TINY STADIUMS FESTIVAL

Asked about the name Tiny Stadiums, festival curator Amelia Wallin says it’s a “poetic way to capture what the festival does, it draws attention to the tiny spaces, that are often overlooked or forgotten and brings them to the foreground”.

Featuring a line-up of live art and performance installation, this community arts festival will showcase public and pedestrian spaces within inner-city Erskineville, as well as the nightlife of the area.

Nick Coyle, star of the one-man show Blue Wizard, which opens the festival, says it’s “about a wizard who crashes onto earth and is trying to get back home”.

“It’s a comedy,” he says.

Coyle has been out shopping at Lincraft, rummaging the shelves no doubt to put together his costume, which he promises will be a fantastic, visual feast for audiences.

Excited to be involved, he says the festival “shows people exciting new works that otherwise wouldn’t be put on”.  (VP)

Nov 13-23, streets of Erskineville and PACT, 107 Railway Pde, Erskineville, free-$20, pact.net.au/category/events/tiny-stadiums

BY VANESSA POWELL