Reflections of Home Access Overview

GETTING TO WOODBURN CREATIVES

The closest station to Woodburn Creatives is Redfern Station with lift access from platforms 1-10 to the Little Eveleigh Street Exit. Woodburn Creatives is approximately a 6-minute walk (450 m) from the accessible Little Eveleigh Street Exit as shown on the map below. 

Woodburn Creatives can also be accessed via buses that travel along Cleveland Street. The 352 bus, which travels between Bondi Junction Station and Marrickville Metro, stops at the closest bus stops to Woodburn Creatives, a two-minute walk from the venue. The bus route from Bondi Junction Station to Woodburn Creatives is shown on the map below. 

The 352 Bus Route from Marrickville Metro to Woodburn Creatives is shown on the map below. 

The closest bus stop to Woodburn Creatives on the 352 bus is the Cleveland Street at Hart Street bus stop, which is a two-minute (100 m) walk from the main entrance of Woodburn Creatives. This is the bus stop you will alight at when travelling from the direction of Bondi Junction. 

When travelling from the direction of Marrickville Metro, the closest bus stop is Cleveland St at Balfour St, a five-minute (290 m) walk to Woodburn Creatives. 

There is no accessible parking available on Woodburn Street. The closest accessible parking to Woodburn Creatives is a five-minute (290m) walk on George Street, as shown on the map below. There is some free parking available on Woodburn Street.

BUILDING ACCESS

  • Woodburn Creatives does not have step-free access or accessible bathrooms. The entrance has 3 steps. 

  • Doors will be left open throughout the performance to allow audience members to step out for a break if needed.

  • A Video Recording of the performance will be provided online for audience members.

  • Captioned Video Recording. Autogenerated Closed Captions will be provided on the recorded version of this concert. 

  • Flexible Seating will be provided as part of this concert. 

VISUAL STORY - How to get to the space and what to expect once you get here. 

Below is a step-by-step visual guide of how to book, how to get to the venue from public transport and what to expect once you get to the Reflections of Home concert.

  1. To book a ticket to the Reflections of Home concert, follow this link. If you have any questions about access you can email Lamorna on info@backstagemusic.com.au or speak to her by phone on 0402051903. 

  2. This Video outlines how to get to Woodburn Creatives from Redfern Station. The video was taken for a previous concert, but Reflections of Home will take place in the same venue.

  3. The main entrance of Woodburn Creatives on Woodburn Street looks like this.

4. Doors will open to the venue at 7pm to allow you to get settled in for the concert and find a seat. The performance will begin at approximately 7:30pm.

5. A member of BackStage Staff will be waiting at the front door of Woodburn Creatives to check your ticket and welcome you to the concert. If it is busy, there may be a queue of people. 

6. The Reflections of Home concert will take place in the Woodburn Showroom at Woodburn Creatives which is a large, rectangular open space that is straight ahead of you when you enter from Woodburn Street. Below is an image of the Woodburn Showroom.

7. The concert will use low lighting.

9. If you need a break at any time, the doors to the space will be left open throughout the concert. Feel free to step out at any point.

10. The concert will end at approximately 8:30pm but feel free to stay and chat after the concert finishes!

Artist Descriptions

See Full Artist Bios Here

Laura Case

Laura Case (she/her) is a 30-year-old Wiradjuri woman and lecturer in musicology. Although usually of average height and build, at the moment Laura is over 30 weeks pregnant. She has brown skin, brown eyes and dark brown, long wavy hair.

Nicole Smede

Nicole Smede (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist and performer in her early 40s. She identifies as a proud Warrimay and Birrbay woman of Aboriginal and Irish descent. Nicole is of average height and medium build. She has lightly tanned (olive) skin and large expressive hazel-brown eyes. Her hair is medium-length, naturally wavy, and auburn brown in colour, often worn loose with natural texture.

Nicole’s outfit features a sheer black long-sleeved top layered over a black camisole, paired with striking teal velvet trousers. Her accessories include bold woven earrings, a pendant necklace made of shell and stone, and beaded or woven bracelets that nod to both cultural connection and personal artistry.

Ellatronix

Ellatronix (she/her) is the musical alias of Thalia Skopellos, a First Nations composer, sound producer, and performer. She has warm olive skin, medium long dark wavy hair often worn loose, and deep-set brown eyes and no make up. Of petite height and medium build she mostly wears pants, sneakers and a hoodie. She plays electronic instruments and various midi controllers.

Matthew Doyle

Matt Doyle (he/him) is an Aboriginal Performing Artist in his mid 50's. Of average height, grey hair and a grey beard, he is the composer of the songs you will hear in the videos tonight.

Sharlene Cruickshank

Sharlene Cruickshank Wandi-wandandian Wodi Wodi Jerrinja woman from the NSW south coast. A sister, lover, mother and grandmother in her Late fifties. On the Shorter side of Average height, buxom and round with Brown bobbed hair Brown eyes, loves a red lip look. Sharlene has discovered her voice late in life enjoying some fabulous opportunities to express herself through music and words with the support of her family and friends and mudjingaal yangamba women’s singing group.

Sonic Stories

Ngurraba (Home Place)

Ngurraba (Home Place) is approximately 14 minutes long - as the piece is predominantly built on live looped vocals it may go a few minutes over to allow for loops to be set up. It begins with gentle humming, the repeated word 'Yukul' which means heart in the aboriginal Gathang language, and a chest beat. These sounds create the rhythmic bed that is constant throughout. Gradually layers of live vocal melodies and harmonies performed by Nicole Smede build slowly and rhythmically, creating a rich, immersive soundscape. Sharlene Cruickshank’s spoken word poem emerges mid-way, steady and grounding, telling the story of the many places she has lived and called home. Field recordings of rolling wheels, black cockatoos, ocean waves and distant singing of the Mudjingaal Yangamba community choir are embedded in the soundscape. The piece does not include sharp or sudden loud sounds, but it does rise in emotional and sonic intensity around the 7-minute mark, where vocals and ambient textures become more layered and full. There is no repetitive drumming, but low percussive textures and looping vocals provide a rhythmic foundation.

The piece is accompanied by a visual display that will be projected onto the performers. It features images of rolling waves,  shadowplay, objects, and nature. Some colours have been inverted so that they are more abstracted (hot pinks, greens and yellows) and move between slow and quicker changeovers. Any fast-paced visual changes are short and followed by slower moving images. 

‘Until You Journey through the mists’ by Ellatronix is an atmospheric nature inspired ambient, cinematic piece with flute, spoken word and vocal sampling. The sounds are warm and reverberant with a gentle groove through-out. Ellatronix speaks poetry she has written and plays along with the track a vocal she sampled and turned into an instrument with her midi controller. Lamorna responds to the vocal melodies on flute. The piece is about 8 minutes long and builds up to a more energetic section in the upper register of the flute towards the end.