The Emergence Co

06/09/2017

HUGE Congratulations to all the PAWA 2015/2016 Winners! Simply wonderful to see so many of our incredibly talented friends and colleagues recognised for their work over two amazing years of Perth theatre!

Congratulations to Monday night's winners (seen here with the Hon. David Templeman MLA, Minister for Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries)!

It was a spectacular night - 22 winners, 130 nominations and over 140 guests. We felt honoured to celebrate Perth's performing arts community. Congratulations and thank you!

BEST NEWCOMER

2015 – Shannen Alyce, "Next To Normal", Black Swan State Theatre Company
2016 – Megan Kozak, "Clinton: The Musical", Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)

2015 – Joel Horwood, "Next To Normal", Black Swan State Theatre Company
2016 – Brendan Hanson, "Clinton: The Musical", Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)

2015 – Alison van Reeken, "Dinner", Black Swan State Theatre Company
2016 – Andrea Gibbs, "The Mars Project", The Blue Room Theatre & The Skeletal System

BEST DESIGN IN ANY MEDIUM

2015 – Trent Suidgeest, "The Rabbits" (for Lighting), Barking Gecko Theatre Company & Opera Australia
2016 – India Mehta, "So Long Suckers" (for Set), Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

BEST MUSIC

2015 – Suzanne Kosowitz, "Multiverse Theory In D" (for Musical Direction), The Blue Room Theatre & Ellandar
2016 – Ash Gibson Greig, "Angels In America" (for Composition), Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR (MALE)

2015 – Steve Turner, "Dinner", Black Swan State Theatre Company
2016 – Maitland Schnaars, "Hobo", The Blue Room Theatre & Jeffrey the Cat Productions

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)

2015 – Shannen Alyce, "Next To Normal", Black Swan State Theatre Company
2016 – Alison van Reeken, "Grounded", The Blue Room Theatre & Red Ryder Productions

BEST DIRECTOR

2015 – Mel Cantwell, "From The Rubble", Perth Theatre Company
2016 – Adam Mitchell, "Clinton: The Musical", Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST NEW WORK

2015 – "Monroe & Associates", Tim Watts & Anthony Watts
2016 – "The Great Ridolphi", Chris Isaacs, Adam Mitchell & Steve Turner

BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

2015 – "Those Who Fall In Love Like Anchors Dropped Upon The Ocean Floor", The Blue Room Theatre & Jo Morris & Renee Newman
2016 – "Grounded", The Blue Room Theatre & Red Ryder Productions

BEST PRODUCTION

2015 – The Rabbits, Barking Gecko Theatre Company & Opera Australia
2016 – Clinton: The Musical, Black Swan State Theatre Company

(Image by Monica Defendi Photography.)

28/01/2016

Opening in under a week, we are all set to get Under This Sun back up and rolling at PICA - Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts!

25/01/2016

"It's better than being stuck at home, that's for sure." - Cooper (Peter Lane Townsend).

Cooper, Gracie and Jeremy ( ) are back for the return of Under This Sun to Fringe World Festival for The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights program. Show starts next Tuesday!

21/01/2016

"Under This Sun might have been the best show I saw all last year. If you only see one theatre show this Fringe, make sure it’s this one."

Woop woop! We are Great about Perth's top theatre pick for Fringe World Festival (image below not related to show, unless Peter Lane Townsend and Tristan McInnes can get in better shape).

With a program even heavier than last year's behemoth, this summer's Fringe World Festival has clearly got the memo from punters who still can't get enough of the world's newly crowned third-bigges...

20/01/2016

Documentation of production and rehearsals of Under This Sun @ Summer Nights.

Images by Jamie Breen (Very Serious).

19/01/2016

We have only 7 tickets left for our show of Under This Sun on Friday 5th Feb. Better get in quick!

14/01/2016

Last month we were lucky enough to develop a new work: THE NAME THAT DESTROYED US in the gorgeous St George's Cathedral, Perth. This development was based on Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and was a joy to work on. Thanks to Propel Youth Arts WA for their support.

A big thank you to everyone that came down and gave us feedback. Check out the full album of photos from the development by the snazzy Jamie Breen (Very Serious) here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1546250522367960.1073741832.1377085102617837&type=3

Presented in association with St George's Cathedral.

The Name That Destroyed Us Development is proudly sponsored by Healthway, promoting the Drug Aware message and Propel Youth Arts WA.

14/01/2016

Photographic documentation of the Drug Aware Work In Progress Showing: The Name That Destroyed Us.

Images by Jamie Breen (Very Serious).

Presented in association with St George's Cathedral.

The Name That Destroyed Us Development is proudly sponsored by Healthway, promoting the Drug Aware message and Propel Youth Arts WA.

31/12/2015

Happy new year everyone! Check out this great shot by Rebecca Mansell Photographer from The Blue Room Theatre awards of us picking up all our swag.

Stay tuned for more updates about what we having coming up in the new year.

17/12/2015

A big thank you to The Blue Room Theatre and all of its members for being such outstanding hosts and giving us some fantastic awards for Under This Sun which picked up best Marketing & Publicity, Member's Choice and Best Production.

BEST PRODUCTION AWARDWinner – Under This Sun by The Emergence Co.Nominated – The Cockatoos by Happy Dagger Theatre Nominated – All That Glitters by The Last Great Hunt Nominated – White Matter by Shona Erskine