Performers from Compareo and ViV! open the week of events at Bathurst Hospital
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The many complexities of the project were also its biggest strengths: a brand-new work, puppetry, projections, live original music, Auslan interpretation, creating sensitive theatre design and new low-sensory spaces for the audience, meaningful engagement with local schools, working with an extraordinary and diverse (paid, professional) cast including performers with disability.
Thursday 21- Saturday 23 August, 2025, BMEC. ViV! is nine years old. She is adventurous, sassy and the heroine of a brand-new interactive play for children by local professional playwright and Director, Catherine McNamara. Catherine has assembled a stellar team of highly regarded arts industry creatives locally and from across Australia to share the story of her real-life nieces ViV! and Lil’ – her inspiration for
the play. TICKETS NOW ON SALE
In ViV! Bathurst’s own Compareo group take on performance roles.
ViV! is nine years old, adventurous, sassy and the heroine of a brand-new interactive play for children premiering at BMEC August 21-23.
Tue, 12 Aug, 4pm – 5pm at Bathurst Library. A special Book Week celebration. Perfect for ages 6 – 12 years. In the lead up to ViV! performances.
What a joy it was for some of the ViV! cast to visit Bathurst Broadcasters to talk about the show that premieres at BMEC in August.
Four Central West projects will receive support from the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund in 2025.
Who are the local Central West artists featured at Regional Arts NSW’s The Work of Art in Orange 14 – 15 November?
In development for 2025. ViV! – is a children’s theatre (5-12yrs) show about an adventurous, tough and sassy girl who lives with disabilities and her little sister ‘Lil’.