Prime Time
A celebration of life in all its stages, Prime Time challenges our assumptions and expectations about age and ageing. A new intergenerational work featuring a diverse cast of 14 aged between 4 and 93.
Catch Prime Time this Melbourne Fringe Festival at The Substation for only four shows!
Wednesday, 14 October - Saturday 17 October 2026
Preview performance on Wednesday 14 October.
WARNINGS
Mild audience interaction and low lighting.
ACCESSIBILITY
Open captioning available.
Relaxed performances for the full season.
An Access Guide will be made available closer to the time.
This project has been made more accessible with support from Access Fringe.
Prime Time interrogates the relationship between age, power, visibility, and value, forging new dialogues across generations through personal stories and diverse perspectives across each decade of life.
Prime Time experiments with the intersections of theatre, dance, live and recorded text, sound composition and visual design. Evolving since April 2023, Prime Time is a west-based project. The work draws on multiple recorded interviews from community members spanning 10 decades, gathered during a 3-week artist residency at Braybrook Community Hub, 4 research/casting workshops in Footscray, engaging 170 community members and artists, and a creative team of 9 artists over the process.
CREATIVE TEAM
Director/Concept: Penny Baron
Assistant Director: Carolyn Hanna
Producer: Anna Schoo
Design (Lighting/Set/Costume): Jenny Hector
Design (Sound): Michael Havir
Dramaturgy: Fiona Roake
Choreographic Consultant: Michelle Heaven
Production Manager: Harry Dowling
Stage Manager/Access support: Celina Mack
Access Child Safety Officer: Justine Warner
Head LX and Programmer: Justin Heaton
PERFORMERS
Oaka Scully
Florence Bertoli
Gilly Wright
Rhinestone Desbois
Natasha Mohamed
Corey Saylor-Brunskill
Jalen Ong
Zya Kane
Tarn Scully
Nick Papas
Liz Jones
Clovis Mwamba
Carl Hurwood
Marylla Powell
In dedication to the memory of Helen Walsh.
Born in a Taxi has received assistance for this project from the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body; is supported by Hobsons Bay City Council through its Make it Happen Grants program; has been made more accessible with support from Access Fringe, and has been Fringe Funded, powered by the Hansen Little Foundation. Previous funding and support for the project has also been gratefully received from the City of Maribyrnong and Creative Victoria’s Go West Fund.
