FELIX LISTENS TO THE WORLD (2004)

Written, created and performed by Miles O’Neil, Joseph O’Farrell and Glen Walton.

Felix Listens to the World is a work of self-contained devised junkyard theatre. The cross-cross-diciplinary work employs found materials and performer operated sound and lighting and draws on influences of dance, poetry, film making and puppetry to tell a story of lost love and adventure.

Awards:

Malthouse 3D Festival Best Theatre Production 2004

Melbourne Fringe Festival Best Theatre Production 2004

Ottawa Fringe Festival Best Theatre Production 2005

Seasons:

2004 Malthouse 3D Festival

2004 Melbourne Fringe Festival

2005  Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy, self-produced season

2005 North American Tour: Montreal Fringe Festival, Radiohole Theatre, New York,

Ottawa Fringe Festival, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Winnipeg Fringe Festival

2005 Melbourne International Arts Festival

2006 Adelaide Fringe Festival

2006 Lan Franchies Memorial Discoteque, Sydney

2007 Perth Awesome Arts Festival

2009 Figurentheatre Festival, Erlangen, Germany.

Review Quotes:

“Felix Listens to the World, created and performed by Miles O’Neil, Joseph O’Farrell and Glen Walton, employs a set of junk, found objects and toys, as well as a complex lighting design, to tell its story of Rose and Felix Louis Belljar. The story is simplicity itself: boy meets girl, loses her, goes in search and happily finds her. But the ingenuity with which it is told and illustrated contains the real theatricality. A miniaturised world is animated, and the tiny doll figures are as endearing as the human counterparts who alternate in the role of Felix. It is at times like a puppet show for adults, child-like rather than childish, inviting their inventiveness is impressive.” –Helen Thompson, The Age, October 2005.

“One of the best shows I have ever seen. It’s a piece of theatrical genius not to be missed” - Vincent Paul, The Montreal Gazette, June 2005