About Ambiguous Mirrors:
...An unusual body. The silences in a family. Ducks gliding past rubbish. Inheritance. Questions packed into a suitcase. A poet and a puppet in search of a father....

Ambiguous Mirrors is a unique fusion of puppetry, poetry and music, both deeply moving and thought-provoking. The work revolves around the death of the poet's father and explores questions of loss, and a family's culture of silence. In its brief duration, it speaks eloquently of the desire for intimacy with a parent who can never be known.
Ambiguous Mirrors, is a collaboration between Melbourne poet Andy Jackson and performer/puppeteer Rachael Guy. It's first debut at La Mama Theatre in Carlton 2008, played to a rapt audience. The work has since featured at Overload Festival 2009 where it was awarded ‘Most Innovative Work’ by the City of Yarra, Melbourne, and also at the Queensland Poetry Festival.

In September 2013 Ambiguous Mirrors will be flying to Ireland to be seen by audiences in Galway, Cork and Clifden. Andy and Rachael are honored to have been invited to share this work with international audiences - this tour has been initiated and facilitated by Dr Robyn Rowland. Robyn is donating her time and experience to bring new Australian writers’ voices to Ireland who have never been heard there.The performance events will include Robyn and renowned poet John Foulcher performing their poetry, along with Andy and Rachael's poetry/puppetry collaboration.

The reading at Galway, Ireland, will be held at the City Museum and run by the literary organisation Over the Edge run by Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar Du Mars.This series of readings has been held since 2004, consistently gathering substantial audiences, and is currently sponsored by the Arts Council Ireland.
The event at Cork is the O’Bhéal reading run by Paul Casey weekly since 2007.This weekly event attracts a diverse and engaged audience, including overseas visitors (contributing to the reading's multicultural and multilingual character). Paul consistently features a prestigious line-up of national and international poets to read there and is often booked out a year ahead. O’Bhéal is integral to the artistic community of Cork, and is also involved in the Cork Film Festival, Cork Jazz Festival and writing workshops.
The Clifden Arts Festival is Ireland's oldest arts festival, combining poetry, music, comedy, visual arts and theatre, running annually for the past 35 years.It attracts a diverse range of artists – from large professional performing arts companies to individual writers and musicians – both traditional and experimental.The festival encourages and achieves community engagement through public art, forums and accessible events.Audience numbers across the festival week run to around two to three thousand.

We have so far received part funding from Australia Council to cover our airfares, but we need a few more funds to assist with our accommodation and other bits and pieces associated with touring! We would be most appreciative if you could support this project - it is truly something unique.

Meeting our living expenses whilst in Ireland is currently our biggest hurdle - if we don't reach our target we will have to borrow money - but this is too good an opportunity to miss!!!