Annual Report 2013

2013 ANNUAL REPORT

1 ANNUAL REPORT 2013

VISION, MISSION, VALUES

Vision Polyglot’s vision is of a future where children are

empowered artistically, socially and culturally.

Mission Placing kids at the heart of our art, Polyglot creates

interactive experiences which ignite imaginations

everywhere from tiny Australian country towns to the

world’s leading centres for the arts.

Values• ACCESSIBILITY to our audiences in price, place

and process

• COLLABORATION with children and peers in our

creative processes, encouraging partnerships

• DIVERSITY of audiences and participants, activity

and income

• EXCELLENCE in process, production, performance

and operations

• BRAVERY in our work to enable new discoveries

• PLAYFULNESS in artistic discovery and in

operations, having as much fun as possible in

the process

• RESOURCEFULNESS in order to make seemingly

impossible things happen

• RESPECT for our artists, audiences, colleagues,

and for the insights of children

• SUSTAINABILITY of operations, of artistic work and

of the planet

2013 Staff list Sue Giles Artistic Director / co-CEO

Tamara Harrison Executive Producer / co-CEO

Adi Diner Associate Producer / General Manager (to August)

Gail Southwell

General Manager (from November)

Lis Blake

Community Associate

Rebecca Chew

Development Manager (from June)

Emma Dodd

Production and Touring Manager

Catherine French

Marketing and Communications Coordinator

Imbi Neeme

Administrator

Julie Wright

Company Manager

2013 Board of DirectorsJulia White Chair

Tom Gutteridge Deputy Chair

Johanna Platt Treasurer

Angela O’Brien General Secretary

Jamie Dawson (to May)

Patricia Edgar

Rhiannon Keen

Tim Woods (from July)

ANNUAL REPORT 2013 2


Polyglot Theatre is an internationally renowned

creator of interactive experiences for children and

their adults, inspiring kids to turn the simplest things

into extraordinary creations. At Polyglot, theatre is

child’s play.

Polyglot’s artists are inspired by the artwork, play

and ideas of children and our works feature active

participation from audience members through

touch, play and encounter. Our artistic works

respond to the childhood need for experiences

that encourage free artistic expression and an

imaginative interpretation of the world. We seek to

challenge, to foster curiosity and to inspire.

For over 30 years, Polyglot has been recognised as

one of Australia’s leading children’s arts companies.

We make new theatre work, present performances,

run workshops and community projects in

Melbourne and around Australia. The company is

in demand internationally as well, performing in five

languages in seven countries on four continents.

Polyglot has played at some of the world’s most

prestigious arts centres and events – including the

Sydney Opera House, Singapore International Arts

Festival, The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center for the

Arts, and the national theatres of London, Korea

and Taiwan.

ABOUT POLYGLOT


Feed The Art

Feed The Art is Polyglot’s model for appraising,

critiquing and valuing our work, creating and

fostering a holistic culture of outstanding theatre

making. Feed The Art includes the following five

steps:

• CHILDREN’S INPUT engaged throughout the

creative process

• CONNECTION WITH PEERS through conversation,

seeing work, and artistic exchange

• CATALYST ARTISTS, who contribute new ideas

to provide provocation and push the artform

development throughout the creation process

• CRITICISM through invited external responses

from experts who look at our work with a

specialised lens

• CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT is sought through

ongoing skills development and a commitment

to excellence, so we never stop learning

Feed The Art is a major component of Polyglot’s

Artistic Vibrancy model, designed to assess the

quality, relevance and success of our artistic program.

Artistic Catalyst Group

In addition to the Feed the Art process, Polyglot also

has an Artistic Catalyst Group. Throughout the year

the Artistic Director and Executive Producer meet

with a select group of artists and theatre workers

for intensive two day meetings discussing Polyglot’s

vision, ideas, planning and process. In 2013 the

Artistic Catalyst Group was Madeleine Flynn and

Tim Humphrey, Anna Tregloan, and Julianne O’Brien.

This group has proven invaluable to the concept

development behind new works and as a sounding

board and support for the Artistic Director.

In 2013 we had the wonderful input of Ed Scribner – Child Reporter, who’s insightful and funky videos

documented and reviewed our work from a child’s

perspective. Later in the year we also worked with

Nina B – Polyglot Correspondent, whose delightful

written reviews have given a different form of

commentary on the work.

ABOUT POLYGLOT


In Polyglot’s 2012 Annual Report, I referred to the

year just gone as ‘one of the busiest years we’ve

had’. In hindsight, it seems now that 2012 set

the benchmark for ‘normal operations’ as 2013

continued on in the same vein.

Busy is a word that defines this company. With

over 57 performances in Australia, including a

national tour to 25 towns, a further 31 performances

in 3 countries around the world, creation and

development of 4 new works, delivery of community

projects to over 163 participants and an ongoing

schools residency program, 2013 continued to set the

trend in artistic outreach. By year’s end, over 110,000

people had experienced a Polyglot production, in

over 81 different locations across four countries.

The company is now in the strong position of

having several tried and tested unique immersive

engagement works in its repertoire, as well as several

new works in development. Demand for Polyglot’s

particular style of children’s entertainment remains

strong globally.

Acknowledgement must be made in 2013 of our

wonderful funding partners – the Australia Council

for the Arts, Arts Victoria, City of Melbourne, and

City of Stonnington. As a recipient of ongoing

funding from local, state and federal governments,

the company has been able to shore up both its

organisational and its creative capacity to best

advantage. Polyglot was fortunate to receive in

2013 new funding from Arts Victoria, in recognition of

the unique nature of the work being produced and

its ability to showcase Victoria on a global stage.

Especial thanks also goes out to the many donors

to Polyglot who give generously in support of this

organisation. Rebecca Chew commenced in the

role of Philanthropy Manager mid-2013 and has

already made an impact in the areas of donor

engagement, with a view to taking philanthropic

support to the next level.

The end of 2013 brought about an end of an era

for me as I step down from my role as Chair after

five years on the Polyglot Board. I would like to pay

tribute to my colleagues on the Polyglot Board, all

of whom bring a passion and interest to the table

every meeting, and share a dedication and belief in

the work being created. I leave the company in the

capable hands of Tom Gutteridge, who accepted

the position of Chair as of January 2014.

Finally, I would like to acknowledge the unswerving

dedication of the team running the show at Polyglot.

Each of the staff has never failed to impress; their

passion and dedication to both art and young

people is always at the forefront of everything that

they do. And, of course, the company owes a

huge debt of gratitude to its joint CEOs, Tamara

Harrison and Sue Giles; both powerhouses of energy,

ideas and vision. I wish them all well on their new

adventures, and am confident that they will continue

to keep themselves ‘busy’.

Julia White

Chair, Polyglot

CHAIR’S REPORT


CEO’S REPORT

In 2013 Polyglot’s strength of profile and reputation

for creating works that are shared by whole families

meant more opportunities for partnerships across

the whole year. We create explorative, interactive

worlds that rely on both individual response and

collective creation. Our point of difference in our art

remains a key factor in our increasing recognition,

locally and internationally.

2013 was made particularly significant by the

partnerships, both new and established, which

allowed for a huge amount of exploration, based on

trust in the company’s product and confidence in

our delivery.

We started with site specific exploration with

Melbourne Recital Centre, continuing this adventure

with Trailblazer in October for Melbourne Festival

at Federation Square. We worked with long time

partners Arts Centre Melbourne with new work Sonar exploring sound as a playful interactive form, and

with Federation Square to present Ants. We were part

of Darebin Council’s new strategy at the Arts Centre

with Paper Planet and Sydney Opera House took

Sound of Drawing for 16 days, papering the walls with

glorious colour. We were part of festivals large and

small all over the world, with works that have proven

their attractiveness to a broad audience.

Polyglot’s works live long. The flexibility of the work

means adaptability to almost any space and

situation. Works like Tangle, We Built This City and

Paper Planet are visual and tactile expressions of

Polyglot’s philosophy around arts and children, using

simple materials to build spectacular shared art

works that rely on imaginative play. The non-verbal

performance within these works – very physical and

playful – mean that communities anywhere in the

world can enjoy it.

2013 was a year of building and strengthening

partnerships, of seeing how our work can be part

of something that really can change individual

aspirations as well as being beautiful, fun,

spectacular and original. One of the largest and

most ambitious community engagement projects

we have ever undertaken in our 35 year history

came to a close this year with Expecting Something? culminating in October with a three pronged public

outcome. We were back to Mahogany Rise in

Frankston with a second performance project with

the grade 5s, 6s and 7s, and our new exploration

Voice Lab made everything we’ve been exploring

about the authentic child voice in what we do, a

reality. We also began what we hope to be a strong

international collaboration with Japan, working in

Minamisanriku for the second time in three years,

alongside children of the town.

Our important creative collaborators this year were

the children and staff of the Victorian College for

the Deaf, the Currajong School, Dinjerra Primary

School, Insight Education Centre for Blind and Vision

Impaired and Mahogany Rise Primary School as well

as our PUPS – the Polyglot Underage People Society.

New theatre work Separation Street brought two

schools together with the Suitcase Royale to explore

new ways of bringing in children’s interactivity to

create a theatrical journey. Separating children

from adults to hear and feel their instinctive response

and energy while immersed in a theatrical world is a

fascinating adventure and has led us down a new

path of theatre making.


The year wouldn’t be the busy year it was without

all the other work we packed into it. Our staff work

harder than anyone we know and with workshops

at festivals and schools, roving puppetry, constant

touring, and complex community engagement

projects, we had our hands full all year. And yet

everyone manages to eat cake, have a laugh and

get a kick out of what we can bring to the arts sector

and to children.

We could not do without the inspiration and hard

yakka of the artists we work with; the designers,

directors, sound artists, performers, production

managers, makers and dancers; who are more like

a family than anything else, who we can rely upon

to deal with any situation, who understand deeply

what it is we are all trying to achieve. This year we

have worked with more art forms, more exciting new

directions and more interesting developments than

ever before.

Thank you to the Polyglot Board for their continued

loyalty, belief and rigour; to the Polyglot Staff who are

a great team and know how to make things happen

in the best way possible, to the Artistic Catalyst Group

for their constant stimulation and to our extended

family of artists, children and adults who come with

us on all of our adventures.

We hope you enjoy reading about the projects in this

year of amazing activity and look forward to seeing

you all in 2014.

CEO’S REPORT

Sue Giles Artistic Director/ co-CEO

Tamara HarrisonExecutive Producer


Polyglot performed over 260 performances of six

existing works and three new works, facilitated four

community engagement projects, undertook three

creative development processes and led over 130

workshops, all in all reaching more than 110,000

people in different four countries.

2 new commissions The Great Australian Dream and

Trailblazer reached approximately 8,000 people in

the City of Melbourne.

Our newest work in development, Separation Street, invited children to share their expertise in

creative play and original thought during its creative

development showing at Arts House CultureLAB.

Polyglot delivered an outdoor exhibition, gallery

installation and performance of How High The Sky as part of our long-term Kids In Control community

engagement program, Expecting Something? in

Morwell.

Muckheap embarked on a final national Australian

tour, travelling from the country’s leading arts

centers to its tiniest towns. Over ten years, Muckheap

has been seen by an estimated 95,000 children

worldwide.

We visited the China Shanghai Performing Arts

Market for the first time with the support of the

Victorian Government Super Trade Mission.

Tangle premiered at the Perth International Arts

Festival and WOMADelaide, before premiering in

South Korea, and touring across the USA.

We Built This City, Polyglot’s flagship work toured the

USA performing in Tulsa, Oklahoma and La Jolla,

California.

With the support of the Australia-Japan Foundation,

and Arts Victoria Polyglot returned to Minamisanriku,

Japan, an area affected by the 2011 tsunami, with a

special iteration of We Built This City.

Polyglot benefitted from the support of 45 donors

including 32 Ambassadors, led by our patron Miss

Betty Amsden AO; we partnered with nine trusts and

foundations who supported our artistic development

with children, artists and the community. Polyglot

also worked with six sponsors who supported the

presentation of our work. These supporters are listed

on pp 41 - 42.

ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2013

Sue Giles Artistic Director/ co-CEO

The Great Australian Dream was a commission for the

Melbourne Recital Centre and marked Polyglot’s first

collaboration with the iconic music venue. With the

broad thematic of ‘Australia’ to play with, this work

harnessed the growing interest in site specific space

activation projects that respond to the purpose of

the site as much as its architecture. Using colour,

texture and abstract impressions of landscape and

environment the work explored concepts of sound

through doing. The Great Australian Dream is a title

that references the irony of the changing ideals in

this country of what is desired and what is possible.

The project consisted of four different works: The Great Australian Dream – an installation of tiny

houses each with an individual doorbell; Bubble Path – a bubble wrapped staircase that participants

jumped hopped and danced on; Bell Bird – a room

hung with hundreds of little sweet brass bells that

you encountered with blindfold on; and Sound of Drawing – a table wired for sound that enabled

children to not only see the outcome of their artistic

endeavours but also hear the sounds the actions of

their pastels made on the paper. Sound of Drawing went on to have a separate season of its own at

the Sydney Opera House in July and looks poised to

become part of our regular touring repertoire.

A special addition to the installation works at the

Melbourne Recital Centre was the presentation

of Artist Adam Simmons’ music box work, Building Blocks, responding to the plight of asylum seekers in

this country.

KEY ACTIVITIES Music Play Children’s Festival – The Great Australian DreamVenue: Melbourne Recital Centre

Performance dates: 17 – 19 January

Number of performances: 3

Total audience: 1,846

Key artists: Concept and direction Sue Giles, Design

and build Mischa Long, Doorbell design Marco Cher-

Gibard and Danny Cisco, Performers Christian Bagin,

Jodee Mundy, Sabrina d’Angelo, Building Blocks

Installation Adam Simmons, Sound artists Madeleine

Flynn and Tim Humphrey

Production: Emma Dodd, Rita Khayat

Kids at the House – Sound of DrawingVenue: Sydney Opera House

Performance dates: 1 – 14 July

Number of days: 16


Key artists: Staff training and direction Sue Giles,

Performers Sydney Opera House Staff

FUNDING SUPPORTCommissioned by Melbourne Recital Centre

in 2013

VIDEO LINKhttp://youtu.be/IdybwNE3DXM


NEW WORK IN DEVELOPMENTTHE GREAT AUSTRALIAN DREAM & SOUND OF DRAWING


In March 2013, Polyglot marched together with

the Children’s Performing Company of Australia in

the Moomba Parade. A simple work reflecting the

parade’s movement and larger than life imagery

– this collaboration saw the creation of a massive

cane sphere that was subsequently rolled and

pushed and lifted down the Moomba Parade route.

KEY ACTIVITIES

WorkshopsVenue: Cromwell Road Theatre, South Yarra

Workshop date: 25 February 2013

Number of workshops: 1

Number of participants: 14

Creative collaborators: Children’s Performing

Company of Australia

Key artists: Directors Bronwyn Batten, Joseph O’Farrell

Venue: Moomba Festival, Melbourne CBD

Rehearsal dates: 2 March and 9 March 2013

Public OutcomeVenue: Melbourne CBD

Performance date: 11 March

Attendance: 7,000

Creative collaborators: Children’s Performing

Company of Australia

Key artists: Directors Bronwyn Batten, Joseph O’Farrell

MOOMBA PARADE


SEPARATION STREETCONCEPT DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SUITCASE ROYALE.

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Separation Street is a large-scale experiential theatre

work exploring the blurred line between dreaming/

reality and truth/fabrication. It plays with perspective

and information, acknowledging that our

understanding of the world is affected by everything

we hear and by the people whose authority we

accept. Participants undertake one of two distinct

journeys, with adults following one path and children

another.

The 2013 creative development process involved

local schools Victorian College for the Deaf and the

Currajong School, with a public outcome in the form

of an exhibition at Pran Central and an invitation-

only showcase at the Arts House Meat Market. The

children involved as collaborators were also part of

the audience exploration, giving not only immediate

response to the work but considered feedback as well.

We welcomed International Artist in Residence Anna

Newell, Artistic Director of Replay Theatre in Belfast,

to this project.

KEY ACTIVITIES

Creative Development Workshops Workshop dates: 8 – 25 October

CultureLab: 9 – 21 November


Number of participants: 303

Creative Collaborators: The Currajong School, Malvern East The Victorian College for the Deaf

Key artists: Director Sue Giles, Designer Marg Horwell, Co-devisors Joseph O’Farrell, Miles O’Neil, Glen Walton, Sound design Stephen O’Hara, Lighting design Richard Vabre, Dramaturg Julianne O’Brien, Artist in Residence Anna Newell, Student placement Lily Youngsmith

Production: Rainbow Sweeny

Exhibition Venue: Pran Central, Prahran

Exhibition dates: 8 November – 1 December

Number of exhibition days: 23

Number of attendees: 37,599

Key artists: Design Marg Horwell, Build Glen Walton,

Installation assistant Lily Youngsmith


Showcase Venue: Arts House Meatmarket, North Melbourne

Showcase date: 20 November

Number of attendees: 50

Key artists: Director Sue Giles, Designer Marg Horwell, Performers Joseph O’Farrell, Miles O’Neil, Glen Walton, Sound design Stephen O’Hara, Lighting design Richard Vabre, Stage management and singing Anna Newell, Assistant stage management Lily Youngsmith Production: Rainbow Sweeny

FUNDING SUPPORTArts House CultureLab (Creative Development) Australia Council for the Arts (Theatre Board) Besen Family Foundation Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation

Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation Youth in Philanthropy

VIDEO LINKhttp://youtu.be/FoUrQicuUaY

“i really liked it because

at home I don’t get to

have much time away

from my parents” -

finn, 6

“we went into a

space ship and

were asked to

grab a bag. the

space ship shook.

i was scared but

wondering ‘What

was on the other

side?’” – nina, 9

11

SONAR

Sonar is a sound based installation which invites

interaction through listening and seeking. In

particular, sounds that link and connect to create

a message or emotion. Children from Dinjerra Primary

School teamed up with Polyglot to devise and test

drive this first experiment in responsive listening.

Participants explored the nature of listening in a

world where we are bombarded with sound, by

being encouraged to seek invisible sounds.

This work in development was a collaboration

between Polyglot, Madeleine Flynn and Tim

Humphrey.

KEY ACTIVITIES

Creative Development WorkshopsWorkshop dates: 3, 4 and 6 June

Number of sessions: 3 Creative collaborators: Grade 5 and 6 Dinjerra Primary School, Braybrook

Key artists: Sound Artists Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey, Director Sue Giles, Model Maker Fiona Edwards, Performer Lachlan MacLeod, Design Anna Tregloan

Production: Sarah Bianco, Lyndie Li Wan Po

FUNDING SUPPORT Arts Centre Melbourne Artist Development Program

“the curtain sounds

like a didgeridoo” –

ayse, 11


“i was blown away by

how well you captured

the interests of the

students, and portrayed

braille and sensory

activities in a fun yet

informative way” – kay

berry-Smith, principalTRAILBLAZER

Trailblazer was a world premiere for Melbourne

Festival in 2013. It was a work which enabled and

empowered children to lead and adults to follow.

Designed around the space at Federation Square,

this work explored the idea of adventure in a familiar

place, activated by site interventions and child-led

journeys.

The project involved five different interventions:

Bell Bird – a path of bells through which you walk

blindfolded; Sea Bubble See – a bubble wrapped

world of paths, sculptures and song; Kids Occupy – a series of tent installations using sound and texture

created in collaboration with Insight Education

Centre for the Blind and Vision Impaired; Stepping Stones – which literally were stepping stones; and

The Sleepers – who activated the forecourt with tent

puppets.

KEY ACTIVITIES

Creative Development WorkshopsWorkshop dates:10 – 12 September

Number of sessions: 6

Creative collaborators: Insight Education Centre

for the Blind and Vision Impaired, Berwick

Key artists: Design Katrina Gaskell, Director and

facilitator Sue Giles, Facilitator Jodee Mundy, Sound

artist Stephen O’Hara

Performance detailsVenue: Federation Square, Melbourne

Performance Dates: 19 – 20 October

Total Attendance: 6,000

Key artists: Design and build Katrina Gaskell, Sound

design Stephen O’Hara, Makers Teresa Blake,

Vanessa Ellis, Liza Freddi, Performers Christian Bagin,

Nick Barlow, Danielle Goronszy, Kiera Lyons, Jodee

Mundy, David Pidd, Ian Pidd, Emily Tomlins

Production: Toni Smith, Anneli Dyall

FUNDING SUPPORTCommissioned by the Melbourne Festival in 2013

Insight Education Centre for the Blind and Vision Impaired


VOICE LAB

Voice Lab is a new Polyglot interactive

process which underwent initial creative

development and exploration in 2013.

Voice Lab is a ‘creative laboratory’ program

that tests how we collect and receive opinions

from children. The project explores interesting

and effective ways for children to truly articulate

their own thoughts, feelings and creative ideas

about Polyglot’s work, about larger questions to

do with life, the universe and everything.

KEY ACTIVITIES

Creative Development WorkshopWorkshop dates: 19 – 20 September


Creative collaborators: Dinjerra Primary School,

Braybrook

Key artists: Facilitators Sue Giles, Bree-Anna

Obst, Lachlan MacLeod

Workshop dates: 10 – 12 September


Creative collaborators: Polyglot Underage

People Society (PUPS), South Yarra

Key artists: Director Sue Giles, Sound Lachlan

MacLeod, Facilitator Liza Freddi, Artistic catalyst

Alex Desebrock

SHOWCASE Venue: Arts House Meatmarket, North

Melbourne

Showcase date: 20 November


Number of attendees: 50

Creative collaborators: Polyglot’s Underage

People Society

Children from the Showcase audience

Key artists: Operator Justin Marshall, Voice Lab

design Lachlan MacLeod, Coordinator Lis Blake

FUNDING SUPPORTGandel Philanthropy

Voice Lab Appeal DonorsMiss Betty Amsden OAM, Sam Abrahams,

Simon Abrahams, Nicole Beyer, Laura Colby,

Dr Patricia Edgar AM, Ruth Giles, Damien

Hodgkinson, Rhiannon Keen, Miriam Kuttner,

Fiona Menzies, Avril McQueen, Dr Anne Myers,

Imbi Neeme, Naomi Nicholson, Julian Pocock,

Anna Schoo, Gail Southwell, Naomi Tippett AM,

Clare Watson, Julia White, Anonymous x 5

“tom asked me a

question at the end, into

my ear with the funnel.

“Who are you?” i found

myself going through the

list of the people i am –

it’s a big question, ‘who

are you?’” – sue giles

and tom, 7


Showcase VictoriaVenue: Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne

Performance dates: 3 April


Total audience: 286

Key artists: Performers Danielle Goronszy,

Emily Tomlins

Production: Julie Wright

Federation SquareVenue: Federation Square, Melbourne

Performance dates: 8 – 14 July



Key artists: Director Kate Kantor, Performers Christian

Bagin, Bronwyn Batten, Daniell Flood, David Pidd, Zak

Pidd, KT Prescott, Workshop artist Justine Warner

Production: Rita Khayat, Anneli Dyall

FUNDING SUPPORTOriginally commissioned by Federation Square

in 2012

VIDEO LINKhttp://youtu.be/uTsrJ_gspjw

ANTS

TOURING REPERTOIRE

Ants toured to a variety of locations in 2013, bringing

human-sized ants into public gardens, theatre

spaces and concrete city-scapes for a mixture of

roving performance and large scale interaction with

children and their adults.

Giant crumbs are scattered all over the ground in

public spaces creating a delicate and instinctive

landscape. The Ants are there to collect their winter

food and make order out of the random scattering

of crumbs. Children gradually follow the Ants in their

endeavor, bringing them crumbs and laying them

in patterns that stretch across the landscape like

mystical messages, interrupting the desire lines that

adults construct to get from A to B.

Ants is a quietly subversive event that brings children

into public spaces as workers and artists.

PERFORMANCE DETAILSOne Very Big Day Venue: Commonwealth Park, Canberra

Performance dates: 11 March



Key artists: Performers Danielle Goronszy, Lachlan MacLeod, Emily Tomlins, Production assistant Penelope Bartlau

Production: Toni Smith

“that was

fantastic.

i haven’t seen

a play. i have

been a play…”

– louis, 7


HOW HIGH THE SKYHow High The Sky is an immersive theatre event

for babies and their adults that creates a shifting

world free from learned associations and adult

interpretations.

How High The Sky takes place in a warmly lit room,

where parent and child settle onto a soft white floor,

sitting amid fantastical balloon creations. Performers

move through the space, shifting balloons from one

constellation to another, playing with sound and

light as object and play fuse into an ever changing

evocation of the child’s own unfettered imagination.

This performance at the Latrobe Gallery during

October celebrated the final year of the Expecting Something? project.

PERFORMANCE DETAILS

Latrobe Regional Art Gallery Season Venue: Latrobe Regional Art Gallery, Morwell

Performance dates: 11 and 12 October


Total audience: 133

Key artists: Director Jessica Wilson, Composer David

Franzke, Performers Nick Barlow, Michelle Heaven,

David Wells


FUNDING SUPPORTAustralia Council for the Arts (Theatre Board, Music

Board, Projects with Public Outcomes)

Arts Centre Melbourne

Helen Macpherson Smith Trust

Ian Potter Foundation

Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation

VIDEO LINKhttp://youtu.be/SFeSF6CjKcI

“for two minutes the pure

personality of each small

human being was strongly

present, reacting by

themselves, to what caught

at them and made them

still, or excited or whatever

– their true reaction to the

world around them placed

in a dramatic context.”

– nick


Wesley Performi Arts Centre

Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre

Glasshouse Arts, Conference

and Entertainment Centre

Capitol Theatre, Tamworth

Mackay Entertainment Centre

Riverway Arts Centre

Logan Entertainment Centre

The Centre Beaudesert

The Seymour Centre, Sydney

Ararat Performing Arts Centre

Burrinja, Upwey

Performance dates: 23 April – 12 July



Key artists: Director Sue Giles, Composer Jim Foulton,

Performers Lachlan MacLeod, Bree-Anna Obst,

David Pidd (Auslan), Jodee Mundy (Auslan), Design

Kathryn Sproul, Lighting design Bronwyn Pringle

Production: Megan Fitzgerald, Emily O’Brien

FUNDING SUPPORT Playing Australia

Arts Victoria (Touring Victoria)

VIDEO LINKhttp://youtu.be/KrUppDPW0PQ

MUCKHEAP

“i loved that they

made a big mess”

– alvin, 6

2013 marked the end of an era for Muckheap,

a fun Polyglot classic about two people packing

up their house for ‘the big move’. The performance

made its way to 20 towns and cities across Australia

in its final national tour.

Finding all their hoarded junk too interesting and

entertaining to throw away, the characters in

Muckheap cope with their giant mess by throwing

themselves into a story, illustrated with whatever

comes to hand. What emerges is the highly physical

and energetic story of Jacky and the Beanstalk…

with a twist that parallels the characters’ own

situation.

The 2013 tour saw its 16th cast with Lachlan MacLeod

and Bree-Anna Obst and was an opportunity to

revisit the extraordinary Auslan/English bilingual

version of the show with performers Jodee Mundy

and David Pidd. The beautiful new set designed by

Kathryn Sproul gave this old trooper a fresh look.

Polyglot would like to pay tribute to all the casts that

have performed this work, including the originators,

Megan Cameron and Sarah Kriegler. And a special

thanks to Frankston Arts Centre for the staging of the

Auslan version.

PERFORMANCE DETAILS

Australian Tour

VenuesBunbury Entertainment Centre

Mandurah Performing Arts Centre

Cummins Theatre, Merredin

Camel Lane Theatre, Carnarvon

Kingston City Hall, Moorabbin

Karralyka Centre, Ringwood

The Memo, Healesville

“i have had the

best day

from you” –

katelin, 8


Regional Living ExpoVenue: Melbourne Exhibition Convention Centre,

Southbank

Performance dates: 19 April – 21 April 2013

Number of performances: 3Total audience: 224

Key artists: Performers Tirese Ballard, Danielle

Goronszy, Stefanie Robinson, Glen Walton

Production: Rita Khayat

Roola Boola FestivalVenue: Chapel-off-Chapel, Prahran

Performance dates: 3 July


Key artists: Performers Mischa Long, Justine Warner

Production: Rita Khayat

FUNDING SUPPORTOriginally commissioned by Federation

Square in 2011

VIDEO LINKhttp://youtu.be/xJG5_CGz3GI

PAPER PLANET

Paper Planet is a constantly evolving artistic work

created live by Polyglot Theatre artists, children

and their families using the simplest of materials:

paper and cardboard. Moving beyond audience

participation, Paper Planet is experiential, tangible

and wholly immersive. Participants populate an

impossible forest of cardboard trees with their own

creations and rustling paper selves, making costumes

and personalities out of paper, tape and their own

nimble fingers. Live sound activates the drama of

the space and adds to the wholly engaging and

absorbing tasks at hand.

In 2013 Paper Planet planted the seed with a

number of events and presenters across Melbourne

establishing valuable relationships for future

collaborations.

PERFORMANCE DETAILS

Darebin Arts CentreVenue: Darebin Arts and Entertainment

Centre, Preston

Performance dates: 22 – 25 January

Number of performances: 8Total audience: 1,087

Key artists: Design Mischa Long, Performers Bruce

Paterson, Stefanie Robinson, Justine Warner, Sound

Glen Walton

Production: Rita Khayat, Anneli Dyall

“that a paper world

is full of fun!” –

nina, 8

“you can do lots of

stuff with paper!” –

adam, 6


ROVING ACTS

Our Roving Acts performed across Victoria with

performances that engaged children and their

adults from theatre spaces to gardens and

community festivals. Tooth and Claw toured

to Albury, while Shopping Baby stirred great

amusement amongst exhibitors and the public at the

Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre. All of

our Roving Acts are puppet based and interactive

– on the street and working with whoever comes

along. Polyglot is fascinated by the potential of the

chance engagement and how that affects our

perception of everyday life.

PERFORMANCE DETAILS

Australian VenuesKevin Wheelan Gardens, Sunshine

Regional Victoria Living Expo, Melbourne Exhibition

Convention Centre

Centro Lavington Shopping Centre, Albury

Whitehorse Civic Centre, Nunawading

Ovens Riverside Launch, Wangarratta

Drum Theatre, Dandenong

Lucas Dental Private Corporate Event



Key artists: Performers Tirese Ballard, Penelope

Bartlau, Daniell Flood, Danielle Goronszy, Lachlan

MacLeod, KT Prescott, Stefanie Robinson, Emily Tomlins.


Tangle is a large scale, interactive elastic weaving

event where children take control and create a

giant abstract tangly artwork which everyone owns.

It’s part live visual art installation, part performance,

part playground and all of it is fun.

On platforms resembling giant peg boards, with slim

golden poles towering above them, children and

their adults create a landscape together. Weaving

and threading coloured elastic around the poles

until the space becomes tangled and interwoven,

children create a stretchy bouncy playground,

fuelled by live music.

Tangle continues to be an inspiration, for artists and

participants alike. The ability to activate public

space in this spectacular and seemingly chaotic

manner is exciting – allowing Polyglot to showcase

the children’s innate expertise of energy, imagination

and play.

PERFORMANCE DETAILS

Perth International Arts FestivalVenue: Perth Cultural Centre, Northbridge

Performance dates: 21 – 24 February



Key artists: Performers Felicity Horsley, Lachlan

MacLeod, Stefanie Robinson, Justine Warner,

Sound and Music Justin Marshall

Production: Emma Dodd

WOMADelaide FestivalVenue: Botanic Park, Adelaide

Performance dates: 9 – 11 March



Key artists: Performers Felicity Horsley, Bree-Anna

Obst, Glen Walton, Justine Warner, Sound and Music

Justin Marshall


TANGLESouth Korea TourVenue: Daejeon Cultural Arts Centre, Daejeon

Garden 5, Seoul

Performance dates: 3 – 12 May



Key artists: Performers Sabrina D’Angelo, Zoe Jones,

Jodee Mundy, Glen Walton Sound and Music Justin

Marshall

Production Manager: Emma Dodd

USA TourVenues: FIGat7th Shopping Complex, Los Angeles

Midland: Matrix Festival, Michigan

Ann Arbor Summer Festival, Michigan

Performance dates: 4 – 23 June


Total audience:5,861

Key artists: Performers Felicity Horsley, Danielle

Goronszy, Emily Tomlins, Glen Walton, Sound

and Music Justin Marshall


FUNDING SUPPORTArts Victoria International Program

(Export and Touring)

Australia Council for the Arts (Going Global)

VIDEO LINK http://youtu.be/BAYcG4cSkL8

“it was the most

amazing thing in

the world” – riley, 11

We Built This City, one of Polyglot’s iconic and

most enduring works, celebrated Canberra’s

100th birthday before returning to the United States

twice, and then heading to Japan. The performance

in Japan formed part of the community

installation during the We Built This Town project in

Minamisanriku.

This is an interactive play space for families which

celebrates the absolute simplicity and power of

children’s imaginations. Truly reflecting the cities it

tours, We Built This City is a giant construction site

that uses thousands of cardboard boxes and the

perspective and energy of children and their adults

to build a magnificent imagined city. Buildings go

up, are pulled down, redesigned, extended, walked

through and reconstructed before the whole thing

is knocked down into a gloriously chaotic heap of

cardboard rubble.

We Built This City has toured continuously since it was

commissioned by the City of Melbourne in 2001.

PERFORMANCE DETAILS

Canberra100Venue: Civic Square, Canberra

Performance dates: 7 – 9 March



Key artists: Performers Penelope Bartlau, Danielle

Goronszy, Lachlan MacLeod, Emily Tomlins, Phil

McInnes, DJ Marky Mark

Production: Toni Smith

First USA Tour: OklahomaVenue: Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Oklahoma

Performance dates: 27 – 29 June

Number of performances: 7Total audience: 1,381

Key artists: Performers Felicity Horsley, Danielle

Goronszy, Emily Tomlins, Glen Walton


Second USA Tour: CaliforniaVenue: UCSD Revelle Plaza, La Jolla, California

Performance dates: 3 – 6 October


Key artists: Performers Danielle Goronszy, Mischa

Long, Lachlan MacLeod, Bree-Anna Obst


FUNDING SUPPORTArts Victoria International Program

(Export and Touring, Cultural Exchange)

Australia Council for the Arts (Going Global)

VIDEO LINKhttp://youtu.be/8NEwCPGgpyw

WE BUILT THIS CITY

“this is too

awesome to

be possible”-

idanthe, 10

20

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WORKSHOPSPolyglot’s workshops aim to foster relationships with

schools offering new ways to engage with the arts.

This year Polyglot offered interactive and flexible

workshops that catered for a wide variety of ages

and abilities, rolling out three new workshops that

aim to validate creativity and foster confidence

in children’s creative choice. We crafted specific

newsletters for teachers and schools and sought

feedback on our program for development next year.

NATIONAL WORKSHOPS

VenuesAmcor Lounge, Arts Centre Melbourne

Ardrie Park, Malvern East

Cromwell Road Theatre, South Yarra

Drum Theatre, Dandenong

ECLC International Kindergarten

Geelong Grammar

Heather Hill Primary School

MLC Kindle Campus, Kew

Moreland Community Childcare Co-op

Old Orchard Primary School

Roola Boola Festival, Chapel-off-Chapel, Prahran

Rowville Secondary College

Sandringham Primary School

St Anthony’s, Noble Park

St Kilda and Port Melbourne PS School Holiday

Program

Thomastown Library

Watsonia Library


Total Participants: 1,695

Workshop artists: Tirese Ballard, Sabrina D’Angelo,

Danielle Goronszy, Irene Holub (Victorian College

for the Deaf), Mischa Long, Gina Moss, Jodee

Mundy, Bree-Anna Obst, KT Prescott, Tamara Rewse,

Leah Scholes, Emily Tomlins, Justine Warner

Muckheap National Tour WorkshopsAs part of Muckheap’s National Tour, the performers

also ran creative workshops. This opportunity was

taken up by three venues. The workshops explored

themes of sustainability by repurposing junk

materials into puppets. The children learned skills

such as building and design, puppetry making and

performance, providing a deeper engagement with

the Muckheap story.

Venues: Cummins Theatre, Merredin

Mackay Entertainment Centre

Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre

Number of workshops: 3Total Participants: 39

Workshop artists: Lachlan MacLeod, Bree-Anna Obst.

ANNUAL REPORT 2013


In 2013 Polyglot returned to Mahogany Rise

Primary School with GRIT for their second successful

performance collaboration.

GRIT was an extended school residency project that

explored themes of resilience and transition with year

5s, 6s and 7s over an eight week workshop program.

Polyglot’s artistic team led by Director Kate Kantor

encouraged students’ exploration of performance,

puppetry, film, music and design, building their

sense of identity and creative confidence. Together

the students created a multi-artform performance

piece. The film elements of this work were presented

over two weeks at The Cube, Frankston Arts Centre.

This outcome invited students, the school community

and public to engage with the work in public places.

This project is looking forward to a third outcome

in 2014.

KEY ACTIVITIES

Workshops Venue: Mahogany Rise Primary School, Frankston

Workshop dates: 4 June – 9 August


Average participants per workshop: 28

Key artists: Collaborating children grade 5 and

6, Teacher Sarah Whymark, Director Kate Kantor,

Project manager Lis Blake, Design Karina Gaskell, Film

artist Jason Heller, Music Enio Pozzebon

Performances Venue: Mahogany Rise Primary School, Frankston

Performance date: 9 August


Total attendance: 290

Key artists: Collaborating children grade 5 and

6, Teacher Sarah Whymark, Director Kate Kantor,

Project manager Lis Blake, Design Karina Gaskell,

Film artist Jason Heller, Music Enio Pozzebon

GRIT

Exhibition Venue: The Cube, Frankston Arts Centre

Exhibition dates: 17 – 27 October

Number of exhibition days:11

Total attendance: 1,100

Key artists: Director Kate Kantor, Production

coordinator Lis Blake, Film installation Jason Heller

GraduationGraduation date:12 December 2013

Key artists: Collaborating children Year 5 and 6,

Teacher Sarah Whymark, Graduation assistance Kate

Kantor, Lis Blake, Katrina Gaskell

FUNDING SUPPORTDepartment of Education and Early Childhood

Development (Strategic Partnership Program Triennial

Funding)

Newsboys Foundation

‘Of course it impacts on the

traditional delivery of the

curriculum. but it brings so

much more to the children and

to their learning. It sparks

creativity and different ways

of thinking about teaching

and learning.’ –

Sarah whymark, teacher

“we were in control.

they just told us how

to start it all. and

everything was our

idea. and they asked

us for our stories” –

year 5/6, mahogany

rise student

KIDS IN CONTROL


“there was one little boy

who didn’t think he could

come, and then when

he did come he yelled “i

come, i come, i come”, in

excitement – he made it” –

Justine Warner

TANGLE MOBILE

“the children became

so brave and so

instantly their

artwork created this

gorgeous, beautiful

space” – justine

warner

Tangle MOBILE saw Polyglot return to Shepparton

for a new project expanding on the award winning

Tangle MOTION model (Building Health through the

Arts, 2012).

Through a number of weekly workshops families from

Berry Street’s Foster Care playgroup, Polyglot artists

and the community explored creative play and

constructions using the aesthetics and material of our

popular Tangle installation. The project will continue

in 2014 with a public outcome at SheppARTon

Festival.

KEY ACTIVITES

Community Workshops Venue: Shepparton Baptist Church

Workshop dates: 14 October – 9 December

Number of workshops: 8Average Participants per workshop: 9Workshop artists: Tamara Rewse, Justine Warner

Project manager: Debby Maziarz

FUNDING SUPPORTBank of Melbourne Neighbourhood Fund

Gandel Philanthropy

RE Ross Trust

KEY ACTIVITIES

Community Workshops Venues: Bayside Arena, Minamisanriku

Iraya Primary School

Irumae Primary School

Shizugawa Primary School

Workshop dates: 30 October – 1 November

Number of workshops: 4Total participants:152

Key artists: Writer and photographer John Bailey,

Workshop artists Sue Giles, Mischa Long, Stefanie

Robinson, Kayo Tamura and Hidefumi Oshiro,

Theatre Gumbo

PUBLIC OUTCOMEVenue: Bayside Arena, Minamisanriku

Performance date: 2 November 2013

Number of sessions: 1Total attendance: 110

Key artists: Writer and photographer John Bailey,

Director and performer Sue Giles, Designer and

performer Mischa Long, Performer and maker

Stefanie Robinson, Performers and translators Kayo

Tamura and Hidefumi Oshiro, Theatre Gumbo

FUNDING SUPPORTAustralia-Japan Foundation

Arts Victoria International Program

(Cultural Exchange)

Polyglot returned to Minamisanriku, a town in

the earthquake and tsunami devastated region

of Tohuku, Japan, with a version of our touring

installation project We Built this City. This iteration

entitled We Built This Town saw Polyglot and

Japanese artists, working alongside children of

the town to create a beautiful miniature house

installation - reflecting a playful vision for the town

still undergoing reconstruction.

We Built This Town became an installation of the

children’s houses surrounded by a community

performance of We Built This City. The children built

beautiful little houses, made with tender care and

imaginative flair, which became an island installation

in front of the performance space.

Two Japanese artists from Osaka and three Polyglot

artists from Melbourne visited three schools in

Minamisanriku, drawing children in through this

process as well as the public outcome in the

community centre of the town. Along with the

project was writer John Bailey, whose perspective

provided a different take on what we hope to be a

long term affiliation. This project builds on Australia’s

ongoing relationship with Minamisanriku and with the

support of the Australian Embassy, Lend Lease and

ANZ bank volunteers.

WE BUILT THIS TOWN

“the children were having

so much fun. i never knew

that there is such a way

that children can enjoy

themselves. it was great

to see them smiling.”

– Jin Sato, mayor of

minamisanriku

“i’m a little saddened.

because if a child imagines

these buildings, in

minamisanriku area

there’s at least three or four

years before we’re making

buildings like this... i hope

the children keep imagining

like this, constructing

images. i hope they don’t

give up.” – yamamoto

hajime, construction

worker in minamisanriku


Expecting Something? was a two year community

workshop project working with young mothers

and babies in the East Gippsland area. Working in

partnership with community service providers, the

project developed a supportive and stimulating

space for young women who were pregnant or had

small children.

Led by director Jessica Wilson, artists took the lead

from the young participants – from their experiences

and inclinations – to co-create the final outcome.

Works included I Found My Feet – hundreds of

paste-ups of babies’ feet on walls, pillars and posts

across Morwell and parents could find the feet of

their own baby using a special map of the artwork.

This map also detailed the solar powered sound

installations on street corners, a collage artwork

in the main pedestrian underpass, and the public

exhibition of the women’s beautiful art works at the

Latrobe Regional Gallery. The gallery also hosted

performances of Polyglot’s How High The Sky.

Even more than this, Expecting Something? was

a project of firsts. This was the first time Polyglot

utilised the power of social media and a specialised

gifting process to engage with the young women

in cultural exchange, and to bring them together

as a supportive group. This experience has created

a stimulating and inspiring catalyst for the future

development of a community practice strategy

for Polyglot.

KEY ACTIVITIES

WorkshopsVenues: St Luke’s Church Hall, Morwell

Traralgon East Community Centre

Workshop dates: 7 March – 27 October


Average participants per workshop: 10

Key artists: Director Jessica Wilson, Project manager

Lis Blake, Visual artist Jordan Crugnale, Sound artists

Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey, Production

assistant Shaun Gardner, Visual artist Tina Matthews,

Social media administrator Claire Van der Velden

PUBLIC OUTCOME: EXHIBITION Venue: Community Access Gallery, Latrobe Regional

Gallery, Morwell

Exhibition dates: 5 – 20 October 2013

Number of exhibition days: 16

Total attendees: 450

Key artists: Director Jessica Wilson, Visual artist and

exhibition design Jordan Crugnale, Design assistant

Anna Farago, Production assistant Shaun Gardner,

Social media administrator Claire Van der Velden,

Project manager Lis Blake

FUNDING SUPPORT Australia Council for the Arts (Projects with Public

Outcomes)

Helen Macpherson Smith Trust

Ian Potter Foundation

Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation

VIDEO LINKhttp://youtu.be/T6W6EesSBSE

“so glad that I

joined expecting

something. i’ve met

some very amazing

people and mums”

– ebony

EXPECTING SOMETHING?


RESEARCH AND EVALUATION

In 2013 Polyglot undertook a number of research and

evaluation projects focussing on our community and

school engagements.

Independent cultural researcher from the University

of Melbourne, Dr Ricci-Jane Adams, undertook

research of the two year Expecting Something? project and evaluated GRIT, the extended school

residency with Mahogany Rise, also in its second year.

Her research of Expecting Something? deeply

explored the nature of the region, the cultural

climate and the participants as a way of

exemplifying young people’s engagement in

the creative arts. Posing four research questions,

Dr Adams reported on the impacts of cultural

spaces on mother and baby; wider community

engagement; the viability and sustainability of artistic

process for the artist; and, sustaining a community

based on cultural acts. Dr Adams found:

1. The regular participants demonstrated increased

self-confidence, leadership skills, sense of identity,

political consciousness, social engagement and

emotional openness.

2. Alternative ways of thinking about the world are

permitted and encouraged and this is witnessed

by the participants. Acceptance of difference,

aesthetically and personally, is made possible.

3. Transparency about organisational intention

engages the right participants.

4. A cultural, aesthetic shift can take place amongst

even the most artistically inexperienced participants

with enough time and relationship building.

5. The public outcome, and the women’s

contribution to it, positioned them as experts in the

local community, and aligned them to a project

with the aim of community-wide positive change.

6. The artistic experience offers the participants an

alternative and positive lens through which to view

their pregnancies and their babies.

7. The role of a local young mum as the mentor in

the group was invaluable.

8. The model of community arts engagement

employed is essential to determine prior to the

engagement period.

9. Creating community and sustaining community

are separate and equally demanding tasks.

10. Genuine community connection can take place

through social media.


The evaluation of GRIT was designed to

improvement in creative confidence, skill and

expression; increased communications skills,

relationship building tools, coping mechanisms,

confidence and emotional literacy; and, increased

community awareness of young people’s creative

and emotional capacities. Dr Adams found:

In the 2013 partnership between Mahogany Rise

Primary School and Polyglot Theatre, all the elements

of the project worked together efficaciously. The

theme was supported by the process which in

turn contributed to a successful child-centred

outcome in which the community was engaged.

The achievement of the project aims was attained

through carefully building on the prior relationship of

the key stakeholders including students and artists.

This was evident in the successful project outcome

and the reported ongoing positive impacts of the

project on students. Students engaged with one

another, adults and their learning in unique and

dynamic ways. Students were positively challenged

to attain new skills and to test their own abilities.

All of them rose to the challenge and reported

an increase in their sense of creativity and a more

emotionally mature connection to peers. There was

opportunity to reflect and develop language around

creative experiences and activities. This supported

the development of an expanding emotional

literacy and self-awareness.

Dr Adams has worked with Polyglot since 2010 to

present reports and recommendations that have

significantly affected the company’s strategies and

practice. In 2013 Polyglot created a video summary

of this research. This partnership has been part of

Feed the Art and is of great importance to the

growth and maturity of Polyglot’s contribution to

the arts sector.

VIDEO LINKhttp://youtu.be/qeejS-0NS-o

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POLYGLOT AROUND AUSTRALIA AND THE WORLD

Polyglot has grown considerably over the past year

maintaining key relationships with national and

international presenters.

Tamara Harrison, Executive Producer and Sue Giles,

Artistic Director attended numerous national and

international performing arts markets. Tamara’s

international focus for this year was to continue to

develop relationships in Singapore, South Korea

and China – particularly in building tour options

around Polyglot’s Play Space works and newest

experiential work How High The Sky. Attendance at

the Performing Arts Market Seoul (PAMS) was assisted

by the Australian Government through the Australia

Council. Tamara was also invited to attend the China

Super Trade Mission, supported by Department of

State Development, Business and Innovation, and

China SPAF (Shanghai Performing Arts Fair) exploring

business and trade connections with China.

Polyglot’s tour to Japan also built upon international

cultural collaborations within community settings.

These international relationships were supported by

the Australia-Japan Foundation and Arts Victoria.

Tamara joined the touring party for the West

Australian premiere of Tangle at the Perth

International Arts Festival this year. She established

relationships with key presenters, and councils in

preparation for 2014-15 programming opportunities.

Relationships with national presenters were further

bolstered by the Muckheap National Tour – truly

taking this Polyglot classic from the country’s leading

arts centres to its tiniest towns. This national tour

was supported by Polyglot’s community access

plan deepening engagement and accessibility with

regional audiences. National presenters had greater

flexibility to cater for their for audience interests.

Sue Giles attended the World Theatre Festival in

Brisbane meeting with international artists and

presenters looking at new practices in contemporary

theatre. As a leader in contemporary theatre

making for children she was able to share these

global insights with national colleagues in Victoria

and Tasmania as part of the Victorian Theatre

Meeting and Creative Connections in the Early Years

Forum. She also pitched Ants at Showcase Victoria

activating the courtyard space at Malthouse Theatre

for key Victorian presenters. Tamara also attended

Long Paddock.

General Manager Adi Diner attended the

International Performing Arts for Youth (IPAY)

conference in Philadelphia. He accompanied the

touring team of Tangle as well as having meetings

Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. Polyglot

is exclusively represented in North America by Elsie

Management.

FUNDING SUPPORTArts Victoria

Australia Council for the Arts

Australia-Japan Foundation

Department of State Development, Business

and Innovation


ARTS INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP

This year reflected incredible change throughout

the industry with a refreshed vision for a Creative

Australia expressed by the Australian Government.

Throughout the year we saw these changes

reflected through the role of the artist, partnerships,

investment and entrepreneurship.

Polyglot’s arts industry development, networks and

leadership in the sector remains a strength within

the arts community throughout this time of change.

There is growing recognition of our contemporary

child-led practice, our national and international

reach and experience, and the role we have with

artist employment and inclusion.

Artistic Director Sue Giles presented at various

forums on the nature of this child-led process – a

process with inherent change and embracing risk,

curiosity, respect and expertise. Children are experts

in creative play and original thought, and through

this process we meet them in authentic artistic

collaboration.

We speak regularly with national colleagues to

define best practice and standards of operating

that reflect a great depth of knowledge and

experience across the board. For this purpose

Polyglot continues to organise the Artistic Director/

General Manager (AD/GM) network meetings

forging valuable connections between companies,

and aimed at sharing information and knowledge

providing opportunity for conversation and potential

collaboration.

Polyglot also regularly attends Theatre Network

Victoria meetings and initiatives, discussing

ongoing issues relevant to the sector. We continue

to advocate across all levels of government the

strength of a robust arts industry.

Our partnership with Perpetual Trustees, the Australian

Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health and the

Victorian Government through Arts Victoria and the

Department of Human Services enabled Polyglot to

pilot an artist support and training program ahead of

our tour to tsunami affected region Minamisanriku,

Japan. The aim of this program is to support artists

working with trauma affected communities nationally

and internationally.

In 2013, one of Polyglot’s core artists, Jodee Mundy,

independently created a film project, Worlds Within,

with Deaf communities wherever her travels have

taken her. While on tour with Polyglot she identified

a group in Korea and spent three days working with

them to add to the ever-growing story of the film. This is

a unique project that uses the poetry language of the

Deaf culture, Visual Vernacular, to illustrate action and

story with hands and bodies.

For our core artists, Polyglot formalised a one-on-one

artist support program, offering advice to independent

artists on funding, touring, budgeting, and providing

artists feedback on their work, as well as lending them

technical support and letters of commendation. In

2013, we gave them Space to Play.


SPACE TO PLAY

This year as part of Polyglot’s commitment to our

Feed the Art cultural model, Polyglot we established

an artist development program called Space to Play where independent artists were invited to develop

ideas, rehearse and work on their own creative

developments.

KEY ACTIVITIES

Creative Development – Dun Dun Daa Productions

Venue: Cromwell Road Theatre, South YarraDevelopment dates: 6 – 28 MarchNumber of days: 8Key artists: Christian Bagin, John Forman

Creative Development – Elbow Room Productions

Venue: Cromwell Road Theatre, South YarraDevelopment dates: 6 – 10 MayNumber of days: 4Key artists: Marcel Dorney, Angus Grant, Emily Tomlins

Creative Development – Lemony S Puppet Theatre

Venue: Cromwell Road Theatre, South YarraDevelopment dates: 15 – 25 July14 – 19 OctoberNumber of days: 15Key artists: Sarah Kriegler, Jacob Williams

Creative Development – Feltface Productions

Venue: Cromwell Road Theatre, South YarraDevelopment dates: 16 – 20 SeptemberNumber of days: 5Key artists: Heath McIvor, Alex Papps, Jimmy Stewart

Creative Development – More Female Parts

Venue: Cromwell Road Theatre, South YarraDevelopment dates: 18 – 30 NovemberNumber of days: 10Key artists: Lois Ellis, Sara Hardy, Evelyn Krape


POLYGLOT’S AMBASSADOR CIRCLEPolyglot’s Ambassador Circle donor program remains

an important group of supporters for the company,

led by our great advocate and patron, Miss Betty

Amsden OAM. In 2013 our Ambassadors received

news and reports about Polyglot’s work and were

invited to attend special events with their families

throughout the year.

In June Betty Amsden hosted a lunch at Polyglot

for our Ambassadors, our supporting Trusts and

Foundations and the Polyglot Board. Despite the

cold theatre, guests were warmly welcomed by

Betty, Executive Producer, Tamara Harrison, and

Artistic Director, Sue Giles. Dr Ricci-Jane Adams also

presented a summary of her latest evaluation about

our work with Mahogany Rise Primary School in

Frankston North.

In October Betty joined our Ambassadors at

Federation Square for a tour of Trailblazer. Students

who collaborated on Trailblazer, their families, and

teachers from Insight Education Centre for the Blind

and Vision Impaired were there to experience the fun.

In November, our Ambassadors were invited to a

showing of Separation Street at Arts House in North

Melbourne. The showing tested our Voice Lab project, where the children of our Ambassadors and

audience were asked their opinion on the work they

had just participated in.

In December Polyglot held our end of year

celebration with Ambassadors, staff and Board

of Management at the house of Polyglot Board,

member and donor, Dr Patricia Edgar AM. It

was a great opportunity to thank our supporting

Ambassadors and Board for a fantastic year.

Last but not least, our Voice Lab Appeal was a

great success, coinciding with #GivingTuesday on

3 December 2013. We exceeded our target with

generous matched funding support from Gandel

Philanthropy and the combined generosity of all our

individual donors.

We thank all of our Ambassadors and donors for

their continued and crucial support of Polyglot. They

have a positive impact on building our capacity

to develop the next generation of artists, art lovers

and creative thinkers and with Betty’s leadership,

demonstrate that we can all have a philanthropic

spirit, no matter what our capacity.

CITY BENEFACTORMiss Betty Amsden AO

TOWER AMBASSADORJohn Chew

HOUSE AMBASSADORJohn Gutteridge

Greg Shalit and Miriam Faine

Kate Taylor and Greg Ireton

BOX AMBASSADORSam Abrahams

Simon Abrahams

Nicole Beyer

Diana Burleigh

Burt-Chew family

Dr Patricia Edgar AM

Robyn, Steph and Matt

Hale in memory of Geoff

Hale

Rev Fr Michael Elligate

AM

Ruth Giles

Damien Hodgkinson

Rhiannon Keen

Fiona Menzies

Angela O’Brien

Anna Schoo

Emily Sexton and John

Bailey

Tim and Lynne Sherwood

Naomi Tippett AM

Fiona Wahr and Julian

Pocock

Julia White

Anonymous x 3


THANK YOU

Mario Agostonini

Allegra, Cath, Coco, Dan, Derek,

Ethan, Evie, Hal, Hugo, Ian J, Ian

P, Jarvis, Jonah, Karl, Leo, Nina,

Orla, Phil, Rei, Richard, Rosie,

Stella, Tom and Zak

Julie Adams at Latrobe

Regional Gallery

Dr Ricci-Jane Adams

Miss Betty Amsden OAM

Polyglot’s Artistic Catalyst

Group: Madeleine Flynn, Tim

Humphreys, Julianne O’Brien,

and Anna Tregloan

Rebecca Asp and Claire

McClelland, the Culture Mamas

Michael Baxter

Lin Bender AM, Michelle

Springall, the Trustees and team

at Helen Macpherson Smith

Trust

Nicole Beasley and Sandra

Ponton from Platinum Travel

Nicole Beyer at Theatre

Network Victoria

Catherine Brown, Anita

Hopkins, Kim Sullivan, the Board

and team at the Lord Mayor’s

Charitable Foundation

Judy Buchan and Creative

Partnerships Australia

Aslan Buyukyazici and Team at

Fracht Melbourne

The original Muckheap Team:

Megan Cameron, Sarah

Kriegler, Cosmo Cosmolino,

Graeme Davis, Paul

Newcombe, Jane Hartnell and

the 16 Muckheap casts over

its 10 years of touring: Megan

Cameron, Heath McIvor,

Keira Lyons, Victoria Osborne,

Monica Brasher, Justine Warner,

Dan Goronszy, Dave Selwick,

Janine Watson, Jacob Williams,

David Pidd, Jodee Mundy,

Sheryl Cardozo

Jeff Challis and AAKonsult

Consulting

Miguel Cochofel

Laura Colby, Sabine Dabady,

Anna Amadei and all at Elsie

Management in New York

Michael Carty at Colorific

Storage Solutions

Emma Costello, Amaya Courtis,

Bree Mansell, Tatia Sloley, Mary

Thompson at TS Publicity

Jordan Crugnale

Debbie Dadon and the Trustees

at the Besen Family Foundation

Peter Davis at ANZ and

the team of Minamisanriku

volunteers

Vedran Drakulic, Michelle

Hayward, the Trustees and

team at Gandel Philanthropy

Robert DeAngelis

Anneli Dyall

Federation Square especially

Matt Jones and Renee Dudfield

Alison Fonseca

Andrew Gauci at Lend Lease

and the team of Minamisanriku

volunteers

William Hall – Ants looks

amazing in the gardens

Big thanks to Michelle’s children

Winnie and Marlo who were

our production assistants for

How High The Sky in Morwell

Anita Hopkins

Michiyo Horita and Ikuko

Kohara from the Australian

Embassy in Tokyo

Greg Ireton, Darryl Wade and

Catherine Colvin

Paul Jackson and Inkburn

Printing

Bo-Young Lim and the staff at

the Australian Embassy, Korea

James Lipari

Lyndie Li Wan Po

James O Lucas and Megan

Boyd at Lucas Dental Care

Grace Lee, Robb Woulfe,

Debby Buccholz, Phyllis Sabin,

Shirley Elliott and Debra Simon

Lyn Mckie and all at Berry Street

Nicole McLeod, Claire Rimmer, the

Board of Governors and team at

the Ian Potter Foundation

We give huge thanks to all the children and adults who were part of our creative processes this year, and to our partners and families who are of enormous support in so many ways.

PolyglotacknowledgesAboriginalandTorresStraitIslandersareAustralia’sfirstpeoples and the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we work. We acknowledge the Wurundjeri, Boonerwrung, Taungurong, Djajawurrung and the Wathaurung people of the Kulin Nation, and pay our respects to elders past and present.


Debby Maziarz

Candy Mitchell and the City of

Melbourne

Monique McNamara and the

team at UP&UP Creative

Paul Matthews

The people of Minamisanriku,

Japan

Keiko Millar for her time

and assistance toward

Minamisanriku project

Anita Noller and team at

the Bank of Melbourne

Neighbourhood Fund

Bree-Anna Obst

Toby Ovadia at Smart Records

Group

Jennifer Owen at Flyspace

Productions

Jan Panettieri

Chantal Paton at Quantum

Perpetual Trustees for building

our capacity

Emily Pollnitz and Amanda

Panayotou from the Australia

International Cultural Council

Peter Redden, Rhylla Mitchell

and the City of Stonnington

Eda Ritchie AM, Louise

Kuramoto, the Trustees and

team at RE Ross Trust

Sandy Shaw, Kerrie Bradburn

and the Board at Newsboys

Foundation

Lee Hyun Sil (Zoe Jones)

Stephanie Su at Chop Suey

Design

Julia Topliss, Jim Koutsouris and

Amber Henry at Web Prophets

Yumi Umiumare

Leonard Vary, Neal Harvey, the

Board and team at the Myer

Foundation

Volunteers Dara Collins, Alec

Gutteridge, Lowan Major and

Tessa Wells

Sarah Walker for capturing us

beautifully!

Julia White and the rest of our

amazing Board: Jamie Dawson,

Dr Patricia Edgar AM, Tom

Gutteridge, Rhiannon Keen, Dr

Angela O’Brien, Johanna Platt

and Tim Woods

Sarah Whymark, John Culley

and Daniel Riley

Juliet Woo and the team at

Austrade Korea

All the women, babies and

parents involved in creating

I Found My Feet

Thanks to all of our non-Polyglot family and friends for supporting us, forgiving our absences and helping us find the playfulness in the rest

of our lives. We would also like to sincerely thank and acknowledge the support our many volunteers who generously give their time to

support the company and teachers and kids from Mahogany Rise, Victorian College for the Deaf, Insight Education Centre for the Blind

and Vision Impaired, Dinjerra, Currajong and Stonnington Schools.


PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS

Triennial Funding Partners

Corporate Partners

Philanthropic Partners

Insight Education Centre for the Blind and Vision Impaired

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PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS

Project Partners

Market Development Funding Partners


Department of State

Development, Business

and Innovation, Victoria

(Theatre Board, Music Board, Projects with Public Outcomes)

Dinjerra Primary School, Braybrook

Victorian College for the Deaf, Melbourne

(Strategic Partnerships Program)

(Community Partnerships, Cultural Exchange)

Currajong School, Malvern East


FINANCIAL SNAPSHOT2013 INCOME

International

Government

Workshops

Trusts

Sponsorship

12%

37%1%

2%

23%

Other3%

22%National

2013 EXPENSES

Other

Admin

Marketing

Touring

Artistic

Production

10%

25%

5%

17%

26%

17%


DIRECTOR’S REPORT

Our Board continues with the policy of ‘good

governance and good humour’ with bi-monthly

Board meetings, Monthly Finance Sub-committee

meeting, monthly and two annual Board planning

days. Changes within the board membership have

heralded a change of energy and focus, with a

more strategic and political approach creating

opportunities for lobbying, networking and more

rigorous action around fundraising.

DIRECTORS LISTThe Directors of the Company at any time during or

since the end of the 2013 calendar year were:

Julia White, Chair Board Member since March 2009 ___________________________________________________

Member of Finance Sub-Committee

Currently Philanthropy Manager with Zoos Victoria,

Julia has a wealth of experience working in the not

for profit sector in both marketing and development.

Most recently employed as Development Director

at Melbourne Theatre Company, Julia has also

worked with Frankston Arts Centre, The Australian

Ballet School, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

and Melbourne Festival, acquiring skills in venue

management, touring and event management as

well as marketing and fundraising.

Tom Gutteridge, Deputy Chair Board Member since October 2009 ___________________________________________________

Tom Gutteridge is the Artistic Director of Union

House Theatre. He was the former Artistic Director,

Black Swan Theatre Company Perth. Performance

and multi-media creator, with credits including

mainstage, opera and theatre direction, sound

design and composition, and dramaturgy and

writing across all live and digital media. Tom has

worked with Melbourne and Queensland Theatre

Companies; Australian, Queensland and West

Australian Opera Companies.

Johanna Platt, Treasurer Board Member since April 2008 ___________________________________________________

Member of Finance Sub-Committee

Johanna works as General Manager Financial

Planning and Analysis for Kraft Foods. Prior to

this Johanna held corporate executive positions

as Financial Controller Sales at Cadbury and

Commercial Manager at Mayne Nickless. Johanna

has an MBA from Melbourne Business School.

Dr Angela O’Brien, General Secretary Board Member since April 2011 ___________________________________________________

Dr Angela O’Brien is a Barrister-at-law and

independent consultant with specialist expertise

in the areas of dispute resolution, education and

the arts. In 2009 she retired from the University of

Melbourne where she was an Associate Professor,

Deputy Dean of the School of Graduate Studies

and Discipline Chair of Creative Arts in the School of

Culture and Communication, Faculty of Arts.

Jamie Dawson Board Member since February 2012___________________________________________________

Jamie is a Producer/Director with over 20 years’

experience engaging communities across a wide

variety of artistic and creative programs. He has

held senior management positions with Queensland

Theatre Company, The Pleasance Theatre

(Edinburgh), Circus Monoxide and Merrigong Theatre

Company (NSW). He was Artistic Director of Sydney

Children’s Festival, a creative and performing

arts children’s festival, Executive Producer at

Carriageworks, Sydney’s newest a contemporary

arts and culture centre, and Executive Director

of Platform Hip Hop Festival, Australia’s largest all-

encompassing hip hop and street art festival.


Jamie is currently Coordinator of Arts and Cultural

Development for the City of Greater Dandenong,

encompassing cultural development and planning,

festivals and events, public art and heritage

programming.

Dr Patricia Edgar AM Board Member since February 2012 ___________________________________________________

Founder and inaugural head of the Australian

Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF), Patricia

Edgar was also the architect of the Australian

Children’s Television Standards and founder of the

World Summit Movement, hosting the first World

Summit on Media for Children in Melbourne in 1995.

She is a teacher, researcher, producer, writer and

experienced policy maker. Her programs have

garnered more than 100 national and international

awards. She is the author of 10 books, numerous

articles and reports and widely recognized as an

authority in the media field.

Rhiannon Keen Board Member since March 2012 ___________________________________________________

Rhiannon is an Associate Director in KPMG’s

Economics and Government Advisory Services

practice. She has a strong interest in politics,

public policy and advising government on the

efficient allocation of resources. Rhiannon previously

worked as a ministerial adviser at both a State and

Federal level, working for the Victorian Leader of

the Opposition, the Office of the Prime Minister, and

Minister for the Environment. Rhiannon has worked

in Hong Kong, as well as in London, working for the

now British Prime Minister, David Cameron. Rhiannon

also has a Master or Public Policy and Management

(Economics) from the University of Melbourne and a

Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications).

Tim Woods Board Member since July 2013 ___________________________________________________

Member of Finance Sub-Committee Tim is Director of Tim Woods Entertainment and has

over twenty years’ experience in the theatre industry

both nationally and internationally. He has recently

joined the Board and Finance Sub-Committee.

Feb Mar May July Nov Dec Totals

Julia White ü ü ü ü ü ü 6

Tom Gutteridge ü ü ü ü ü ü 6

Johanna Platt ü ü ü ü ü 5

Angela O’Brien ü ü ü ü 4

Jamie Dawson N/A N/A N/A 0

Dr. Patricia Edgar AM ü ü ü 4

Rhiannon Keen ü ü ü ü ü ü 6

Tim Woods ü ü ü 3

Total Present 6 5 5 6 6 6

2013 POLYGLOT BOARD MEETING ATTENDANCE


AUDITOR'S INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION UNDER SECTION 307C OF THE CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 TO THE DIRECTORS OF POLYGLOT THEATRE LTD

I declare, that to the best of my knowledge and

belief, during the year ended 31 December 2013

there have been:

(i) no contraventions of the auditor

independence requirements as set out in

the Corporations Act 2001 in relation to the

audit; and

(ii) no contraventions of any applicable code

of professional conduct in relation to the

audit.

Name of Firm: Alan Dredge & Co Pty LtdChartered Accountants

Alan Dredge FCA

Address: 16 Hill Street, Richmond VIC 3121

Dated this 20th day of February 2014


STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2013 POLYGLOT THEATRE LTD. ABN 86 099 894 147

INCOME 2013 $ 2012 $

Grants

Arts Victoria 185,352.00 193,686.00

Australia Council 247,280.08 137,600.00

Local Government Funding 54,069.00 37,800.00

DFAT Grants 30,000.00 25,000.00

Other Government Funding 97,870.79 86,250.45

Philanthropic Organisations 381,250.00 203,203.00

Total Grants Income 995,821.87 683,539.45

Other Earned Income

Performance & Audience Sales 581,774.61 639,872.63

Resources Income 20,182.87 64,440.11

Sponsorship & Fundraising 23,395.00 19,885.00

Business Related Income 19,365.36 18,198.73

Total Earned Income 644,717.84 742,396.47

TOTAL INCOME 1,640,539.71 1,425,935.92

EXPENSES

Administration 706,576.92 628,110.26

Marketing & Promotion 77,433.01 61,501.63

Production Costs 818,712.72 705,981.36

TOTAL EXPENSES 1,602,722.65 1,395,593.25

Surplus(deficit)fortheyear 37,817.06 30,342.67

Other Comprehensive Income:

Net gain on revaluation of financial assets - -

Other comprehensive income for the year - -

Total comprehensive income for the year 37,817.06 30,342.67

Total comprehensive income attributable to the members of the entity 37,817.06 30,342.67


STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2013 POLYGLOT THEATRE LTD. ABN 86 099 894 147

ASSETS 2013 $ 2012 $

Current Assets

Cash and cash equivalents 582,123.25 615,613.67

Other current assets 154,626.66 112,039.34

Total Current Assets 736,749.91 727,653.01

Non-Current Assets

Property, plant and equipment 10,965.93 7,816.85

Total Non-Current Assets 10,965.93 7,816.85

TOTAL ASSETS 747,715.84 735,469.86

LIABILITIES

Current Liabilities

Trade and other payables 63,555.80 48,421.89

Provisions 36,449.55 18,988.80

Other current liabilities 393,256.33 446,700.00

Total Current Liabilities 493,261.68 514,110.69

Non-Current Liabilities

Provisions 11,803.78 16,525.85

Total Non-Current Liabilities 11,803.78 16,525.85

TOTAL LIABILITIES 505,065.46 530,636.54

NET ASSETS 242,650.38 204,833.32

Equity

Retained earnings 242,650.38 204,833.32

TOTAL EQUITY 242,650.38 204,833.32


STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013 POLYGLOT THEATRE LTD. ABN 86 099 894 147

Retained earnings Total

$ $

Balance at 1 January 2010 223,158 223,158

Surplus (deficit) attributable to members 729 729

Balance at 31 December 2010 223,887 223,887

Surplus (deficit) attributable to members (49,397) (49,397)


Surplus (deficit) attributable to members 30,343 30,343


Surplus (deficit) attributable to members 37,817 37,817



STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWSFOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013 POLYGLOT THEATRE LTD. ABN 86 099 894 147

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES 2013 $ 2012 $

Receipts from customers 1,481,921.15 1,663,212.23

Payment to suppliers and employees (1,527,666.56) (1,384,517.68)

Interest received 18,042.08 16,928.07

Net cash provided for operating activities (27,703.33) 295,622.62

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

Payment for plant and equipment (5,787.09) (3,800.00)

Net cash provided for investing activities (5,787.09) (3,800.00)

Net increase (decrease) in cash held (33,490.42) 291,822.62

Cash at beginning of financial year 615,613.67 323,791.05

Cashatendoffinancialyear 582,123.25 615,613.67


The directors of the company declare that:

The directors of the company declare that:

1.The financial statements and notes, as set out

on pages 49 to 50, are in accordance with the

Corporations Act 2001 and:

(a) comply with Accounting Standards – Reduced

Disclosure Requirements; and

(b)give a true and fair view of the financial position

as at 31 December 2013 and of the performance for

the year ended on that date of the company.

2. In the directors’ opinion there are reasonable

grounds to believe that the company will be able

to pay its debts as and when they become

due and payable.

DIRECTORS’ DECLARATION

This declaration is made in accordance

with a resolution of the Board of Directors.

Director:

Johanna PlattTresasurer

Dated this 1st day of April 2014


INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF POLYGLOT THEATRE LTDABN 86 099 894 147Report on the Financial Report I have audited the accompanying financial

report of Polyglot Theatre Ltd which comprises the

statement of financial position as at 31 December

2013, and the statement of comprehensive income,

statement of changes in equity and statement of

cash flows for the year then ended, notes comprising

a summary of significant accounting policies and

other explanatory information, and the directors’

declaration.

Directors’ Responsibility for the Financial ReportThe directors of the company are responsible for

the preparation of the financial report that gives

a true and fair view in accordance with Australian

Accounting Standards – Reduced Disclosure

Requirements and the Corporations Act 2001 and

for such internal control as the directors determine is

necessary to enable the preparation of the financial

report that is free from material misstatement,

whether due to fraud or error.

Auditor’s ResponsibilityMy responsibility is to express an opinion on the

financial report based on my audit. I conducted

my audit in accordance with Australian Auditing

Standards. Those Standards require that I comply

with relevant ethical requirements relating to audit

engagements and plan and perform the audit to

obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial

report is free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain

audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures

in the financial report. The procedures selected

depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the

assessment of the risks of material misstatement of

the financial report, whether due to fraud or error. In

making those risk assessments, the auditor considers

internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation

and fair presentation of the financial report in order

to design audit procedures that are appropriate

in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of

expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the

entity’s internal control. An audit also includes

evaluating the appropriateness of accounting

policies used and the reasonableness of accounting

estimates made by the directors, as well as

evaluating the overall presentation of the financial

report.

I believe that the audit evidence I have obtained is

sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for my

audit opinion.

Independence

In conducting my audit, I have complied with the

independence requirements of the Corporations Act

2001. I confirm that the independence declaration

required by the Corporations Act 2001, which has

been given to the directors of Polyglot Theatre Ltd,

would be in the same terms if given to the directors

as at the date of this auditor’s report.

Opinion

In my opinion, the financial report of Polyglot Theatre

Ltd is in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001,

including:

i. giving a true and fair view of the company’s

financial position as at 31 December 2013 and of its

performance for the year ended on that date; and

ii. complying with Australian Accounting Standards

– Reduced Disclosure Requirements and the

Corporations Regulations 2001.

Name of Firm: Alan Dredge & Co Pty Ltd Chartered

Accountants

Name of Director: Alan Dredge FCA

Address: 16 Hill Street, Richmond VIC 3121

Dated this 15th day of April 2014

More InformationPolyglot Theatre

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