Champions

  • Playwright Isabella McDermott
    Director Bali Padda
    With Cat Dominguez, Talitha Parker, Bayley Prendergast, Lincoln Vickery

    Presented by Little Goat Arts & Entertainment and Old Fitz Theatre

  • Australian Premiere

    What does it really take to “MAKE IT”?

    Four upcoming artists are suddenly thrust into the limelight upon their nomination for the prestigious Archer Award. They each have half a year to create an exhibition worthy to take out the top spot. It’s. THE. big. break. Yet, when one finalist rejects a proposal to split the $50,000 prize, suddenly nothing is off limits.

    CHAMPIONS is a depiction of the art world that thrives on ambition and greed, asking “What does it take to survive in the art world”.

Sunderella

  • Playwright Kunal Mirchandani
    Produced and Developed by Bali Padda, Kunal Mirchandani & Zeenat Parveen
    Director Bali Padda
    Choreographer Zeenat Parveen

    Venue Partner Monkey Baa via the ARA Darling Quarter Theatre
    Audio Production Loud & Clear Audio
    Costume Partner Swastik Institute of Dance
    Special thanks to ACON Health, National Theatre of Parramatta and Opera Australia

    Presented by Trikone Australia & Bali Padda in Association with Sydney WorldPride

  • Set in 18th-century British India, Sunderella features a cast of 17 performers, in splendid costumes and jewels. The story follows Sundar, a pious and sweet-natured young man living with his evil stepmother and two self-centred stepsisters. But as the timeless fairytale goes, Sundar’s fortunes change when a celestial force “stirs the pot”, transforms him into a gorgeous woman called Sunderella and sends her prancing to the prince’s palace. There are dramatic scenes and sweeping dance sequences, comic characters and foot-tapping music. But at the end of the day, Sunderella is a heartrending story of love and acceptance.

Sex Magick

  • Playwright & Co-Director Nicholas Brown
    Dramaturg & Co-Director Declan Greene
    Choreographer Raghav Handa
    Set & Costume Designer Mason Browne
    Lighting Designer Kelsey Lee
    Composer & Sound Designer Beau Esposito
    Video Designer Solomon Thomas
    Associate Cultural Dramaturg Jay Emmanuel
    Community Engagement Director Gary Paramanathan
    Creative Producer Bali Padda
    Intimacy Coordinator Chloë Dallimore
    Malayalam Translation Anish Chacko, Athira Pradeep, Rashmi Ravindran
    Voice & Accent Coach     Nikki Zhao
    Stage Manager     Isabella Kerdijk
    With Blazey Best, Raj Labade, Stephen Madsen, Veshnu Narayanasamy, Mansoor Noor, Catherine Văn-Davies

  • After a workplace indiscretion shatters his elite footy physiotherapy career, Ard Panicker finds himself begging for work at a metaphysical health spa, selling Ayurvedic rubdowns to yummy mummies in Bondi.

    With his sense of self at an all time low and staring down a sea of healing crystals, green juices and sound baths, Ard wonders how the hell his life took him from sport to spirituality in one fell swoop.

    His search for answers takes him to Kerala, South India, where he meets an enlightened and enigmatic tantric guru. But when he returns to Sydney, Ard’s body begins to shudder with mysterious seizures—accompanied by waking visions of a terrifying, all-powerful deity.

    What happened to Ard in India? …And will he ever get his mind back?

Lighten Up

  • Playwrights Nicholas Brown & Sam McCool
    Producer Bali Padda
    Director & Dramaturg Shane Anthony
    Set & Costume Designer Tobhiyah Stone Feller
    Lighting Designer     Christopher Page
    Stage Manager     Lauren Tulloh 
    With     Katie Beckett, Nicholas Brown, Vivienne Garrett, Julie Goss, Sam McCool, Bishanyia Vincent

  • In Australia, we like ‘em blonde and bronzed. In India, it’s ‘fair and lovely’. What happens if you’re stuck in between?

    John Green is an Anglo-Indian Australian actor who dreams of being cast in his favourite soap, ‘Bondi Parade’. The problem is, his coloured contacts can’t hide the fact that his skin is more brown than white. Meanwhile, his skin bleaching mum, Bronwyn, is adamant that he should be procreating with a blonde, white Aussie woman to rid the family of any sign of their ethnic heritage. You guess who he falls in love with.

    This very funny play by actor (and Bollywood leading-man) Nicholas Brown and comedian Sam McCool tells a universal tale of identity, cultural assimilation and bleaching your bits.

In the Space Between

  • Written by Kunal Mirchandani, Zeenat Parveen, Sameer Malik & Prasanna Pichai
    Producers Kunal Mirchandani, Bali Padda, Zeenat Parveen
    Director Kunal Mirchandani
    Choreographer Zeenat Parveen

  • A sequin-studded, queer, drag, Bollywood stage spectacular – the most unique event and the highlight of the 2011 Mardi Gras festival. A night of foot-tapping music, sweeping dances and vivid drama from this cast of South Asian LGBTQIA+ community members in dazzling costumes.

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