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2012 – The Climamania Project Event Nr 3 (C3)
Soul Theatre’s second production for 2012 was The Climamania Project Event Nr 3 (C3).
ARTISTIC NOTES: Performance of Groundtruthing, by climate scientist Peter Hardy
PURPOSE : for the 4th Earth Action Conference, involving several schools, co-ordinated by Lorna Brooks, Yr. 11 Coordinator/Sustainable Schools Coordinator at Mill Park Secondary College
BENEFICIARIES : SOUL’s Climamania Project; student audience
VENUE : Mill Park Secondary College
SEASON : Thursday, September 6, 2012
DIRECTOR : Alicia Liley
2012 – The Climamania Project Event Nr 2 (C2)
Soul Theatre’s second production for 2012 was The Climamania Project Event Nr 2 (C2).
PURPOSE : Continuing the Climamania momentum, since many people wanted to see it again from seeing C1 and many also were unable to attend C1
BENEFICIARY : SOUL’s Climamania Project
VENUE : St. Martin’s Community Church, 215 Wellington St., Collingwood
SEASON : Saturday June 16, 2012
DIRECTOR : Alicia Liley
2012 – The Climamania Project Event Nr 1 (C1)
Soul Theatre’s first production for 2012 was The Climamania Project Event Nr 1 (C1).
ARTISTIC NOTES : Exasperated for simply producing finances (that only achieved $20K from The Ian Potter Foundation, 21-12-2010 and The R.E. Ross Trust, 17-05-2011 of $10K each), Alicia was determined to communicate and educate the essence and various aspects of the Climate Change Crisis, so LAUNCHED The Climamania Project with various creative deliveries.
PURPOSE : Climamania Launch event
BENEFICIARIES : SOUL’s Climamania Project; Beyond Zero Emissions; Yarra Climate Action Now! (YCAN!)
2012-2015: Climamania Project events C1 through C5
Exasperated for simply producing finances (that only achieved $20K: from The Ian Potter Foundation, 21-12-2010 and The R.E. Ross Trust, 17-05-2011 of $10K each), Alicia was determined to communicate and educate the essence and various aspects of the Climate Change Crisis, so LAUNCHED The Climamania Project in 2012 with various creative events:
These took the form of four presentation/performances, known as C1 through C4.
18 March, 2012: C1 – Climamania Launch Event
16 June, 2012: C2 – Climamania Event Nr 2, continuing the momentum
6 September 2012: C3 – Climamania Event Number 3, schools’ performance of Groundtruthing by Peter Hardy
10 November 2012: C4 – Climamania Event Number 4, Bob Brown and other speakers, plus a performance of Groundtruthing by Peter Hardy
In 2013 and 2014, Soul faced personal and organisational challenges, which meant that no productions were realised in those years. 2015 offered the opportunity to present several Short Plays on Climate Change that were waiting in the wings. Soul registered for the 2015 Melbourne Fringe Festival with:
28 September – 4 October 2015: C5 – Climamania Event Number 5, The Climamania Mini-Festival of Short Plays and Music
which also included comedy and poetry.
2009 ongoing: The Climamania Project
The Climamania Project:
Oh Honeys, there just are way too many deaths and destruction occurring throughout the world. It is mankind’s responsibility to protect our home – Alicia Liley
[Baa Atoll, Maldives, image courtesy
Creative Commons BY-SA]
C6 (Climamania Event Number 6) — November 2017
SOUL will be performing The Australian Premiere of the UK playwright Steve Waters’ The Contingency Plan as a play-reading in 2017.
This script is composed of two full length plays that encapsulate various viewpoints regarding Climate Change, offering a realistic balanced portrayal of attitudes of denial and the reality of the damaging environmental circumstances exhibited by the Climate Change Crisis.
This double bill offers varied scientific opinions, media aspects and of course, the varied political attitudes apparent within today’s reality! With the finality of the public’s confusion as the situation worsens.