Cavill Ave is a re-development of my work SlowDive for the Arts Centre Gold Coast, tweaked to suit the space and audience demographic of the Gold Coast.
In March 2011, SlowDive was remounted at the Judith Wright Centre after a number of recce visits to the Gold Coast Arts Centre, investigating the club scene at Cavill Ave where the name was drawn from.
Tweaked for Gold Coast audiences, the club dropped its underground vibe for a 1990s trashy Gold Coast vibe. The characters adopted traits from Gold Coast cultures, the dancers braving orange fake tan. Some key soundtrack changes occurred, dropping the dance floor break out from ‘Rocks’ to ‘Mr Vain’ (complete with a displaced raver). The door wench went from enforcing the dress code to applying coconut oil to the audience as they lined up – not for any tanning by the UV lights, but ensuring the venue smelt like the Gold Coast beach by the end of the performance.
In addition, I began to map how the work might be translated into the theatre there.
Photos by Fen Lan
CAST: Richard Causer, Chafia Brooks, Libby McDonnell, Miranda Zeller, Anthony Trojman, Timothy Brown, Jake Kuzma, Kirri Webb and Sarah Potter (local). Door Wench: Kimberley Twiner.
SET: Rozina Suliman
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