SeamTogether
Meet Polly and Esther, two unexpected modern-day superheroes, who travel the world in their menagerie gathering clothing and stories.
They are on a mission to seam together the old into the new and reduce the clothing footprint on our planet. The Seamstresses menagerie is fuelled by your stories, along with ‘Esme’, the eighty-year-old crank sewing machine.
Tickets available at the venue daily
Interactive Theatre
5+
State Theatre Centre of WA
35 minutes
The Seamstresses
Environment,
Waste,
Clothing,
Sewing
30 September - 4 October
Tuesday
30th September
Wednesday
1st October
Thursday
2nd October
Friday
3rd October
Saturday
4th October
Free event
Pricing
Information
Tickets available at the venue daily
Accessibility Guide
Lighting and Sound
Total blackout (audience)
At the end of the performance
Lighting level
Ambient
Flashing lights
Loud sounds
Repetitive noises
Drums
High-pitched tones
Unexpected sounds
Background Music
Interactivity and Participation
Children invited on stage
Artist goes into audience
Manual activity (e.g. read, draw, sing, paint, construct things)
Using materials like needles, thread, buttons, trim and swatches and hand crank sewing machine
Undertake direct movement
Optional pinning creation onto story catcher
Participation in groups/pairs
Asked to share a story with the person next to them
Parent/carer can support in participation
Capacity for a child slower in their movements to participate
Senses, Emotions and Effects
Distinctive smells
Special effects
Textures
Fabric, trim and buttons from haberdashery
Balloons
Characters express anger
Dialogue driven
Characters speak and move in unison
Props
Attention Span
Intermission/break
Introduction
10 minutes
Children need to sit in one place
At points, audience move up to hand crank machine and over to the story catcher
Appropriate to make noise/move around
At points, audience can chat. Not a lot of room for movement, but can open back of menagerie if needed.
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