Concept Project | In consultation with ARUP & Melbourne Arts Centre

Designed as a fully demountable temporary pop-up my proposal seeks to extend from the traditional notion of the flexible black box theatre, seeing an opportunity in integrating the public realm into the theatre experience. In some ways resembling an oversized ‘prop’, my proposal offers a series of stages that can be appropriated, manipulated, and modified by the passerby that encounters it. Far from a serious affair, “The Lost Thing” seeks to bring a sense of childish whimsy and wonder.

“The theatre of the city is animated through the collective actions of individuals, exchanging signs and meanings in dialogue and in conflict. Seeing and being seen, telling stories, and enacting the core rituals of performance. Citizens become fully engaged as co-performers and spectators in the theatre of social action.”