Congress

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Event Congress
Venue Northcote Town Hall, Northcote, VIC
Umbrella Event Melbourne Fringe Festival 2017
First Date 1 October 2017
Opening Date 1 October 2017
Last Date 1 October 2017
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Collaborating with a cross-section of our diverse community, Congress is a citizens assembly and a platform for people to have their say and be heard. Congress connects the personal with the political by match making citizens with professional wordsmiths. Ten professional writers and ten community members have been invited to meet to work together to write and deliver the citizenʻs own first speech.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Lorna Hannan Dancer
Wade Sera-Matiara Dancer
Tristan Meecham Producer
Bec Reid Producer
Terry Barnes Writer
Helen Bayes Writer
Geraldine Cook-Dafner Writer
Ezeldin Deng Writer
Carly Findlay Writer
Alia Gabres Writer
Melanie Joosten Writer
Keira Leike Writer
Suzie Miller Writer
Roger Monk Writer
Hannah Morphy-Walsh Writer
Buster Murphy Writer
Barry Nguyen Writer
Ethan Pham Writer
Vidya Rajan Writer
Solomon Salew Writer
Davey Thompson Writer
Cynthia Troup Writer
Richard Watts Writer
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure 2017 Melbourne fringe guide
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 133805