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RUINS returns - and this time, it's coming to Parramatta

Mirrors sit at the heart of RUINS. They're the portal to the underworld, a place we reckon with who we really are. As Cocteau wrote "each day in the mirror I watch death at work." It's fitting then, that this is also the job of the artist, to hold a mirror up to the world.

We will not look away from the ruins of Gaza. We cannot look away from the ruins of Lebanon. So we return to this work and hold the mirror up again and again and again.

Tell your friends. Tell your families. This show is from our hearts to yours. Thank you @ntofp for giving us a platform for this special work.

PHIVE, Parramatta
2-5 December
As part of @ntofp's Heartland Festival

Booking link in bio taken in Riverside’s National Theatre of Parramatta by @madbaghurst

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Here we are on Ngarigo Country in Dalgety, tucked up cosy in Em’s bro and bro-in-law’s gorgeous cabin, nestled among the most wondrous bush and birdlife on the mighty Snowy River. Just us, Em’s new puppy Beau, and a notebook full of theories.

We came to write, to wander, to bird watch and to chase an idea. There’s real magic in making work in a small town with a big history.

We finished the trip in the nation’s capital, on the lands of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples, chasing a certain ex-PM’s briefcase that kept eluding us. It’s almost like he doesn’t want us to see what’s inside.

All in all, theatre nerd heaven. This is the way we love to work at the very start of an idea, where something bizarre and outrageous slowly takes form and quietly lets us know it might just be worth talking about. Letting the environment speak to us. The “what if we...” bit.

This part of the process is what feeds the artistic soul.

So, our darling thespians, watch this space. The truth is out there. (Allegedly.)

#clockfiretheatrecompany #Clockfire #NewWork #ArtistResidency #WhereIsHaroldHolt taken in Dalgety, New South Wales by @madbaghurst

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4 months ago

My 2nd Multi Day Hike! The Milford track in the Fiordland National Park of Aotearoa/ New Zealand or ‘the land of the long white cloud’. 🥝 🌧️

1. Fresh off the plane on the top of the windy Crown Range Road.
2. Milford Sound from boat.
3. Me exhausted but happy on Milford Track Day 3
4. Another day, another postcard view also Milford Track, Day 3.
5. McKinnon’s Pass on Rain filled Day 2.
6. Hotdogs post freezing swim in Lake Pukaki.
7. Kā Tiritiri o te Moana/ Southern Alps near Aoraki / Mount Cook.
8. A massive light switch.
9. Mickey to Tiku Tu Meke (2013), Dick Frizzell
10. Stirling Falls in Milford Sound. taken in South Island, New Zealand by @madbaghurst

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6 months ago

First multi day hike! The Three Capes Track in Tasmania ⛰️ 💚

1. Day 1. Fresh faced with all my friends and an overpacked bag.
2. Day 3. The track out to Cape Pillar.
3. Tasman Island.
4. Me on Cape Pillar with all my friends.
5. Scat. Possibly Tassie Devil Poo. #notmypoo
6. The moody Southern Ocean.
7. The Tasmanian Waratah (Telopea truncata).
8. Day 4. View back from Cape Hauy.
9. MONA. Melbourne Burning by Arthur Boyd.
10. MONA. Grotto by Randy Polumbo. taken in Three Capes Walk by @madbaghurst

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a year ago

Friends! Since @clockfiretheatre have returned from Edinburgh Fringe we’ve been working furiously on our latest work RUINS أطلال opening @twentyfive_a in October.

What is our heart’s journey when our world is split in two?
Grief-stricken by her late father’s sudden death, Amelia Alyssa embarks on a journey to her ancestral homeland, Lebanon. She bears witness to the ancient Baalbek ruins of the Bekaa Valley while lodging nearby at the Hotel Palmyra, a time capsule of a flourishing yesteryear.

An enduring myth of migration and sacrifice brings Amelia face to face with the question “where is home”? Past and present collide as Amelia enters the land of the dead where a chorus of shapeshifting wanderers evoke a descent into an archaeological underworld with mythic overtones.

Head to @clockfiretheatre for more info! 🙌
Hope to see you there!
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#devisedtheatre #clockfiretheatre #ruins #baalbekruins #hotelpalmyra #belvoir #belvoir25a taken in Belvoir St Theatre by @madbaghurst

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2 years ago

Hi friends! We need your support to get to Edinburgh this coming August! We have some additional travel and accomodation costs to cover as we take Plenty of Fish in the Sea to the world. We think it’s so important to take Australian stories to the world and that as artists we are nourished and inspired by immersion in the world’s largest and oldest fringe theatre festival. 🎭
Any donation over $2 is tax deductible, if donating isn’t an option sharing the campaign with your network can also greatly help. Every bit of support counts and is greatly appreciated! Go to @clockfiretheatre and hit the link in bio to donate or share!
Merci beaucoup! 🙏🏻 🙏🏻
#clockfiretheatre #fish #edinburghtheatre #theatre #supporttheatrearts taken in Edinburgh, United Kingdom by @madbaghurst

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2 years ago

Hey Sydney Friends! We’d LOVE your support!
@clockfiretheatre is off to @adlfringe for a wonderful week of performances. Touring is expensive and we’d love your help to get our budget over the line.

This is a rare opportunity to see a work in progress showing of this work in its rawest form- no lights, bells or whistles! Actually there is one bell 🔔;).

$40 gets you a look at the newest version of PLENTY OF FISH IN THE SEA in the unique surrounds of St Peters Town Hall! Seating strictly limited. THREE PERFORMANCES ONLY

www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1157370

#adlfringe #sydneyfringe #madeinsydneyshowcase #madeinsydney #awardwinning #lecoq #physicaltheatre #darklyhumorous #physicallyadventurous #plentyoffishinthesea #innerwest taken in St Peters Town Hall by @madbaghurst

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3 years ago

Today on International Day of Human Rights, over 3000 Australian creative artists have become unified in ‘Australia’, a colonised country built on the genocide and dispossession of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We, the artists, producers, front of house staff, audiences & beyond who keep this industry alive are calling for a permanent ceasefire and the end of occupation of Palestine.

Over 20,000 civilians have been murdered. This is a genocide. If you’d like to show your support, sign the letter in my bio.

#creativesforpalestine #freepalestine taken in Sydney, Australia by @madbaghurst

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3 years ago

🐠 🐟 🎣
So excited to be taking Plenty of Fish in the Sea to Adelaide Fringe Festival! “We mussssst keep fishhhing”.

Adelaide Fringe tickets are officially on sale! To celebrate, Fringe is waving the transaction fee on all ticket purchases for today only - 🙌🙌!
Come see us at the 2024 season.

BOOKINGS LINK -http://adlfrin.ge/hK6TgP
EARLY BIRD offer quote FISHING at checkout

See y’a there mateys! ❤️

#ADLFRINGE @ADLFRINGE

#thecourtyard @chapelandyurt taken in Migration Museum, Adelaide by @madbaghurst

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Dulcie Maud Orchard (1923-2022) was born in her house on Virginia street and lived happily till her 100th year.
The thing I will miss most about Dulcie is her laugh which had the power to cut through every situation. It was infectious, warm, cheeky and given freely.

Dulcie was such an important matriarch of our family and we’ll miss her dearly. Christmases, birthdays and Family festivities will not be the same without our cheery, stoic Dulcie perched there, rocking some incredibly out of date look with a shandy in hand.

Thanks Dulce for all the simple but potent advice and for showing me the importance of appreciating each moment. Love you so much- see ya later alligator. X taken in Kensington, New South Wales by @madbaghurst

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