What a time! We have absolutely loved having Darcie Rae with us as Associate Producer supported by the City of Gold Coast Professional Placement Program. Darcie is the Founder and Director of Glitter Martini, a performing circus artist, (who has an act where she walks on champagne bottles) and a digital marketer with a passion …
In June, we announced that our new major production Roller Coaster was set to premiere as part of Bleach* Festival on the Gold Coast. We also launched our first ever fundraising campaign, asking for support to raise a crucial $5,000 towards our community engagement and participation costs. We are over the moon to announce that with …
Fundraising a Rolling Success thanks to our amazing supporters Read More »
Thank you to everyone who joined Roller Coaster. It sure was a roller coaster, however, through all the glorious ups and downs (thanks to those down pours of rain!) there were so many smiles and so much goodwill, support and displays of what a strong and happy community looks like – not to mention an …
Fierce, tender and explosive, Roller Coaster is a new music theatre production with humour, heart, and a propulsive live soundtrack created by Gold Coast based performance company Everybody NOW!
Griffith University’s, Dr Adele Pavlidis and Professor Simone Fullagar (Sport and Gender Equity -SAGE – at Griffith University) recently reflected on our Roller Coaster Residency in their essay below: Roller skating is undergoing a revival as a creative sport culture that continues to be popular with women, girls and gender expansive humans. Popular culture and …
Roller Coaster – could there be a better metaphor for contemporary life? Read More »
We are super excited to have award winning comedian, Jenny Wynter, join us one again for Gran Slam LIVE 2022. She is 110% Joy Generator and boy doesn’t everyone always need a Joy Generator in their lives. Raised on a nourishing diet of bread and butter pudding (which is obviously why she is such a …
200 everyday rockstars will perform on HOTA’s Outdoor Stage alongside a stellar line up of Aussie rock icons in one massive night of rock!
She’s fast, fierce and fun – Meet Fiona from Fun Daze. Like many kids of the 80’s Fiona’s world got a whole lot brighter (and faster) when the local Rink opened in her home town. She started skating at 9 and by 11 was in a speed team! After a foray into inline and ice …
Performer, comedian and host, Rebel Lyons is the manifestation of all our favourite things. She wears lycra like a boss, is a queen on the roller-skates, she has excellent dance moves and as you’ll read below has some pretty good life advice to follow! She’s also QUT trained, graduating from a Bachelor of Fine Arts …
Crafty, Kind and Cool – Meet our new Producer Pru Wilson We first crossed paths with Pru when she was working for Supercell Dance Festival at HOTA last year, although she is well known and loved throughout the South East Queensland dance community and beyond. We quickly scooped her up for some project work in …
