Kaleidoscope scales a deceptively simple optical device to epic proportions, allowing you to step inside a constantly shifting illusion. A brand-new solo project by one of the masterminds behind House of Mirrors and 1000 Doors, Kaleidoscope provides the brave and adventurous with a new and different space to explore, contemplate, and dream.

An experience that disorientates the senses and challenges our preconceptions, providing access to a new kind of engagement with beauty and tranquillity, within a colour field of ever-changing light.

Kaleidoscope has been supported with funds from the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund – an Australian Government initiative.

Kaleidoscope
Performance Lawn, Brisbane Powerhouse
12 August – 3 October 2022
www.brisbanepowerhouse.org

Ethan Langridge was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome at four years of age. Because of this syndrome Ethan perceives the world differently. He understands the world through touch; senses his surroundings with the pads of his fingers or the tips of his toes and he, unwittingly, invited his mother to view his world with him.

Johanna Wharton, Ethan’s mother, described stepping into Ethan’s world as ‘the joy of walking through shafts of colour and light; a dazzling kaleidoscope’. She wrote a book about her experiences with Ethan that inspired the creation of Kaleidoscope the show, a work that allows Ethan to express himself, through a physical form he loves, circus. The show journeys through the ups and downs of everyday life and celebrates the unique spirit of Ethan.

‘Sometimes the heart breaks and cracks open because so much love is bursting through’-Ethan

Directed by Chelsea McGuffin with the ensemble of Company 2 and Ethan Langridge.

Kaleidoscope at JWCOCA
Wednesday 6 – Saturday 9 April 2016
JWCOCA – Performance Space
www.judithwrightcentre.com