Barefoot
Black Tie 2023
Shark Bay
4th-7th of May 2023
Barefoot Black Tie is set within World Heritage Martine Parks at the most westerly point of the Australian continent, Shark Bay. Home to the Malgana First Nations people for thousands of generations, Shark Bay also boasts the oldest life forms on earth - the stromatolites! It also hosts the largest and richest sea-grass beds in the world, habitat to dugong (‘sea cow’) population which in olden times were mistaken for mermaids by shipwrecked sailors.
It’s from this edge of the Indian Ocean that a group of time travelling characters converge, and merge and start their tale weaving of the Gascoyne Travelling Arts Festival. Traversing the elements to frame stories of each place across the isolated outback Gascoyne region.
Using different theatrical devices, sometimes stilts, a stage set in water, thin air, remote beaches and on ancient desert landscapes, these time travelling crew collect stories like the pirates of old collected treasures and tropical diseases.
Collectors and tellers of stories, they trade on the cultural frontiers of community spirit and get paid in enchantments; their characters a device that frames stories of the Gascoyne at live in situ events.
The 6 weeks Gascoyne Travelling Arts Festival tour starts on the first weekend of May with:
Barefoot Black Tie
Artery - Arts School Program
Date: Thursday 4 May
Blood Beats Music | Faerial Circus | Contours Dance
Creality Collab
Date: Thursday 4 May, 4-6pm
Location: Drop into the Rec Centre
Cost: Free
Meet the team, share or learn skills
Training and rehearsals for locals, touring artists and community members, all welcome
Creality Collab
Date: Friday 5th May, 3-5pm
Location: Drop into the Rec Centre
Cost: Free
Meet the team, share or learn skills
Training and rehearsals for locals, touring artists and community members, all welcome
Seaside Cinema | Film Festival
Date: Friday 5th May, 6-8:30 pm
canceled Due to bad weather
New Date: Saturday, 6th of May 7pm
Location: Emu Rising Stage
On the beach past the Stella Rowley roundabout
Cost: Free
Mona Circus
MONA Circus - front of the Discovery Centre
Circus Workshops - Foreshore
Date: Friday 5th May, 11 am &12pm
Location: Foreshore
Cost: Free
Heartland Concert
Date: Saturday, 6th of May 2023
Time: 4–7pm
Location: Emu Rising Stage, On the beach past the Stella Rowley roundabout
Cost: Free
Circus, Comedy, Music, Fun, Bring a Picnic and the ones you love!
Heartland Concert where guests of Denham may become short-term members of the community. Sing in unison with the Travelling Arts Choirs including a full music festival program. This free and easy program boasts international festival favourites.
Seascapes Sundowner | A Sky Bar in an Ocean Park
Date: Sunday, 7th of May 2023
Time: 3–7pm
Location: Ocean Park Aquarium
Cost: Free
Live Music, Cabaret and Cocktails Ochre Shores
