Polyglot Theatre
Title of Performance: Voice Lab
Country: Australia

Voice Lab is Polyglot's creative module for listening to the thoughts and opinions of children. Voice Lab pays close attention to what children think, feel and say, enabling their ideas to be shared to make positive change. Voice Lab can operate in a physical or online mode. In the physical mode, children are invited one at a time into a beautiful, serene dome. The online version takes place over Zoom and offers children the opportunity to engage from wherever they are in the world. In each of these private spaces children have a conversation with Voice Lab - an innocent, uninformed AI character voiced by an invisible, live performer, that asks questions, encourages opinion and regards the child as the expert.

During CultureCrew Festival, Polyglot will share a 6-minute recorded pitch describing what Voice Lab is, showing excerpts of the work and a demonstration of how the online module captures voices.

Age Range: 4 to 13
Running Time: 10 to 30 minutes
Audience Size: 1-50
Artist Website: www.polyglot.org.au

Contact: Kath Fyffe, Executive Director and co-CEO
Company: Polyglot Theatre
Phone: 613-9826-3301
E-mail: [email protected]

For North America (US, CAN and MEX):
Contact Elsie Management
Laura Colby, President, [email protected]
Anna Amadei, Vice President, [email protected]
Phone: +1 718 797 4577
Website: www.elsieman.org

About Polyglot Theatre:
Polyglot Theatre is a globally-renowned company based in Melbourne, Australia, that creates, produces and tours Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) all over the world. Polyglot’s artistic approach of child-centered practice has earned it an international reputation as a leader in the TYA sector, celebrated for creating distinctive, collaborative works that are playful and conceptually robust. Polyglot involves kids from creative development through to immersive performances; and reaches the broadest range of children by placing its work everywhere from the world’s most prestigious theatres to the football grounds of regional Australia. Access is central to Polyglot’s work, driven by the right of all children to experience growth and resilience through creative play.