A Book of Hours
Highlights
- Experience a captivating multimedia journey at 60 Little Malop Street, blending animation and live music for all ages.
- Delight in whimsical moments like toothbrush quartets and stop-motion vegetables, engaging your senses in unexpected ways.
- Immerse yourself in a unique performance crafted by award-winning Victorian artists, promising an enchanting sonic feast.
- Explore the intriguing concept of time through dynamic dance and music, inviting you to ponder new landscapes of possibility.
A Book of Hours is a meditation on the mystery of time; a captivating multimedia experience, combining animation and screen dance with a dynamic live musical performance.
Inspired by the ways people spend their time and divide their days for work, rest and play, A Book of Hours is full of moments to surprise and delight audiences of all ages: a quartet for toothbrushes, vegetables swirling in stop-motion, and wind-up toys whirring across a stage full of instruments.
Created by composer Kate Neal, filmmaker Sal Cooper, choreographer Gerard Van Dyck and performed by the contemporary classical ensemble Rubiks Collective, expect an enchanting sonic and visual feast for the senses from this award-winning team of Victorian artists.
Time collapses, days invert and nights implode.
Tick tock, tick tock. Watch it all unwind…
“Call it dance or art music or just live performance. Whatever it is – A Book of Hours is the best kind of puzzle.” — ★★★★ The Age
“…a spectacular intertwining of artforms… clever and entertaining for all.” — Classikon
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Features
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Companion Cards are accepted.
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Grab rails in the bathroom
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Accessible seating areas in theatrette
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
- At least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high).
- Wheelchair accessible transport options available in the general vicinity (provide information on name of the operator, phone and website link to individual providers for private vehicles, community transport train, mini vans, hire cars, buses, taxis, ferry, tram, light rail etc in their access statement).
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