IMTAL 7th Biennial International Conference
UPDATED 7th September 2011
Program remains subject to change.
Museum Theatre: Access All Areas
Melbourne, Australia
16 – 20 October 2011
Sunday 16 October
BMW Edge, Federation Square
3.30 - 5.00 Conference Registration
Old Treasury Building, Spring Street
6.00 – 7.30 Official welcome, drinks and canapés
Monday 17 October
BMW Edge, Federation Square
8.30 - 9.15 Registration
9.30 Welcome from IMTALAP President: Barry Kay
9.35 Welcome to Country
9.45 Welcome from Laura Miles, Executive Director, Museums Australia (Victoria)
10.00 Keynote Address: William McInnes. Actor, author and patron of Museum of Democracy, Old Parliament House, Canberra.
10.45 Morning Tea (Supplied)
11.15 Performance: Sharing our Land and our Country Fed Ed Program, Federation Square.
11.45 Plenary Session: Panel Discussion Global Perspectives. The state of museums and museum theatre around the world.
Chair: Michael Mills, South Australia; Mark Wallis, England; S. Xavier Carnegie, USA; Jenny Wake, New Zealand,
Sue Atkinson, Tasmania.
12.30 Lunch (Get your own as you make your way to Melbourne Museum) Travel via foot, Bike Share,
City Circle Tram. Lunchtime suggestions: Laneways near the Block Arcade, Brunetti, Swanston Street.Melbourne Museum.
Carlton Gardens
2.00
Parallel Session 1.1
Lyn Beasley, Peter Wilkins. National Museum of Australia, Canberra.
Come Alive – A Student Festival of Museum Theatre.
Parallel Session 1.2
Dr Margaret Zeegars, University of Ballarat, & Michael Ward, Sovereign Hill.
A Pedagogy of Affective Learning: Sovereign Hill Museum School
Parallel Session 1.3
Dr Ricci-Jane Adams & Dr Christine Sinclair: University of Melbourne:
Accessing the Cultural Conversation: Youth Culture and Receptive Theatre Participation.
3.00
Parallel Session 2.1
Meg Upton and Daniel Betty. Drama Victoria.
‘Footprints’ – Aesthetic experiences, performative adventures.
Parallel Session 2.2
Scott Wright. Erth theatre company. Cancelled
A work in progress.
Parallel Session 2.3
Jade Erikssen, Teina Moetara, Heather Timms of Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School.: Tatou: Maori frameworks of encounter in development of performance grown from artefact.
4.00 Explore Melbourne Museum
5.00 Meet in Bunjilaka
5.30 Performance in Milari Gardens Ron Murray
6.30 End of day. Casual social gathering at venue tbc
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Tuesday 18 October
Sovereign Hill, Ballarat
8.30 Buses depart Melbourne from back of Federation Square. Russell Street and Flinders Street
10.00 Welcome and Morning Tea
10.30 Keynote Address: Towards a centre of excellence in Museum Theatre – collaboration/partnership between University of Ballarat and Sovereign Hill. Victoria Theatre
11.30 Performance: Chris Krishna-Pillay, Bernard Caleo. CSIRO
Faraday’s Candle
12.30 Lunch (Get your own) and have time to explore Sovereign Hill.
2.00
Parallel Session 3.1
S. Xavier Carnegie, Smithsonian Institution: National Museum of American History.
The Time Trial of John Brown: Evocative Theatre
Parallel Session 3.2
Maryanne Hyde, Kelly Clifford & Gail Frost. Geelong Regional Libraries.
Windows to the World – Geelong’s cultural precinct’s cross-curricular experience.
Parallel Session 3.3
Michael Mills. Heapsgood Productions, Adelaide.
Beyond the glass case: taking museum theatre on the road.
3.00
Parallel Session 4.1
Stephanie Rosestone 10 museum-theatre- related-things I learnt on my trip
Parallel Session 4.2
Janice Haynes. Cape Otway Lightstation and Royal Historical Society of Victoria.
Characters of the ‘Lady of History’.
Parallel Session 4.3
Alaine Beek. Essence Food Studio and Werribee Park.
Things that go bump in the night!
4.00 Afternoon Tea
4.30 Performance followed by discussion: Anti-Chinese League
6.00 Pre-dinner drinks: United States Hotel
6.30 Dinner and Theatre Restaurant. Victoria Theatre
An Evening in the Victoria Theatre
9.30 – 11.00 Return to Melbourne. Arriving Federation Square
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Wednesday 19 October
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV International) St Kilda Road, Southbank
9.15 Welcome to NGV. Pecha Kucha #1
1. Circus Solarus
2. Sandra Earle (Tocal Homestead)
3. Two Friends productions
9.30 Keynote Address: Nigel Sutton
10.30 Morning Tea
11.00
Parallel Session 5.1
Robert Bunzli. Questacon, Canberra.
The Virtual Stage – a backstage pass into classrooms across Australia.
Parallel Session 5.2
Emma Cox. National Gallery of Victoria.
From string quartet to 24 hour Dali: the rise and rise of art after dark at NGV.
Parallel Session 5.3
Simone Mortan. Monterey Bay Aquarium. California. Frame Your Story for Success.12.00
Parallel Session 6.1
Michael Van Tiel. Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. Ali Grodon. Drop Bear Theatre Company.
Is the last performance really the end?
Parallel Session 6.2
Jo Clyne. History Teachers’ Association of Victoria.
Museum Theatre in Virtual Museums?
Parallel Session 6.3
Jo Henwood, Australian Storytelling Guild. Sydney.
Ears to hear and otherwise: communicating for disabilities and modalities.
1.00 Lunch in Great Hall and Performance
Roughhouse Theatre Company, Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
“Puppet on a string” Creating theatre for all on a museum tightrope.
2.00 – 5.00 Outcursion: Visits to choice of Immigration Museum, Scienceworks, Polly Woodside, National Sports Museum
6.30 Conference Dinner: Bockchoy Tang, Federation Square
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Thursday 20 October
State Library of Victoria, Village Roadshow Theatre. La Trobe Street, City
9.15 Pecha Kucha # 2
1. Michael Van Tiel (Powerhouse Museum)
2. Stephanie Rose (Sovereign Hill)
3. Patrick Helean & David Cannell (Questacon)
10.00 Plenary Session: Performance Jade Thomson & Amanda Pearce. Two Friends Theatre Company. For the love of Becker. The State Library of Victoria travelling program
11.00 Morning Tea
11.30 Plenary Session: Panel Discussion. Adrienne Leith, Bernard Caleo & David Perkins, Melbourne Museum. The future of Museum Theatrical Presentations on-line.
12.45 Conference reflection and final remarks
1.00 Conference Close
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