Gene Tree: Listen. Now. Again - short

PRESENTED BY ST MARTINS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS VICTORIA
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‘Do we have to have hope to evolve?’
Leading audiences on an interactive performance adventure through Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, children and teenagers ask ‘impossible questions’ about evolution, adaptation and hope.
An ode to the planet, Gene Tree: Listen. Now. Again invites audiences into small moments: feet on the grass, back against a tree, face in the wind.
Music, rhythm and projections interlace with children’s stories of change and connection to nature. Part living sculpture, part call to attention, Gene Tree immerses audiences inside a chorus of children’s voices, dreaming futures together within the nooks and crannies of the Gardens.
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CAST AND CREATIVES
Performers / The Gene Tree cast comprises 14 young people from Congress, St Martins’ think tank ensemble aged between 11 and 17 years old, and 15 young people from Dandenong Primary School aged between 9 - 12 years old.
Concept, Composer, Musician / Elissa Goodrich
Director / Nadja Kostich
Producer / Lara Week
Associate Director / Katrina Cornwell
Set / Nature and Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Lighting / The Sun
Production Design / Emily Barrie and Rachel Burke
Video Design and Dramaturgy / Michael Carmody
St Martins collaborating Artists / Amelia Ducker, Nicolette Forte, Maria Theodorakis and Alice Qin
Musicians / Rodrigo Salgado (double bass), Gideon Brazil (woodwinds), Leah Scholes (percussion) and Elissa Goodrich (percussion)
Production Manager / Rain Iyahen
Stage Manager / Zsuzsa Gaynor Mihaly
Technical Manager / Russell Goldsmith
Production Assistant / Millie Levakis-Lucas
Technical Assistant / Giovanna Yate Gonzales
Assistant Stage Manager / Klari Agar
Access Consultants / Artemis Muñoz and Kian Hall
Video credit: Jason Cheetham
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