Hi, my name's Mark and I study Performance at the University of Wollongong. I have an enormous passion for anything theatre and performance.

Last year I directed a coupling of two short Daniel Keene plays called 'Duet' and 'Bogey Man'. The plays must have gone well because they were selected to go on and represent the University in Singapore, as part of the APB Theatre Schools Festival at Lasalle College! This is a great honour and an exciting prospect. We will be taking my wonderful cast and one techie later this year in June, but to do that, we need your help!

                          
       
The Plays:

The two shows are thematically intrinsic, but are both contained in their own worlds. 'Bogey Man' is set on an unidentified farm exploring the sooted relationship of a farmer and his wife in the immediate moment disaster strikes, and 'Duet' is set in a sewer where two men cannot mollify their circumstantial desires for one another in fear of breaking unspoken masculinist codes. They both explore yearning for one another and the trepidation that ensues in understanding that too much pleasure will cause an un-mendable eruption. 

My challenge this year will be intertwining the two shows into one, creating an entirely new spectacle. i'm excited by this as it will encourage me to flex my creative muscles and broaden my understanding of these complex texts.

                         

The Festival:

The Asian Pacific Bureau (APB) of Theatre Schools Festival aims to promote cooperation projects in the field of scientific information exchange, pedagogy of theatre, and the professional advancement of theatre schools and their practitioners on a global scale.

My production being chosen to represent the University in Singapore is a rare achievement considering student directed shows aren't often chosen, let alone undergraduate ones.

                     

I can't wait to share this performance in Singapore, and I think it will be an amazing project. So please, I encourage and implore you to help us reach our goal and donate!

Thank you so much.

Our accommodation is being paid for by Lasalle College, but what we really need is money for flights and some help with day to day expenses:

Flights

$800 return - 6 people = $4800
$200 to help with daily costs (food) - 6 people = $1,200
 

I foresee that performing in Singapore will be a great challenge, but not one we can't overcome. We only have three hours to bump-in all of our stuff, 45 minutes to perform and one hour to get out of there! But we will be more than ready for this. Our other challenge is raising the money in time, but I know with the support of everyone out there, we will reach our target.