Experts Radio Lab

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Set within a fun, colourful, 80's-style 'pop up' radio studio, Experts Radio Lab is a drop-in performance where young people are interviewed as the expert on a topic of their choice. The interactive performance is hosted by internationally reknowed artist Alice Mary Cooper and her highly experienced team of performers. The interviews are shared live over a PA to an audience of fellow interviewees, their families, and curious onlookers. Accompanying the main studio is a Listening Station, located elsewhere in the building where audiences can use earphones to listen in to child experts recorded from previous performances. The work is flexible and suits festivals, galleries, foyers, outdoors...you name it! Comissioned by Imaginate, 'Experts' has proved popular with children and families accross the world- touring to festivals and family events from Toronto to Egypt.
Company
Alice Mary Cooper
Company / Artist Bio
I am a theatre maker, ​actor​ and clown from Gadigal Land/Sydney. I seek to tell stories that speak challenging truths about ourselves and our world, reconnect audiences to themselves, their communities and environments and provoke dialogue and change toward more sustainable futures. My work and theatre shows are often highly physical and combine elements of clowning, audience interaction/participation, spoken storytelling and physical comedy. I have produced and performed my shows Waves, Experts Radio Lab and The Bush at festivals including Edinburgh International Children’s Festival, Auckland Arts Festival, Babaro Festival, Galway, Junior, Toronto and with Regional Arts Victoria.
Location
NSW
Artform
Interdisciplinary
Audience
Children and Families
Venue suitability
Black boxSpiegeltent / temporary venueOutdoorsSite-specificAny - we're flexibleFestival
Reviews
There wasn't a moment throughout the day where families weren’t gathered in front of Alice and her team enjoying the knowledge that was being shared in this incredibly interactive performance event. Noel Jordan, Former Festival Director, Imaginate
Duration
Usually 4 hours composed of 2 x 120 minutes sessions (however flexible to other durations)
Touring Party
1- 4 (usually 2 but depends on potential audience sizes)
Previous Seasons
2022, Commissioned by Imaginate for the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival 'Family Encounters' at the National Museum of Scotland and Bridge Festival, Platform (Glasgow) 2023, Return Season: Family Encounters, Edinburgh International Children’s Festival. May 2022 Family Encounters, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland June 2022 Platform Family Day, Glasgow, Scotland June 2023 Family Encounters, National Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh) August 2023 Made in Scotland Showcase, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, National Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh) May 2024 Junior Festival, Harbourfront Arts centre, Toronto, Canada July 2024 Festival of the Sea, Aberdeen Art Gallery & Maritime Museum, Aberdeen, Scotland 2025 Hakawy Children’s festival, Cairo, Egypt. 2025 & 2026 Paisley Book festival, Paisley, Scotland 2026 Merchant City Festival at the Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland
Estimated Remount Cost
$5 - 10k
Weekly Sell-Off Fee
$15 - 20k
Royalty %
5 (However usually worked out as a fee as it is a free/drop in event)
Availability
202720282029 or later
Partners
Devised and Producer by Alice Mary Cooper and company. Experts Radio Lab was originally commissioned by the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival, produced by Imaginate, for their Family Encounters at the National Museum of Scotland and for Platform’s Bridge Festival (Glasgow). It has been supported by Catherine Wheels Theatre Company.
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/alicemarycooper/
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/alicemarycooperartist/
Contact Name
Alice Mary Cooper
Contact Phone
+44 7852 697 297
Contact Email
alicemcooper@gmail.com

Program information

Presentation date
Tuesday 8 September
APAX presentation type
Installation/Immersive Experience

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