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Air Race

Format

Stage Show, Adventure, Drama, History

Audiences

Recommended for ages 8+

Bookings/Touring enquiries

Available by request. Enquire today.

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Dreamers, thinkers, tinkerers and madmen… the great Air Race has begun.

 

Inspired by the amazing true story of the 1919 Air Race from London to Australia, this exciting stage adventure explores an extraordinary moment in history when flight was inspiring a whole new way of looking at the world.

Seven teams take to the skies in a thrilling race to victory, chasing an adventure that will take them halfway across the planet. Maintaining their flying machines with found objects, random spare parts and the occasional wad of chewing gum, these aviators undertook their extraordinary journey at a time when ‘risk management’ just wasn’t a thing.

 

Will they survive? Will they make it to Australia? And whose stories matter when you’re making history?

From crash landings to disappearing planes, their stories range from harebrained and hilarious to deeply moving and sometimes tragic. Their incredible resourcefulness and unstoppable determination prove nothing is impossible.

Recommended for ages 8+

 

Written by award-winning playwright Dan Giovannoni, directed by Arena Artistic Director Christian Leavesley and starring some of Australia’s brightest talent, the world premiere of Air Race was held at Bendigo’s Capital Theatre in December 2018.

 

Air Race enjoyed a sell-out run at the 2019 Darwin Festival where it was praised for its unique ability to connect history, aviation and music, and deliver it to young audiences in a way that is engaging, modern and clever.

 

The Fannie Bay Historical Society sent members along to watch each of the Darwin performances, which coincided with the 100 year anniversary of the famous Air Race.

CREDITS

Director & Designer: CHRISTIAN LEAVESLEY

Writer: DAN GIOVANNONI

Composer: ANIA REYNOLDS

Lighting Designer: PAUL JACKSON

Costume Design: MATILDA WOODROOFE

Dramaturgy: SONYA SUARES

Stage Manager: KYRILEE BODIN

Production Manager: BEN VAN DILLEN

Set Builder: TOM EELES at JT Custom Builds

Design Development: CHRISTIAN LEAVESLEY, MARG HORWELL, JOLYON JAMES

Original Cast: CHI NGUYEN, HAMISH IRVINE, SIMONE FRENCH, VIDYA MAKIN

Arena Theatre respectfully acknowledges the Dja Dja Wurrung people, and the Taungurung Peoples of the Kulin Nation, the first peoples of country on which Arena Theatre stands. We pay our respects to all of Bendigo's First Peoples, and to their ancestors and elders. Indigenous sovereignty has never been ceded and we acknowledge that we continue to make art on what always was and always will be, Aboriginal land.

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