LASER BEAK MAN
20 September 2013 - 19 October 2013, Wharf 1
Superheroes are made, not born.
Laser Beak Man is the quirky creation of Brisbane artist Tim Sharp. A somewhat sardonic caped crusader, Laser Beak Man has carved a quirky niche in the pantheon of super heroes courtesy of exhibitions of Tim’s work around Australia including at The National Museum, the Sydney Opera House and spots on ABC television.
Current Projects
Past Projects
2013
Carrefour International De Théâtre, Théâtre de la Bordée, Québec
Festival TransAmériques, Théâtre Usine C, Montreal
Theatre Junction GRAND, Calgary
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago
Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin
Parc de la Villette, Charlie Parker Hall, Paris
Le-Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg, Strasbourg
Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Geelong
Walker Art Centre, McGuire Theater, Minneapolis
Centre for the Art of Performance UCLA, Freud Playhouse, Los Angeles
Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover
Under the Radar Festival, The Public Theater, New York
2012
Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Municipal Theatre, Rotterdam
Stratford Circus, London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT), UK
Halle G im MuseumsQuartier, Wiener Festwochen (Vienna festival), Austria
Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Spotlight at Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM), Adelaide
Queen’s Arcade, Cardiff City Centre, Cardiff Unity Festival, UK
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula
Kumuwuki / Big Wave: the 2012 Regional Arts Australia Conference, Goolwa
Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Mandurah
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth
Junction Arts Festival, Launceston
Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
Arts House, North Melbourne, Melbourne
Performance Space, Sydney
Newcastle Community Arts Centre, Newcastle
Centenary Hall, Goolwa
Barkly Regional Arts, Tenant Creek
Darwin Community Arts, Darwin
Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, Kimmel Centre, Perelman Theatre, Pennsylvania, U.S.A
Arts House Meat Market, North Melbourne, Melbourne
2011
GANESH VERSUS THE THIRD REICH
World Premiere Season, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne
FOOD COURT
No Limits [Disability Festival] / Hebbel am Ufer (HAU 1), Berlin, Germany
SMALL METAL OBJECTS
Seoul Performing Arts Festival, Seoul, Performing Arts Market in Seoul (PAMS)
Dusseldorf Schauspielhaus, Dusseldorf, Germany
STUK START, STUK Kunstencentrum, Leuven, Belgium
Wildwuchs Arts Festival for Such and Others, Kaserne, Basel, Switzerland
Okkupation International Theatre Festival, Schiffbau Halle, Zurich, Switzerland
2010
SMALL METAL OBJECTS
Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Westfield Shopping Centre, Geelong
FOOD COURT
LIFT Festival, The Barbican, London
Adelaide Festival, Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide
Dusseldorf Schauspielhaus, Dusseldorf, Germany
Awakenings Festival, Centre Cinema, Horsham
CreatAbility Bendigo, Capital Theatre, Bendigo
Inbetween Time Festival of Live Art, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
Aarhus Festival, Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel, Aarhus, Denmark
Unity Festival, Weston Studio, Wales Millennium Centre, Wales
2009
TOUR GUIDE
Linz 09 – European Cultural Capital 09, Volksgarten, Linz, Austria
FOOD COURT
Luminous Festival, Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels, Belgium
Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Geelong
SMALL METAL OBJECTS
The Kennedy Center, Washington DC, USA
Live Arts Festival, Philadelphia, USA
TBA Festival, Portland, USA
Arnolfini and Bristol Old Vic, Bristol, UK
Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany
Exodos Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Linz 09 – European Cultural Capital 2009, Linz, Austria
Castlemaine State Festival in collaboration with Windarring and CreateAbility, Phee Broadway Theatre, Castlemaine
2008
FOOD COURT
Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne
SMALL METAL OBJECTS
Singapore Arts Festival, Singapore
Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, USA
On the Boards, Seattle, USA
Flynn Center for the Arts, Burlington, USA
Push International Performing Arts Festival, Vancouver, USA
Harbourfront Center, Toronto, Canada
Under the Radar, New York City, USA
2007
SMALL METAL OBJECTS
The Barbican, in conjunction with Theatre Royal East Stratford, East Stratford Station, London
Dublin Theatre Festival, Mayor Square, Dublin, Ireland
Zurcher Theater Spektakel, Landiwiese, Zurich, Switzerland
Noorderzon [Festival], Noorderplantsoen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Kobenhavns Internationale Teater [Festival], Radhuspladsen (Town Hall Square), Copenhagen, Denmark
Paris Quartier d’ete [festival], Place des Innocents, Forum des Halles, Paris, France
Theaterformen Festival, Kropcke, Hanover, Germany
Ten Days on the Island, Salamanca Square, Hobart
The Capitol, Bendigo Market Place, Bendigo
Mildura Wentworth Arts Festival, Mildura Centro, Mildura
Artshouse, Federation Square, Melbourne
Brisbane Powerhouse, Queen St Mall, Brisbane
Perth International Arts Festival, Forrest Place, Perth
Sydney Festival, Customs House Square, Sydney
2006
SMALL METAL OBJECTS
7th Australian Performing Arts Market, Adelaide Railway Station
2005
SMALL METAL OBJECTS
Melbourne International Arts Festival, Flinders Street Station, Melbourne
2004
COW
Sydney Opera House, Studio, Sydney
2003
COW
London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT), Battersea Arts Centre
Long Night of the Churches [Festival], Markuskirche, Hannover, Germany
SOFT
Zuercher Theater Spektakel, Zurich, Switzerland, 2003 Laokoon Festival, Hamburg, Germany
PORNSTAR
Midsumma Festival, Black Box Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
Art of Difference, Gasworks Arts Park, Port Melbourne
2002
SOFT
2002 Melbourne International Arts Festival, Shed 4, North Wharf Road, Docklands, Melbourne
WORKSHOP RESIDENCY
Muse Company Summer School, Tokyo
COW
6th Conference & International Festival of Theatre for Disabled Artists, Almagro, Spain
DOGFARM
2002 Shepparton Arts Festival
2001
MENTAL
Hot House Theatre, Wodonga
2000
DOG FARM
La Mama, Melbourne
Geelong Fringe Festival, Courthouse Youth Arts Centre, Geelong
MENTAL
Sydney 2000 Summer Paralympic Arts Festival, Seymour Theatre Centre, Sydney
1999
MENTAL
Athenaeum Theatre II, Melbourne
DRAG RACERS IN LOVE
with Nelson Park School, Geelong Performing Arts Centre
1998
BOOM TOWN
With Snuff Puppets, Kardinia Park Football Arena Geelong
MINDS EYE
Adelaide Fringe Festival, Scott Theatre, Adelaide
1997
PETER PAN
With Arena Theatre, George Fairfax Studio, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
Geelong Performing Arts Centre
MR SEPTEMBER
Courthouse Youth Arts Centre, Geelong
1996
MINDS EYE
With Handspan Visual Theatre, Lonsdale St Power Station, Melbourne
ROAD MOVIE
With Melbourne Workers Theatre, Londsdale Street Power Station, Melbourne
1995
BACK TO BACK IN SHORTS
A series of short works presented at the Irene Mitchell Studio, St Martin’s Theatre, Melbourne
1994
FREAK SHOW
With Circus Oz, Blakiston Theatre, Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Geelong
Napier St Theatre, Melbourne
VOICES OF DESIRE
Very Special Arts Festival, Tour to Brussels, Belgium
1993
VOICES OF DESIRE
Blakiston Theatre Performing Arts Centre Geelong
Polyglot Theatre Melbourne
Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney
Tours to Albury Wodonga, Canberra
1992
THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBI DAZZLER
Blakiston Theatre, Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Geelong
Polyglot Puppet Theatre, Melbourne
WOODENHEAD
Blakiston Theatre, Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Geelong
Arena Theatre, South Melbourne
Belconnen Community Theatre Canberra
Bay Street Theatre Glebe, Sydney
Tours in regional Victoria and Central Western NSW
1991
I DON’T WANT TO LIVE IN LARA ANYMORE
Blakiston Theatre, Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Geelong
YELL BLUE MURDER
Blakiston Theatre, Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Geelong
Athenaeum II, Melbourne
1990
THE PEG MACHINE
Blakiston Theatre, Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Geelong
Tours to TAS, QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC and SA
EVERYTHING AND THE MERMAID
Blakiston Theatre, Geelong Performing Arts Centre
Arena Theatre South Yarra Melbourne
1989
CINDERELLA, THE FAT COW DEPARTS
Ashby Hall, Geelong
STINKING HOUSES
Blakiston Theatre, Geelong Performing Arts Centre
Victorian and ACT Tours
1988
BIG BAG
Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Geelong
Arena Theatre South Melbourne