Clockfire Theatre's THE GRIEF PARLOUR to Play Riverside Theatres, 12-21 September

Clockfire Theatre's The Grief Parlour comes to Riverside Theatres from Thursday, 12 till Saturday, 21 September 2013, to take the audience on a surreal, fantastical journey in search of a single glittering moment of reunion after death. An eternal hope... to pass through a crack in the wall of life to find those lost in a place outside time - just for one second. The Grief Parlour is presented as the first production of Riverside's 2013 True West Theatre Season.

The Grief Parlour is beautifully realised by an expert cast lead by Jo Turner, one of Australia's finest directors of this magical form of theatre. StarringEmily Ayoub, Roderic Byrnes, Anna Martin, Gareth Rickards, and Kate Worsley, Clockfire Theatre creates a world of elastic space and time. Full of absurd imagery and brief moments of intimate connection, sitting just beyond the reach of the grim necessities of life faced with the loss of a loved one.

Developed by Clockfire as a creative ensemble with music by Ben Pierpoint and text by Jessica Bellamy, The Grief Parlour features script, sound and visual theatre inspired by the great French Lecoq tradition of physical theatre. Jessica is the recipient of the 2013 ATYP Foundation Commission, writing Compass and under commission by Canberra Youth Theatre, writing Fight or Flight for the 2013 Triptych season.

Director, Jo Turner has directed and co-directed many shows at The Sydney Opera House including Peter and the Wolf, My First Time, andDarlingwood Tales. He also directed The Graduate (with Jerry Hall), and many other productions for STC such as Fools Island, and Stolen Workshop.

Clockfire Theatre Company is an ensemble based theatre company, who produce original and visually-dynamic theatre, they are committed to the development of new work through ensemble and physical collaboration. The company was founded in France in 2011 and is led by Artistic DirectorEmily Ayoub and Associate Artists Kate Worsley, Gareth Rickards and International Associate Artist Mine Cerci.

Emily Ayoub, Artistic Director of Clockfire Theatre Company, is a graduate of Theatre Nepean (2005) and more recently, Jacques Lecoq InterNational Theatre School Paris (2011). She founded Clockfire Theatre Company in 2012, producing and creating three developments for the Old 505 Theatre, Lei Hideaway, The Grief Parlour and A Hunger Suite.

"The Grief Parlour explores the grieving process and how it may be experienced by those who we have lost. We hope audiences will be moved and warmed by this visual and physical exploration of grief and it's challenges" said Emily.

Gareth Rickards, Associate Artist of Clockfire Theatre Company, is an actor, writer, violinist and graduate of Theatre Nepean. Gareth has worked with a range of directors and companies including verson 1.0 on the creation of X Marks the Spot which later went on to have a season at the Sydney Opera House.

Kate Worsley, also an Associate Artist of Clockfire Theatre Company, has been involved in every Clockfire project and most recently for Powerhouse Youth Theatre Kate co-directed the creative development of In This Fairfield: Romeo & Juliet In The West with David Williams.

Since graduating from the Actors Centre Australia, Anna Martin has performed in theatre, cabaret and television with stage credits including; Wolf Lullaby (Four Storeys), Under Milk Wood (Free Association), Snugglepot and Cuddlepie (Canute Productions), and Face to Face (Sydney Theatre Company.) Roderic Byrnes graduated from NIDA in 2006. Since graduating, Roderic has performed with Melbourne Theatre Company in HAnnie Raysons' The Glass Soldier, for Urban Theatre Projects/STC Ed in Stories of Love and Hate, and in an acclaimed season of Someone Who'll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness, directed by Nikola Amanovic and produced by Ion Nibiru, of which he is a co-founder.

Music has played a key role in Ben Pierpoint's life since he was first introduced to the piano at the age of 4. He joined his first orchestra at 10 and has toured extensively regionally, nationally and internationally. After studying classical music at the Sydney Conservatorium, he has spent the past 3 years working in the world of jazz, including as the general manager of the Jazzgroove Association and its affiliate annual festival and record label. This is his first outing as a theatre composer.

Clockfire Theatre Company are also offering senior students, teachers and pre-service teachers the opportunity to participate in a workshop at Riverside, inspired by the Lecoq technique prior to their performance on Friday, 13 September for $25 (show included).

Tickets: Adult $27, Conc. $23, True West 3 Play Package $60, Workshop and Show $25*
Bookings: Riverside Box Office on 8839 3399 or www.riversideparramatta.com.au

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