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the Suitcase Royale TIMELINE

2009

May 21-June 13

the Suitcase Royale embarked on a mini tour including dates at the International Figurentheater-Festival in Erlangen; the Ruhrfestspiele in Recklinghausen, Deutschland And at the Battersea Arts Centre, London.

April 3-26

the Suitcase Royale SPACE SHOW is shown as part of the 2009 Melbourne Comedy Festival, the Royale are also seen out in some lat night venues DJing until the break of dawn.

March 10-14

the Suitcase Royale Space Show takes of at the PACT theatre in Sydney. The meteors fly and somewhere in there we have an interview for ABC's Sunday Arts program.

February 17-20

Sydney's Imperial Panda Festival hosts the Ballad of Backbone Joe, the room is packed and the fight is on!

New Years Eve-Jan 1

the Suitcase Royale Space Show is tested on the unruly early morning audience that is the Falls Festival crowd. With a few well placed manequins and an audience assisted space landing the Royale returned safely from SPACE.

2008

November 6-8

Sveta Dobranoch and her Brown Bears debut shows at the Village Festival.

October 29-Nov. 2

The Suitcase Royale and Simone Page Jones Team up for the 2008 Chookas Childrens Festival and the Melbourne Arts Centre. Singing, Dancing, Magic and 1 lost green dragon!

October 9-13

The Suitcase Royale team up with the UK's Lone Twin for 'the NEWSBOYS' which takes the streets captive for the Melbourne International Arts Festival.

September 16-20

Chronilces has its London debut at the SOHO theatre, selling out the last few shows.

September 8-13

Chronicles is performed in the Bosco theatre in Dublin as part of the Dublin Fringe.

August 15-17

the Ballad of Backbone Joe is shown at the Darwin Festival.

July

the SR do another residency at the Wesley Anne

June 28-July 5

the premiere of the Ballad of Backbone Joe begins at fed square as part of the puppet and visual theatre festival.

June 10-15

Chronicles is performed at the Ruhrfestspiele in Recklinghausen, Germany. A companion comic book is created by a local artist.

May 15

Back to SA! Chronicles of a Sleepless Moon is performed for delegates at the Assitej festival

May 6

the Suitcase Royale take over the arts centre to host Full Tilt the talk show.

April

Every Saturday night at the Wesley Anne in Northcote the Suitcase Royale play their junkyard tunes.

March 19-April 12

the Ghosts of Ricketts Hill hits the comedy fest winning the Golden Gibbo Award.

March 14-16

the SR head back to SA to perform on the fringe road show in Port Augusta!

February 28

Chronicles of a Sleepless Moon is showcased as part of APAM at the Adelaide Festival Centre.

February 19 - 25

Ricketts Hill at the Bosco in the Garden of Unearthly Delights at the Adelaide Fringe Festival.

January 31 - February 3

the Ghosts of Ricketts Hill is hosted by the Imperial Panda Festival. the shows sell out and our love affair with sydney continues...

New Years Eve - Jan 01

the Ghosts of Ricketts hill is performed at the Falls festival in Lorne. Early in the morning of the 1st (one Royale birthday) 15minute dance parties storm into existence with the help of the Village crew!

2007

November 8 - 10

Chronicles is shown at the Andy Warhol memorial theatre in Pittsburgh, PA. the show is later voted #4 in the top 20 events of Pittsburgh in 2007.

October

'the Ballad of Backbone Joe' is born and a sneak preview is shown at Royale HQ in Northcote.

August 2 - 26

Chronicles of a Sleepless Moon makes its way to the Edinburgh Festival, performed in the beautiful Bosco Theatre at the Spiegel Garden! Great reviews and even better audiences roll in by the second week. At the same time the Suitcase are playing regular gigs as a three piece, burnin the candle in three places and the soles of their shoes.

May 1 - 31

the Suitcase Royale slept.

April 5 - 29

Chronicles of a Sleepless Moon has its comedy festival debut, acclaimed by such venerable comedians as Daniel Kitson, Josie Long and David O'Dougherty. the SR also performed to a confused then ultimately elated audience at the HIFI bar. Oh and two more Ghosts of Ricketts Hill shows at the Bosco Theatre!

March 15 - 31

Chronicles of a Sleepless Moon has its third season, in the Bosco Theatre as part of the Adelaide Fringe Festival. Simultaneously the Ghosts of Ricketts Hill is premiered at the Black Lung Theatre. (All sleeping was postponed until May)

2006

Dec 30 - Jan 1

From out of a marsh, under a tree in the left corner of the left field comes the first ever showings of the Ghosts of Ricketts Hill at the Falls Festival in Marion Bay, Tas.

November 18 - 25

Felix Listens to the World is performed at the Awesome Festival in Perth

October 4 – 15

Felix Listens to the World is performed at Lan Franchis Dicoteque in Sydney

September 9

the Suitcase Royale Play at the Wesley Anne in a rare musical performance.

August 3 - 12

Chronicles is performed at the Lan Franchis Discoteque in Sydney.

July 26 – 28

A mini season of Chronicles is performed at Deakin University in Melbourne.

June 2 – 18

Chronicles of a Sleepless Moon is performed at the Black Lung Theatre. The season is extended an extra week after a sell out second week.

March 16 – 26

Chronicles of a Sleepless Moon has its premier season at the Docklands Shed 14 as part of the Next Wave and the Cultural Festival connected with the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

Feb 21 – 26
Felix Listens to the World is performed at the beautiful Bosco Theatre in the Garden of Unearthly Delights as part of the Adelaide Fringe Festival.

2005

Dec 30 – Jan 1
The Suitcase Royale perform an abridged and insane version of Chronicles of a Sleepless Moon as part of the Village at the Falls Festival, Lorne, Victoria.

October 20 - 22

Felix Listens to the World is presented at the Fairfax Studio in the Arts Centre as part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival.

October 6
The installation/ performance Cardboard City is shown for the opening night party for the Melbourne Arts Festival.

May 24 - Sept 2
Felix tours the Canadian Fringe circuit performing the show in Four festivals, Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Edmonton. The tour generates five five star reviews for the show.

April 1 & 2
Felix is performed as part of 'the Village' festival in Horsham's May Park. Performed in the Indian Tent, the performances were both hot and exciting.

April 1
The Debut of 'the Mountaineers' roving performance invaded the Horsham shopping plaza.

March 16 - 26
the Felix Listens to the World independant season was the first time Felix stood alone as a show. Performed in Felix's home, Gertrudes in Fitzroy the seaoson was a blast and very well recieved.

March 9, 10 & 11
the Suitcase Royale perform Felix Listens to the World as part of the Malthouse Ensemble x 3 season. The shows were a huge success, selling out the Beckett Theatre each night.

2004

Oct 7 - 23
the Suitcase Royale perform in the role of the cloakroom attendants at MOMO's Blue Rinse Club as part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival. One of those frenzied nights we performed an abriged version of Felix in our dressing room for the Handspring Puppet Company of South Africa.

Sep 22 - Oct 9
'Felix Listens to the World' shown as part of the double Bill 'Lamplight Verses the Moon' at Gertrudes in the Melbourne Fringe Festival. 'Felix' is awarded the Performance Award by the Fringe.

Aug 15
'Felix Listens to the World' is shown as part of the Playbox 3D fest Showcase at the Merlyn Theatre and wins a Playbox Development Award.

June-July

The Suitcase Royale rises from a swamp somewhere in Victoria


The Suitcase Royale is a Rag n Bone band of three from Melbourne, Australia that has been creating and performing their unique style of ‘Junkyard Theatre’ since mid 2004. Their style utilizes a large variety of performance styles and employs multiple art forms including; performance, dance, puppetry, text, set design and stop animation. The Suitcase Royale also compose & perform original music for their shows as well as creating digital sound scapes. It is a unique ensemble based style of theatre making that approaches the work as a whole, with the aim of making highly developed, multi faceted, narrative driven theatre.


The Suitcase Royale’s repertoire of works, Felix Listens to the World (2004), Chronicles of a Sleepless Moon (2006), The Ghosts of Ricketts Hill (2007), The Ballad of Backbone Joe (2008) and The Suitcase Royale SPACE SHOW (2009) have toured to the Pittsburgh Arts Festival, Edinburgh fringe, Ruhrfestspiele festival, Germany, Dublin fringe and the Soho theatre in London. The company has also collaborated with U.K. performance duo, Lone Twin, in a piece entitled The Newsboys, commissioned by 2008 Melbourne International arts Festival.