Work in Development
To be able to bring audiences a premiere performance of a new work, Mudlark works with artists throughout the year to develop new plays, collaborations and concepts. Here are some of the exciting projects we are currently working on:
The Box (working title)
BY NATHAN MAYNARD AND ROB BRASLIN
A Mudlark commission, ‘The Box’ unites the powerhouse voices of acclaimed palawa playwright Nathan Maynard, and murri-born nipaluna-raised artist, Rob Braslin. Mudlark has nurtured the work through a two-year development with dramaturgs Maeve Mhairi MacGregor and Kamarra Bell-Wykes, and designer Laura Watts.
It will premiere in Launceston in July 2024, then tour to Burnie and Hobart.
‘The Box’ is a relentlessly real, daringly comic, and profoundly moving script which draws us into the home of a single mother, living in a housing commission community on the eve of her eldest son’s prison release; and uncovers the painful truths of poverty and intergenerational trauma. The work explores the monumental role of mothers to hold their families together, revealing the courage it takes for many to persist and survive, let alone have the luxury to think ‘outside the box’.
‘The Box’ marks Nathan’s first mainstage project as Director. Nathan will be mentored by Paige Rattray (Sydney Theatre Company). This is Rob’s first full-length theatrical work. The partnership with Nathan is a priceless development opportunity, opening real pathways to writing for mainstage theatre.
The creative team features artists of First Nations and European descent; a rich opportunity for deep learning and skills exchange, manifesting a robust, and meaningful theatre-making process that aims to deepen theatrical form and impact. Mudlark will also facilitate a mentorship program for a group of young palawa people to experience a range of production roles. The intended project legacy is increased skills, confidence and industry connections of First Nations artists, driving greater capacity for future development of palawa theatre.
CREATIVE TEAM:
PLAYWRIGHTS: Nathan Maynard, Rob Braslin
DESIGNER: Laura Watts
DIRECTOR FOR CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT 1: Maeve McGregror
DRAMATURG FOR CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT 2: Kamarra Bell-Wykes.
CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT PERFORMERS: Jane Johnson, Corey Saylor-Brunskill, Nelson Clay, Dylan Hesp & Oliver Johns.
A Mudlark commission, ‘The Box’ unites the powerhouse voices of acclaimed palawa playwright Nathan Maynard, and murri-born nipaluna-raised artist, Rob Braslin. Mudlark has nurtured the work through a two-year development with dramaturgs Maeve Mhairi MacGregor and Kamarra Bell-Wykes, and designer Laura Watts.
It will premiere in Launceston in July 2024, then tour to Burnie and Hobart.
‘The Box’ is a relentlessly real, daringly comic, and profoundly moving script which draws us into the home of a single mother, living in a housing commission community on the eve of her eldest son’s prison release; and uncovers the painful truths of poverty and intergenerational trauma. The work explores the monumental role of mothers to hold their families together, revealing the courage it takes for many to persist and survive, let alone have the luxury to think ‘outside the box’.
‘The Box’ marks Nathan’s first mainstage project as Director. Nathan will be mentored by Paige Rattray (Sydney Theatre Company). This is Rob’s first full-length theatrical work. The partnership with Nathan is a priceless development opportunity, opening real pathways to writing for mainstage theatre.
The creative team features artists of First Nations and European descent; a rich opportunity for deep learning and skills exchange, manifesting a robust, and meaningful theatre-making process that aims to deepen theatrical form and impact. Mudlark will also facilitate a mentorship program for a group of young palawa people to experience a range of production roles. The intended project legacy is increased skills, confidence and industry connections of First Nations artists, driving greater capacity for future development of palawa theatre.
CREATIVE TEAM:
PLAYWRIGHTS: Nathan Maynard, Rob Braslin
DESIGNER: Laura Watts
DIRECTOR FOR CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT 1: Maeve McGregror
DRAMATURG FOR CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT 2: Kamarra Bell-Wykes.
CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT PERFORMERS: Jane Johnson, Corey Saylor-Brunskill, Nelson Clay, Dylan Hesp & Oliver Johns.