INTO THE FOREST, a NORPA production

Into The Forest explores the forest as both a place of danger and of transformation. The work draws on classic and contemporary literature in which the forest is a key setting, a place that evokes the subconscious.

The show is an intimate performance that includes live sound design, movement, visual design, poetry, documentary style text, and a blurred mix of truth and fiction.

At the centre of this work is the special relationship between Alice and Kate — as a window into the experience of people living with disability and their support workers. The show presents a personal and heightened depiction of this complex and deep relationship.

Into The Forest was made through an innovative partnership between NORPA and the Catholic Schools Office — Lismore Diocese. Our mission was to create a theatrical experience that engages teachers and students with the Stage 5 and 6 English and Drama syllabus.