2022 Touring Artists
Here is the 2022 festival line-up. These acts are in addition to the rich & plentiful in-house productions and programs Creality is touring. Check the Top Menu items Productions and Program to find out about those.
Musicians
Grace Barbe
From the Seychelles, where a colourful history of slavery, pirates, coups d'etat and coconuts have produced a unique Kreol culture, Grace Barbé fuses the tropical rhythms and dances of the slaves with psychedelic rock, Afrobeat, reggae and pop. She creates a fascinatingly huge sound, singing over complex polyrhythmic bass lines, accompanied by island-style percussion and a dense layer of guitar sorcery.
With appearances all over India and the Indian Ocean as well as at Australia's leading music festivals, including Womadelaide, WOMAD New Zealand, Byron Bay Bluesfest and Woodford Folk Festival. She has shared stages with Bob Dylan, Parliament/Funkadelic, Peter Green, Crowded House, Tony Allen, Antibalas, Fat Freddys Drop!
The Nomadics
Dave Mann & Bec Schofield
The tangible chemistry, skilful guitar and evocative melodies
At home on the big stage having shared it with a long list of Aussie icons including The Waifs and Missy Higgins yet their greatest love is to play intimate concerts preferably through a single mic. Vocal harmonies, banjo, slide and open-tunings come together to create their unique form of soul country music with its bare feet firmly planted in folk.
James Abberley
Blurring the lines of a modern day singer Songwriter, with a traditional folk approach, his songs are drenched in soul and summer swept vibes, and they will be stuck in your head for days. With a high energy show full of Melody and storytelling James has been hailed one of the best in the business. During his career, James has supported some of Australia’s finest including Xavier Rudd, The Waifs, Ash Grunwald, Paul Dempsy & more recently Kim Churchill listen now on Spotify
Dazastah
(Darren Reutens)
Dazastah, MC, beat maker master, musician, producer, chimp and the driving force behind West Australian Hip Hop is as comfy spitting raps in front of a heaving festival crowd as he is laying down phat beats in his Dazastah studio lair. You can’t put a good chimp down. Syllaboliks royalty, Downsyde front man and producer, Dazastah continues to dominate Australian music with a string of successful solo and compilation albums and hundreds of production credits under his belt since busting on to the scene in 2000. Dazastah is one of Hip Hop’s most prolific and preeminent producers. His passion and music has taken him all over Australia, America, Canada and Europe, Malaysia and India and he continues to tour and perform and produce music with and for other well known Australian artists like the Hill Top Hoods, Pegz, UK's Mystro AND THE LATE GURU OF GANSTARR USA)
Katie McKay
Viola
Australian-born violist Katie McKay is known for her versatility and creativity as a performing artist. She has a passion for presenting unique musical interactions; fusing aspects of music making from a wide variety of genres, cultures, and traditions. Katie frequently performs around Australia and Asia in various chamber ensembles and symphony orchestras, and spent 2017 and 2018 collaborating and studying in New York. Katie performs on both the viola and electric 5-string violin, mixing elements of her traditional training with contemporary influences.
Formidable Vegetable Charlie McGee
Ukulele-strumming ecological troubadour, lead man Charlie McGee from Formidable Vegetable walks the walk of sustainability and regenerative living wherever he can on the road and at home, lighting the way for other ecologically minded folks to do the same.
Having regularly played at some of the biggest arts & music events in the world such as Woodford & MONA FOMA (Australia), Shambhala (Canada), Symbiosis (USA) and Glastonbury (UK) alongside such acts as Dolly Parton, Radiohead, The Rolling Stones and their West Australian peers, Tame Impala and John Butler Trio.
Tanya Ransom
Tanya Ransom fuses folk blues and alt country in an alchemy of songs that are emotive and captivating.
Ransom’s natural talent with words and melody, delivered by an effortless blues tone voice accompanies the laid-back guitar perfectly. Her love and life in the wide open spaces of the vast North-West, travelling through the endless Australian desert and life under the open skies are heard through her songwriting. Awarded WAM Best Regional Act of 2020, Tanya holds audiences attentive with her unassuming
warmth and personality, leaving you yearning for more.
Sundown
Raymond Edney
Bush Mechanic Music: A Country, Folk fusion this original band from the Gascoyne has raw harmonies, warm rhythms and lyrics that transport you to fireside sessions under perfect starry night skies. Sundown has performed nationally with Mark Atkins, the Pigram Brothers and Dave Mann.
Tilly Kay Trio
Tilly Kay approaches her craft with joy and an ear for detail. Dave Mann (from The Hairy Marron
Recording Studio) coined the term ‘One Take Tilly’ referring to her pitch, versatility and ease as a studio vocalist. Tilly is an accomplished soundscapist, has fronted soul bands, community choirs, delivered prison songwriting workshops and is a touring vocalist for Mama Kin. Tilly’s most recent collaboration with double bassist Sam Liddon sees them developing a strong catalogue of original songs that showcase both Tilly and Sam’s songwriting talents.
Performing Artists
Natural Wings
Dawn Pascoe
(Aerial)
Solo Flight
Aerial
Innovative, heartfelt, funny and magical for all ages
Dawn shares her stunning aerial choreography which is renowned all over the world, wears her heart on her sleeve, and uses her trademark humour to engage with all ages. Pascoe combines lyrical dance, clowning, diabolo, and aerial trapeze and the precision and mastery of all of those skills is evident in every moment she is on stage (or in the audience, as it turns out...). The extensions in her body lines demonstrate a rigorous classical dance training background, the muscle contours across her body show her strength, and the agility of her face is up with the best of Le Coq or Commedia artistes.
Dancing on the Wall
Vertical Dance
Dawn Pascoe & Theaker von Ziarno
Two artists dangle, fly and flip high above the ground, and connect with their audience, while using the wall as their floor. See what is possible when gravity is turned on its head and two elegant, daring and dynamic performers emerge.
Beautiful, intimate and downright spectacular. Spellbinding for all ages.
Candy Girls
Circus Comedy
Specialist Circus, street performing, comedy women move through festivals with spunk and larger than life presence, before setting up engaging shows which are fun for all ages.
Cast of 3 performers "serious circus craft and ability that is not merely 'good enough for the kids' but is thrilling entertainment for adults lucky enough to attend " - Australian Stage
Stilt Dance
A collaborative project with Red Top Creations.
Spellbinding, stunning and downright spectacular, these Stilt Dancers will whisk you away to a world where elegance, colour and expression collide. Impressive from a distance; Highly choreographed, spectacular and mesmerising to all ages.
Chrystal Stacey
Hula hoops, aerial, hip hop
Born in Fremantle with an Indo-Chinese heritage through her father Chrystal Stacey grew up in Broome and has performed sell out circus shows all around the world. Including Hot Brown Honey. “It was a political, intersectional arts, cabaret-style show, collaborating with women of colour from across Australia. It was a unique show and experience that celebrated different backgrounds, ethnicities, and art disciplines. From contemporary dance, song, spoken word, burlesque, hip-hop and circus. It was an 18+ show that raised the middle finger to the patriarchy and was a block party for telling different stories.’
Miss Red
Lasso Show
Saddle up for fun as Miss Red presents a world-class lasso, comedy, club spinning and juggling show suitable for all ages. The Miss Red show has been described as “delicious, fun-filled and cheeky” and has appeared on street and stage festivals and events around Italy, UK and Australia.
Ginger Ninja
Circus comedy show
Other Artists
Ralf Mulks
Film & projection
Ralf Mulks’ dream as a filmmaker was to convert a rusty Toyota Coaster bus into a “drive-in” cinema. Reminiscent of the 1940s’ “Travelling Talkies”, the cinema bus travels to rural communities for evenings of entertainment, in a bid to reduce social isolation.
The Shinema (shed plus cinema) bus project was a year in the making, with Ralf and his fellow Chapman Valley Menshed (WA) members converting the Coaster into a vibrant portable cinema. Mulks is an accomplished international film maker and will create magical large scale digital projection for buildings and landscapes in the Gascoyne with Anton Felix Blume.