City of Karratha presents Humphrey Bower & Libby Klysz’
AN IMAGINARY LIFE
21 JUNE 2025
Dampier Soundwalk: 5.30pm to 6.30pm
Dampier Performance: 7pm to 8pm
Bar Service by REACH Us Pilbara Inc
28 JUNE 2025:
Cossack Soundwalk: 5.30pm to 6.30pm
Cossack Performance: 7pm to 8pm
Complimentary bus service, food van on site
“Captivating” Arts Hub
“Spell-binding” Magazine 6000
“Timeless, intimate and profound” Post Newspapers
“Bower is an innate wordsmith” Perth Arts Live
This presentation of An Imaginary Life is part of an Artist in Residence Program, delivered across two separate weeks, focusing on connecting deeply with place through sound, storytelling, and community engagement. The artists will embed themselves in Dampier and Cossack, responding to local spaces through walking, listening, and site-specific performance.
The project encourages a deeper sense of place, cultural reflection, and sensory experience, making it ideal for both long-time locals and curious newcomers.
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SOUNDWALKS WORKSHOP:
5.30pm to 630pm, recommended ages 14+
Cossack Courtyard and surrounds
Join sound designer Kingsley Reeve as he walks with you on a acoustic awareness and listening tour of the Cossack Historic Town and surroundings, facilitating the proces of tuning in. That is tuning into the architecture, the land, each other and self.
The theatre performance "An Imaginary Life" responds to the natural acoustics of a room and resonates with what already exists. This site responsive way of working will be shared and embedded in this listening experience.
Suitable for those ear-minded, just curious or those that have attended or will attend An Imaginary Life.
Complimentary bus service available
Tickets:
https://KARRATHA.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/149628
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AN IMAGINARY LIFE PERFORMANCE:
7pm to 8pm
This is a story about learning to live wherever we find ourselves. To coexist with people who are already here. And learning to belong here by coming to terms with who we are, and who we can be here.
Seminal Australian classic novel An Imaginary Life by David Malouf has been adapted by actor Humphrey Bower (Things I Know to be True, Mary Stuart, The Tempest) and is performed by Humphrey and live musician Pavan Kumar Hari.
An intimate and compelling duet for actor and musician, the show is presented in found spaces with great acoustics, in close proximity to the audience.
An Imaginary Life is about the Ancient Roman poet Ovid living in exile on the edge of the Black Sea, and his encounter with a ‘wild child’. He teaches the child to speak and learns about the latter’s connection to nature and life.
An Imaginary Life is a site-responsive work tailor-made (and re-made) for found venues and their communities.
Grab a bite before the show! A local food van will be serving delicious eats in Cossack Courtyard from 5pm - come early and enjoy a relaxed dinner under the stars.
Complimentary bus service available - bookings essential. Please book your ticket.
Departs: St Pauls Carpark, Karratha at 4.15pm
Return: Departs Cossack at 8.20pm
Tickets:
https://KARRATHA.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/149629
LEARN MORE:
https://reap.karratha.wa.gov.au/imaginary-life
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