A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post about the two days’ teaching I did for the Tasmanian Polytechnic Eco and Adventure guiding students. We had a ball and I think I learned as much from them as they did from me! There is a lot to teach about guiding but most of it [...]
As any actor will tell you – you should never work with animals or children on stage or film set. Why? Quite simply they will upstage you! The fascination of animals or children seems to be a draw-card few can resist. On Louisa’ s Walk today our actor Chris Hamley had a double dose of [...]
Her Story has been running at the Cascades Female Factory Historic Site for just over three months and we couldn’t be more pleased with our audience numbers or the feedback it is generating. We created Her Story at the request of the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority (PAHSMA), who have taken over the administration [...]
I sometimes wonder if the success of Louisa’s Walk is that it is so personal and, at the end, we come out of character and really get to know our audience members? It means so much more than just walking away, after receiving some applause. We do engage people’s emotions on Louisa’s Walk and, having [...]
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Our business, Live History Productions does more than interpret convict women’s history as many of you know. We can be commissioned to research, create and perform a play on any topic, at any site, any time. Remembering that history can be defined as “anything that happened more than a second ago” this gives broad parameters! [...]
Our business name is Live History Productions and, as you would expect, our aim is to bring history to life. We do that, mainly, via our core business Louisa’s Walk and, lately Her Story. We have other strings to our bow in terms of income streams, performing plays at other venues, about other aspects of [...]
Hi everyone, as from March 29th we have put up our ticket price for Louisa’s Walk (just on the adult’s ticket) to $35.00 This is our first price rise on the adult’s ticket for a couple of years. The single child’s’ ticket and the family ticket remain the same. We are confident that Louisa’s Walk [...]
If you read the Home Page of our web site you will see we are offering an alternative to Louisa’s Walk – Her Story. This is a sister production to Louisa’s Walk; it takes place entirely around Yard One of the Female Factory and lasts for just forty five minutes. Her Story leaves from the [...]
It has been several weeks since I have posted a blog which I can only put down to the very busy summer we have had. Despite the struggling tourism sector, Louisa’s Walk is still growing. Thank you to all our loyal supporters! There is much to talk about including our new sister production Her Story [...]
