WonderCity : Tantrum Youth Arts
Part game, part performance, part wayfinding adventure. WonderCity invites you to step into a version of Newcastle as imagined by young people.
WonderCity invites you to step into a version of Newcastle as imagined by young people, embarking on an intricate journey to uncover surprising realities, alternate perspectives and imagined futures of our city.
Curated by young artists, WonderCity is part game, part performance and part wayfinding adventure, weaving through the CBD among some of Newcastle’s most iconic cultural institutions and landmarks. Follow an audio adventure through a series of activated sites and experience young peoples’ responses to the city through live performance, soundscape, film, and installation.
WonderCity has been developed by Tantrum Youth Arts through a process that places young people at the centre of the creative experience. In collaboration with professional artists, this ensemble of young artists creatively and playfully respond to the idea of ‘wonder’ in exploring what was, what is, and dreaming of what could be, for their city.
WonderCity is a walking adventure and audio tour with live performance elements. The approximate walking distance of the tour is 1.5km and the route is both pram and wheelchair friendly.
Audience members will require a mobile device with internet connection and headphones to experience the work. Instructions will be sent to ticket holders via email 48 hours prior to the event. The event will start at the Civic Park fountain, and end in Wheeler Place in Newcastle CBD.
Children under 15 years must be accompanied by an adult.
DURATION
75 minutes
ACCESSIBILITY
The approximate walking distance of the tour is 1.5km and the route is both pram and wheelchair friendly. Service animals welcome. The audio-tour will be in English.
Please indicate access requirements at the time of booking.
Please join us for our AUSLAN tour on Friday 04 October 7:00pm.
ARTISTS & COLLABORATORS
Created by Tantrum’s combined ensembles of young artists (8-30 years) including the WonderCity Ensemble and Accelerate Ensemble.
Creative Director: Penelope (Nel) Kentish
Creative Team: Barnaby Donaghy, Keltan O’Shea, Jada Laurie, Eryn Leggatt
Sound/Audio Design: Huw Jones
Dramaturg/Outside Eye: Claudia Chidiac
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Tantrum Youth Arts is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. Tantrum Youth Arts is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.
