Borderliners convenor Deb Foskey said, “Camilla Blunden is going to kick off the Telling our Stories project by inspiring us with her performance of All this Living at 3 pm on Saturday.

“On Sunday from 10am till mid-afternoon, Camilla will run a free workshop to help us turn our local stories into theatre to start us on our way to a performance of our own later in the year.

“Her producer, Lea Collins, will run a parallel workshop to train people in sound and lighting using the School of Arts’ new equipment funded by a grant from Southern Phones.

“Lis Shelley, Director of StageFlight Children’s Theatre, will be attending too as she will be helping us develop our show over the coming months.

“The stage is set – now we need your stories to turn into theatre.

“It doesn’t matter which side of the border it comes from or whether it happened yesterday or a hundred years ago, bring it along on Sunday and we will see whether it makes good theatre.  

“Young, old or in-between, experienced or totally new to performance, please come along. The aim of Telling our Stories is to have fun above everything else.

“It’s been a long time since we’ve had a local performance, so we are fortunate to have an actor of Camilla’s calibre to start us off,” said Deb Foskey.

Camilla Blunden from Cornwall, has a passionate interest in theatre in this changing world and the way it can connect with contemporary audience in a live space.

For over 40 years this has driven her work in professional theatre as an actor, director, creator, mentor and educator involved in many exciting projects working with a great variety of artists and companies and styles of performance from classic to contemporary, to children’s theatre, site specific performances and new work.

She has toured nationally as an actor and directed shows to tour. She has acted for Web, DVD, video, film and voice over work. Camilla acts with posers as characters and statues. She does ongoing improvisational work as patients with medical students at ANU, School of Medicine and clients at Law School.

The show and workshops have been made possible by funding from East Gippsland Shire Council.

Further funding from the NSW Country Areas Support Program is funding the involvement of Ms Shelley Tickets – book at Tubbut Neighbourhood House 6458 0295 or RTC 6458 8388, pay $10 at the door.

Workshops are free but please book, as above.