Gneiss Design

12/04/2024

What a team of superb creative talents we have working on 21 Hearts: Vivian Bullwinkel and the Nurses of the Vyner Brooke.

They expertly bring together the elements of (L-R) Lighting Design (Rowan van Blomestein), AV design (Josephine Hayes – Gneiss Design), Music Direction (Craig Skelton), Movement Direction (Rachael Bott) and Sound Design (Ben Collins) to evoke 1942 Singapore and the events on Bangka Island and in the POW camps.

We also enter the various dream states of Vivian Bullwinkel’s life as she calls to mind the memory and spirits of her friends who didn’t survive the war, and whose sacrifice drove her illustrious career that was committed to their memory.

Richly textured, evocative and deeply moving, this team has perfectly captured the essence of Jenny Davis’ superb, powerful and nuanced script, directed with such sensitivity by Stuart Halusz.

With our April season sold-out, book now for our return season Oct 30 - Nov 10 www.theatre180.com.au

12/04/2024

Warp and weft and gentle blurs, singing tones of ocean blues, shadowed clouds and sharp sun's sparkles, a Beetle's case of bronze and lines, blooms of ink and jungle palms...all among the inspirations behind visual design and production throughout Theatre 180's '21 Hearts'.

This brave true story is brought to light with beauty, by a brilliant cast and crew. Launching this week to full audiences at the awesome art deco theatre, Cygnet Como. There's a return season in October/November.

27/02/2024

Opening Season, Sold Out!

21 Hearts: Vivian Bullwinkel and the Nurses of the Vyner Brooke is now officially SOLD OUT!

Perth, we are so humbled by your reaction and support of our presentation of this truly magnificent story.

Stay tuned, we hope to have an announcement of a return season of 21 Hearts: Vivian Bullwinkel and the Nurses of the Vyner Brooke for you very soon.

Thanks to all who have booked and we look forward to seeing you at Como Theatre in April.

29/11/2023

22/10/2023

There is so much to learn from the forest, and from Fungi expert Katrina Syme. Read more about her fascination with Fungi, her beautiful botanical artworks and studies of new specimens - here in Gondwana Link’s rich library of habitat and hope, and also published in Southerly Magazine's October edition. It has been a treasured experience working together to bring Fungi to the fore with these stories.

https://heartlandjourneys.com.au/stories/katrina-syme-delving-into-the-fascinating-world-of-fungi/

07/10/2023

A very beautiful, gently moving Carpet Python dropped into the conversation last weekend at Twin Creeks Conservation Reserve, Porongurup - what a special sight, and a wonderful place.

22/09/2023

It's been a thrill working as Visual Designer with Theatre 180 at WA Maritime Museum on the production of 'Taking Liberty'. There's great excitement behind this action-packed show! The excellent cast and crew and its living story, this inspiring venue and industrial landscape - a wonderful experience..! I hope you all get to see Taking Liberty! Tickets from WA Maritime Museum.

22/09/2023

21/07/2023

Wonderful to soak up some wisdom from this great panel with WIFT WA as part of the Revelation Film Festival in Perth recently.

07/06/2023

Review | Laura Money Breaksea Island, Albany 1914: a lighthouse keeper and his daughter listen to the radio in shock – World War I has just broken out. Little do they know but their part in t…

07/06/2023

My camera and I travelled a fair way around the globe to the Outer Hebrides of Scotland recently - such joy soaking up the sun and listening to the rolling granite rocks, in the company of an inquisitive Grey Seal. Back in Albany now, and excited to embrace wonderful creative projects ahead.

02/06/2023

Get along to these workshops..! What a great opportunity to share stories and learn together. Check out Southern Edge Arts Inc for workshops in Albany, too.
Go to veritybyth.com - brilliant work, sparking such important conversations.

Denmark, this one's for you!
Free 5 week workshop course for Women 'My Money Matters' - stitching our money stories together to make meaningful change.

This June, join textile artist Verity Byth, at the Southern Edge Arts for a series of textile workshops that explore the intersection of fabric, finance and feminism.

Book here: https://www.southernedge.org.au/about-4

Pssst... Albany.. watch this space!

18/05/2023

Very excited to celebrate the opening of this special production in Perth, for a season of performances at Ace Midland Cinemas and beyond. 🐋🎻🐎

THE LIGHTHOUSE GIRL SAGA Perth season is almost here!

The season at ACE Midland Cinemas opens tomorrow and must close May 28 before it transfers to Ace Cinemas - Rockingham June 9-11.

Tickets are selling fast - don't miss seeing this very special show.

www.theatre180.com.au

The Lighthouse Girl Saga is a sweeping story of ordinary people living in extraordinary times: a tale of courage, resilience, hope and love.

A bold adaptation by two of WA’s leading and award-winning playwrights, Jenny Davis OAM and Hellie Turner, this epic production blends four award-winning novels by West Australian writer, Dianne Wolfer: Lighthouse Girl, Light Horse Boy, In the Lamplight and The Last Light Horse into the most compelling theatrical event of our times.

Striking visuals, evocative sound and innovative staging transports the audience with the First AIF convoy as it embarks from King George sound and farewells Australia from the beacon of the lighthouse at Breaksea Island, to the hell of Gallipoli, the mud in the trenches at the Western Front, a nurse’s compassion in rural England and peaceful horizons in country Victoria. Journey with Fay, Charlie, Jim, Rose and Sandy, the only warhorse to return to Australia of the 136,000 sent to war, across seas and through the mire of war as their intersecting stories culminate in the forging of the ANZAC spirit and a love that conquers all.

Dianne Wolfer - Author Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries Fremantle Press

11/05/2023

What an adventure it was to film The Stars Descend by Annette Carmichael Projects - one big story of hope and connection, composed of five beautiful, responsive live dance events - each performed outdoors, across magnificent environments within the Gondwana Link.

It has been wonderful to review and edit footage of the events, which I've composed into a short Highlight Reel. Watch this film for a taste of The Stars Descend:

Annette Carmichael Projects' The Stars Descend - Highlight Reel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2te3m-JBsrk
Film by Gneiss Design

Find out more about the artists involved, here:
distributed15.com.au
Learn about the brilliiant environmental program, Gondwana Link, here:
gondwanalink.org

The Stars Descend, a contemporary dance work created across the Gondwana Link in southern Western Australia by Annette Carmichael Projects. Film by Gnesis D...

10/05/2023

In Karlkurla, beautiful bushland and contemporary dance harmonised, through an inspirational odyssey of hope. I love this photo by Melissa Drummond - Photographer..! One of many beautiful photos captured by Melissa Drummond behind the scenes of The Stars Descend - Chapter 5, by Annette Carmichael Projects. So much creativity and compassion throughout this vast trail of dance - wonderful to be part of the team.

28/04/2023

31/03/2023

There's still time to get to Kalgoorlie - come along to the final chapter of The Stars Descend! 🌟

Last chance to experience ‘The Stars Descend’. Come over to Kalgoorlie and be part of something extraordinary. This outdoor dance event will never happen again.
Tickets available at heartlandjourneys.com.au/the-stars-descend/

29/03/2023

It is so very fantastic to see Theatre 180's production of A Fortunate Life travelling far and wide, and especially, reaching so many regional audiences. This breakthrough production was rich with creativity and heart from the outset - working as audiovisual designer with Theatre 180 to bring A.B Facey's autobiography to life through stage and screen has been a treasure. Check out Circuitwest Shows on the Go, or https://afortunatelife.com.au/buy-tickets/ for ticket info.

29/03/2023

Beautiful Nilla Spark of Nilla's Italian Kitchen talks about the value of doing things from a place of love and passion. I agree! Lovely seeing people make connections, memories and gaining skills through delicious food and the making of it. 'Tis a pleasure working with you Nilla. 🌿

22/03/2023

Behind the scenes at Annette Carmichael Projects’ The Stars Descend: Chapter 3, Porongurup, it has been very beautiful to see people’s connection with their environment, their care towards each other and their surroundings.
There’s a great generosity of spirit running through this performance, with a committed community of movers, a dedicated local producer, and careful, powerful work from choreographer Sonya Stephen, connected to storyful sound from Andy O’Neil, star dancers and a distributed team of artists living throughout Western Australia.
The Stars Descend: Chapter 3, Porongurup is the third sold out performance in a series of five chapters, taking place this Friday 24th March. Get tickets to Chapter 4: Fitzgerald Biosphere, and Chapter 5: Garlgula / Karlkurla / Kalgoorlie, here: heartlandjourneys.com.au/the-stars-descend/

Porongurup producer, Sayah Drummond and community performers discuss the link between their local ecology and their expression through movement, in the lead ...

21/03/2023

Nowanup Boodja Healing Country - Healing People Spirit of the Land Under the stewardship of Eugene Eades, Nowanup has received over 16,000 visitors – throug ...

21/03/2023

The Stars Descend by Annette Carmichael Projects.
A great experience being behind the scenes of this epic story. Follow the journey across Gondwana Link as we travel towards Porongurup, Fitzgerald Biosphere and Kalgoorlie. Here are beautiful photos of wonderful community dancers and artists amidst a stunning natural setting at Chapter Two: Northcliffe, photos by Nic Duncan Photographer. 🌱🌠

11/03/2023

Join Gondwana Link’s CEO Keith Bradby OAM on an inspiring tag-along-tour in the Fitz-Stirling section of the Gondwana Link. We will visit three key conser ...

08/03/2023

THEATRE 180 recognises the strength, resilience and courage of women through many of our productions, whether existing plays such as AIRSWIMMING by Charlotte Jones (women who were institutionalised after being forced to give up unplanned births for adoption) and THE GREATEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD by John Bishop (trailblazing educator Maria Montessori), or new works which commemorate the lives and achievements of Australians, such as our play, 21 HEARTS: THE VIVIAN BULLWINKEL STORY, by Jenny Davis OAM, which highlights the amazing women of the Australian Army who served during WWII.

Staying until the last minute to nurse the wounded, Sister Bullwinkel was among 65 nurses who escaped the fall of Singapore on the Vyner Brooke. Bombed by the Japanese, many were killed, drowned or lost at sea. Some were captured as POW’s in camps, and 21 were massacred on the beach at Bangka Island, with Vivian the sole survivor. After the war, Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel, AO, MBE, ARRC, ED and Lieutenant Betty Jeffrey OAM campaigned to tell the world of their story and ensure their sacrifice was never forgotten.

Today, on International Women's Day, we acknowledge and celebrate women everywhere and support equality in all its splendour, towards a better world.

27/02/2023

I’m feeling pretty darn excited for ‘The Lighthouse Girl Saga’ to journey to audiences far and wide - it’s so very full of adventure and love, with connected personal stories and universal themes running all the way through.
It has been a pleasure to be Visual Designer, and to work together to create and combine a rich palette of visual content - with evocative soundscapes and excellent stagecraft.
In The Lighthouse Girl Saga, real life events and beautiful ideas move strong through careful research and development, carrying right through to live amongst the audiences.
This show is full of wonderful words written and honed. On stage, the incredible performances of the actors and their clever costumes and props are coupled with powerful audio and visuals, held strong by the ever-so careful attention of dedicated live production crew.
Here are some special pics from the opening night of The Lighthouse Girl Saga - I was chuffed and rather emotional over the launch of this wonderful production..! So many lovely people.
Be sure to get your tickets for the next round of performances, at Orana Cinemas Busselton.

22/02/2023

The Lighthouse Girl Saga - Opening night tomorrow!
This wonderful, hearty production from Theatre 180 weaves adventure, love stories and breathtaking seascapes with wartime history. Full of talented cast and crew, directed by Stuart Halusz, written by Jenny Davis and Hellie Turner, and grown from the amazing work of local author Dianne Wolfer - Author.
Grab your tickets now and see this show here in Albany while you can. Daytime and evening performances take place this Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th February at the Albany Entertainment Centre. Then, onto Busselton and beyond! See you there..!

20/02/2023

A vast trail of dance performances to inspire climate action and hope...powerful work from Annette Carmichael Projects. Wherever you are in Western Australia, be part of this story. Experience these unique performances, from one or up to five outdoor environments, across the Gondwana Link.

01/02/2023

Have you heard about ‘The Stars Descend’? Annette Carmichael Projects' latest mega-scale trail of dance performances brings attention to climate action and hope. 🌱
Check out this article to learn more about powerhouse Western Australian choreographer Annette Carmichael and The Stars Descend. Over the course of the next 8 weeks, Gneiss Design will be documenting Annette Carmichael Projects’ The Stars Descend: Chapter Three, Porongurup. More to come…
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Supporting and celebrating today’s women choreographers is vital to encouraging a new generation of women to follow, giving women in dance a voice into the future.

07/01/2023

A mega week of visual stimulation - ocean spray and argonauts, extraordinary artefacts and aeroplanes. Pretty postcards, equestrians and emu plumes - with sounds of shanty singers, drumming hooves and crashing waves, and many a smiling face. A rousing production indeed…