MENTAL
The Mother Load
A creative documentary performance exploring the beauty, grotesque and poetic in the madness and mundane of motherhood
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CREATIVE TEAM
STAGES
CORE ARTISTS
Julie Waddington - Director & Producer
Carrie McLean - Writer & Performer
Rebecca Thomson - AV Designer & Documentation
Bryony Geeves - Performer & Puppeteer
Melissa King - Performer & Puppeteer
PLUS
Jacky Collyer - Composer & Sound Design
Roz Wren - Set & Costume Design
Roslyn Oades - Project Mentor
ONE: FEB - MAY 2018
A seed creative development bringing together the core artists to test ideas
TWO: APRIL - DECEMBER 2019
Professional Development, Community Engagement and Creative Development towards a performance framework.
THREE: MARCH - OCTOBER 2020
Development disrupted due to COVID-19 and project has been reimagined for 2021
FOUR: SECOND HALF 2021
Premier Production, Launceston & Hobart
MENTAL - The Motherload STAGE 2 FILM - out of the mouths of mummas
MENTAL - The Mother Load: The Project and the Artists
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SUPPORT
Stage One (2018) was supported by by the Australian Government's Regional Arts Fund and the City of Hobart.
The project was also supported by attendance at the Tasmania Performs Artist Residency at Tarraleah.
Stage Two (2019) was assisted through Arts Tasmania by the Minister for the Arts, made possible by the Australian Government's Regional Arts Fund, which supports the arts in regional and remote Australia, and was supported by the City of Hobart and the Tasmanian Theatre Company.
Stage Three (2020) is assisted through Arts Tasmania by the Minister for the Arts and supported by the Tasmanian Theatre Company.
