staged works
We Will Rock You -A Promise, not just a title
"I am truly in awe of how a show with such a large company could have such a strong feeling of connection and allow for such caring vulnerability. Before each show, we would gather in a circle around the revolve and each say something we were hoping to achieve this show, and Jordan French would tell us about who/what he was thinking of going into that performance to ground and connect us in our efforts."
https://www.parisballa.com/post/we-will-rock-you-a-promise-not-just-a-title
We Will Rock you with Bendigo Theatre Company, July 2021
Photography: Daniel Soncin
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Rock You
PROJECT
Pollinate
A new work for young audiences about recovering a lost forest and building new futures
"TREE: We can speak, if one cares to listen. In times of old, plants and humans lived in harmony. I am old and wise, I remember those times and I remember what was done to our kind. The younger plants have grown only in this cave, they know nothing else except for the stories of how the humans treated the plants. That is why they fear you, that is why they do not speak."
Created/Co-Directed by: Paris Balla
Co-Directed by: Simran Giria
Written by: Simone Louey
Dirk/Sound Design: Callum Cheah
Kaia: Hannah Johnson
Rowan/Set Design: Billie Ulrich
Tree/Old man/Costume Design: Geo Valentine
Stage Management: Cara Dowe
Created at Monash Uni Student Theatre, the students of Winters Flat Primary School and mentoring from Arena Theatre Company
Photography: Sam Howarth, 2019
The classic love story of gay car, meets gay car. Now a musical!
The road to my heart
Has always been easy
Never had strife in my life
I’ve always been breezy
The road to my heart
Has taken the short cuts
And sped around the bend
Until I saw him with all his bolts and nuts
Now I’m driving forwards
Without a GPS
No more driving in circles
The piston cup was my last test
Because now
You’ve found the freeway to my heart
And we’re on the highway to love
Written/Co-Created by: Paris Balla
Co-Created by: Oscar Balla
Composition/Musical Direction: Bianca Montagner
Costume Design/601 Bus: Geo Valentine
Lightning McQueen: Atticus Stones
Brum: Thomas
Sally: Lucy Rosenblum
Assorted Cars: Lucas Rindt
Created as part of the Monash Uni Student Theatre Cabaret Festival.
WINNER: Most Outstanding CabFest Performance
WINNER: Best onstage couple
Photography: Ian Cormick, 2019
