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PICTURE a summer evening, driving through bushland on a gravel road east of Napoleons.<\/p>\n

You park at the front yard of a nondescript house, and walk around to the back of the property down towards a natural clearing flanked by trees and shrubs.<\/p>\n

Props, seating and actors await you in an amphitheatre where the space between performers and audience becomes one in an intimate, natural setting.<\/p>\n

The crew at newly-established performing company Wanderers Theatre are looking to lead the way in such offerings.<\/p>\n

“We’re all trained actors and have studied theatre so we all have an interest in site-specific theatre,” said production manager Zephya Amelie.<\/p>\n

“We’re really passionate about offering something that’s not already being offered.”<\/p>\n

Comprised of recent or newly-graduated Federation University performing arts students, the Wanderers are looking to bring immersive theatre experiences in novel settings to Ballarat and Golden Plains.<\/p>\n

The troupe will introduce themselves to the region in January with a production of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Napoleons, which director Jack Smith said will see their ethos on full display.<\/p>\n

“Performing out in a regional community, we were big on doing an outdoor production to start,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Because of the nature of A Midsummer Night’s Dream of moving from a restrictive indoor environment of Athens to the whimsical outdoors, we thought it’d be interesting and innovative to do this in the Australian bush in the midsummer.<\/p>\n

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Flynn Davis, Clara Edmonds and Amelia Pawsey as Nick Bottom, Oberon and Peter Quince respectively.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The audience can feel like they’re immersed in that world.”<\/p>\n

The production’s composition will see performers roaming among the audience from a number of different entrances and exits throughout the show, whether to deliver lines or perform music.<\/p>\n

“You’ll never know quite where to turn,” Smith said.<\/p>\n

The group’s ingenuity extends to its cast and crew; many of the show’s performers are filling additional roles from assistant director Abigail Fritsch playing Hermia, to Puck actor Caitlin McCallig handling musical direction.<\/p>\n

“We’ve had all the cast contributing to set and costumes,” said Amelie, who’ll double as Helena in the play. “It’s been a nice, collaborative environment.<\/p>\n

“We’re really trying to create an overall production akin to professional theatre productions in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

“Nearly all of our actors are Ballarat-based too so providing this access for local artists means they don’t have to commute an hour to Melbourne for opportunities.”<\/p>\n

Rehearsals have been underway since October at the Arts Incubator, with upcoming sessions to take place on location next week.<\/p>\n

Smith said future productions will be set in similarly unique settings depending on the story.<\/p>\n

“We’ll lend our theatre space to suit the show,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The idea, as in the name Wanderers Theatre, it’s about not conforming to the classical proscenium arch of actor and audience separation.”<\/p>\n

A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be staged from 7pm on 17, 18, 24, and 25 January at 149 Kittys Lead Road, Napoleons.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $40 general and $35 student\/concession and can be booked at bit.ly\/4fghH86<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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