“Layer” is a dance / physical theatre work co-conceived by Stalker and Box of Birds artists : David Clarkson, Matt Hughes, Boris Bagattini, Margie Breen, Aku Kadogo, Andrew Bluff, composer Peter Kennard and dancers Katina Olsen ,Olympia Kotopoulos & Cloe Fournier.

This team has recently been joined by partners in the Netherlands : SHelfish Productions and WERC in Groningen.

“Layer” had its first development in November 2020, thanks to support from: Epic Games, The Australia Council, The City of Sydney, Brand X and the Prins Bernhard Fonds/ Cultuurmakers (Netherlands) .

 “Layer” dances the story of three woman, each alone and isolated with multiple cultural identities. Indigenous/ non-indigenous/ Australian/ European. They encounter multiple replications (or layers) of themselves in real, virtual, fragmented and augmented selves. It artistically explores notions of replication of self- identity, isolation, play and the pleasures and fears we stumble upon in our socially distanced COVID selves.

 “Layer” developed a number of technical innovations to allow the theatre work to be presented both live as well as online in 3D capture, simultaneously in the Netherlands and Australia.

Program Notes: from the November 2020 season.