NO FEELING IS FINAL CREATIVE AUSTALIA 2025

 

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Project Timeline – No Feeling Is Final: Live Creative Australia – Arts and Disability Initiative

This timeline outlines the key activities supported by the Creative Australia Arts and Disability Initiative. Phase 1 will be focused on creative development and is funded by Creative Victoria (Confirmed). Phase 2, supported by Creative Australia, will focus on the production development and preview presentation of No Feeling Is Final: Live, culminating in a preview season at Brunswick Mechanics Institute in July 2026. This phase also prioritises psychosocial disability leadership (the lead artist and several collaborators), lived experience advisory input, and trauma-informed audience support strategies developed with The Big Anxiety Festival.

Note: This timeline reflects updated availability discussions with Science Gallery Melbourne, which are still being confirmed. As such, there may be slight differences from the version included in the submitted application and the support letter from Science Gallery Melbourne. The version in this project timeline is the most up to date.

JULY 2025 – JANUARY 2026: CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT (Creative Victoria Funded)

Duration: 7 months

These activities will be supported by existing Creative Victoria development funding:

  • Finalise key collaborators including director

  • Script and show refinement with creative team, lead by Honor Eastly and Ahmarnya Price

  • Early blocking, design planning, and logistics preparation

  • Rehearsals and technical planning at low-cost venues

  • Initial marketing and audience outreach plan

JANUARY 2026: CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT RESIDENCY (Creative Victoria Funded)

Duration: 2 weeks at Science Gallery Melbourne (venue availability currently being finalised)

A focused two-week creative development residency at Science Gallery Melbourne:

  • Two-week creative development residency at Science Gallery Theatre:

    • Week 1: Script refinement with Director (TBC) and Dramaturg (Ahmarnya Price)

    • Week 2: Technical development with full creative team (sound, video, lighting - Rob Curruli and Nikki Castle)

  • Lived experience advisory group script consultations (2 sessions during creative residency)

  • Check-ins with mental health consultant Dr. Tim Sharp

  • Finalise show design, blocking, and presentational technical cue programming

  • Industry showing and documentation for production planning

MARCH – APRIL 2026: PRE-PRODUCTION (Creative Australia Funded)

Duration: 2 months

  • Finalise production planning with full creative team

  • Develop detailed technical plans across all design areas

  • Create comprehensive production schedules and risk management strategies

JUNE 2026: TECHNICAL PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT (Creative Australia Funded)

Duration: 3 weeks

  • Two weeks of technical development at Science Gallery Melbourne (availability currently being confirmed)

  • One week of technical development at Brunswick Mechanics Institute

  • Video content development with filmmaker Nikki Castle

  • Sound/music design with Marty Peralta

  • Lighting integration and technical direction lead by Rob Curulli

  • Development of portable stage elements for efficient touring

  • Begin development of access documentation and content warnings in collaboration with The Big Anxiety Festival

JULY 2026: PRODUCTION INTEGRATION & REHEARSAL (Creative Australia Funded)

Duration: 1 week at Brunswick Mechanics Institute

  • Full technical rehearsals with integrated design elements

  • Refinement and final production adjustments

  • Finalisation of access documentation (visual story, content warnings, audience support briefings)

  • Auslan interpreter briefing and integration into rehearsals

JULY 2026: PREVIEW SEASON AT BRUNSWICK MECHANICS INSTITUTE (Creative Australia Funded)

(Duration: 1 week)

  • Technical bump-in and setup

  • 2-3 public preview performances including Auslan-interpreted session

  • Audience and presenter engagement

  • Capture of professional photography and video

  • Evaluation and debrief with team and advisors

  • Launch of touring marketing materials and presenter outreach

Strategic Role of This Phase (supported by Creative Australia)

This production development and preview season is a key transitional milestone, transforming No Feeling Is Final into a technically resolved, tour-ready work. It also deepens capacity for disability-led production processes, generates professional marketing collateral, and activates new touring partnerships across arts and health sectors.

This phase also strengthens the disability arts ecosystem by supporting several collaborators with lived experience of chronic mental health conditions to contribute to a high-impact, technically ambitious work. It models best-practice production processes that centre mental health access, setting a new benchmark for intersectional performance touring.

Dates may shift slightly depending on venue and team availability. As noted above, we are currently finalising dates with Science Gallery Melbourne as they are finalising availability for 2026.

Additional Notes

  • Audience outreach and marketing avenues: The presentation builds on strong public interest from the 2022 sell-out developmental version at The Capitol Theatre (the venue’s first post-pandemic sellout). Audiences will be reached through: Big Feels Club’s 7,000+ email list, Big Feels Club and Honor Eastly’s social media following (18k+), Science Gallery’s promotional channels, and strategic mental health sector outreach (via Eastly’s established relationships with organisations such as Beyond Blue, SANE, headspace, and Orygen).