎟 Tix $10 +booking fee

05/06/2026

Choreographer and performer Janette Hoe lends her craft to retell a classic Southeast Asian folklore about the potianiak.

“For me, choreographing in this context begins from the inside out. As a Butoh and somatic practitioner, my process is about sensing and inhabiting a state of being.
Shadows excite me because they extend the imagination beyond what a physical body alone can do. They distort, but they also reveal. I feel in this work, shadows and Butoh go hand in hand — you can’t have one without the other, just like light and dark, conscious and unconscious. Working in this space has only deepened my fascination with the unexpected — in performance, and in life.” – Janette Hoe

We can’t wait to see Janette and these shadow puppets soon.

In Shadows (Dalam Bayang-Bayang)
24 – 28 June
Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre

For more information, check out the Darebin Arts website.

Artists – we want to hear from you! Expressions of Interest are open for our 2027 Darebin Arts Speakeasy presentation pr...
28/05/2026

Artists – we want to hear from you!

Expressions of Interest are open for our 2027 Darebin Arts Speakeasy presentation program. We are seeking new works of theatre, dance, circus, live art and everything in between, for presentation at Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre or Darebin Arts Centre in 2027.

Applications close on Sunday 14 June. All information about how to apply can be found on the Darebin Arts website: https://arts.darebin.vic.gov.au/Programs-and-opportunities/Opportunities/Speakeasy-2027-Presentation-Application

📷 Sarah Walker: Bloomshed’s Pride & Prejudice
📷 Gregory Lorenzutti: Mature Skin by Gabrielle Fallen
📷 Darren Gill: SLOP by Aviva Endean and Rebecca Jensen
📷 Darren Gill: Tantrum for 6 by Harrison Ritchie-Jones
📷 Tom Noble: AUNTY by BEAT ENTERTAINMENT

27/05/2026

Visual artist Liang Luscombe, musician Isobel D’Cruz Barnes and dramaturg Haneen Mahmood Martin have been collecting different accounts of the pontianak folktale. Perhaps the most famous figure in Southeast Asian folklore, she is a woman who either died during childbirth or by the hands of her jealous husband, and someone who only haunts men or haunts both men and children.

Find out what happens in their version staged at Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre.

Tix available through the link in the bio.

In Shadows (Dalam Bayang-Bayang)
24 – 28 June
Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre

Creative Team
Performer & Choreographer: Janette Hoe
Puppeteers: Bronwen Kamasz and Vanessa Ellis
Director, Puppetry Design and Set Design: Liang Luscombe
Puppetry Devising: Liang Luscombe and Bronwen Kamasz
Musical Director: Isobel D'Cruz Barnes
Live Music: Hantu
Lighting Designers: Amelia Lever Davidson and Giovanna Yate Gonzalez
Costumes: Geoffrey Watson
Producer and Dramaturg: Haneen Mahmood Martin
Production and Stage Manager: Harry Dowling

Final performances of SLOP by Aviva Endean and Rebecca Jensen this weekend: the season must close 23 May.Don't miss this...
22/05/2026

Final performances of SLOP by Aviva Endean and Rebecca Jensen this weekend: the season must close 23 May.

Don't miss this immersive sensory smorgasbord, which "offers a sharp reflection on how life is being shaped by excess, digital systems, and distortion..." (My Melbourne Arts)

🎟️ Tickets via the Darebin Arts website: https://arts.darebin.vic.gov.au/Programs-and-opportunities/Programs/Speakeasy-presentations/Slop
📅Until 23 May
📍 Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre
➡️ Presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy
📷 Darren Gill

Performer/Choreographer: Rebecca Jensen
Performer/Composer: Aviva Endean
Sound Engineer/Operator: Alex Mraz
Lighting Designer/Technical Manager: Alex Nguyen
Costume and Set Designer: Romanie Harper
Creative Producer: Anna Nalpantidis

This Saturday, Elbow are running their final Open Practice Development Session as part of their residency at Northcote T...
21/05/2026

This Saturday, Elbow are running their final Open Practice Development Session as part of their residency at Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre. This FREE session, 'Who's My Audience?', is a chance to dive into this crucial step in creating a new work. Registrations are essential as places are limited.

Connect with fellow artists and be led by the company, who will offer exercised and provocations to help you brainstorm and refine your ideas. Open to artists at any stage of your practice!

📅 Saturday 23 May, 12.30pm
📍 Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre
➡️ All info and registrations via the Darebin Arts website: https://arts.darebin.vic.gov.au/Whats-on/Elbow-Room-Open-Practice
📷 Lord Media

The reviews are in! SLOP is “a muddy symphony that holds new possibilities for cross-disciplinary performance.” (Dance A...
20/05/2026

The reviews are in! SLOP is “a muddy symphony that holds new possibilities for cross-disciplinary performance.” (Dance Australia)

Performances of SLOP by Aviva Endean and Rebecca Jensen continue this week. Tonight’s show is SOLD OUT, and the rest of the week is selling fast.

🎟️ Tickets via the Darebin Arts website: https://arts.darebin.vic.gov.au/Programs-and-opportunities/Programs/Speakeasy-presentations/Slop
📅Until 23 May
📍 Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre
➡️ Presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy
📷 Darren Gill

Performer/Choreographer: Rebecca Jensen
Performer/Composer: Aviva Endean
Sound Engineer/Operator: Alex Mraz
Lighting Designer/Technical Manager: Alex Nguyen
Costume and Set Designer: Romanie Harper
Creative Producer: Anna Nalpantidis

14/05/2026

Congratulations to the SLOP team following an incredible opening night performance!
🔊 SOUND ON 🔊

Dive into this murky world of sound and movement whilst you can! Performances continue this week and next. Book now to avoid missing out.

🎟️ Tickets via the Darebin Arts website: https://bit.ly/48VzvVY
📅Until 23 May
📍 Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre
➡️ Presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy
🎥 Takeshi Kondo

Performer/Choreographer: Rebecca Jensen
Performer/Composer: Aviva Endean
Sound Engineer/Operator: Alex Mraz
Lighting Designer/Technical Manager: Alex Nguyen
Costume and Set Designer: Romanie Harper
Creative Producer: Anna Nalpantidis

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