NORPA presents

Echo Mapping

Co-created by Azzam Mohamed & Jack Prest
Produced by Intimate Spectacle

“This pared-back duet is mesmerising… trance-like.” – Stephen Wilson Barker, The Conversation

Experience Echo Mapping inside The Joinery, NORPA’s new creative home, and see the space in a whole new light. The industrial atmosphere becomes the backdrop for a thrilling, joyful duet of sound and movement, created and performed by longtime collaborators Jack Prest and Azzam Mohamed.

Stripped back to its rawest elements — no sets, no spectacle — this is dance in its purest form, just body, voice, and live music in constant conversation.

Jack Prest’s live score moves from subtle textures to thundering beats to ethereal trumpet, while Azzam Mohamed performs both voice and body. His movement shifts from commanding stillness to fluid yet intense choreography, singing Sudanese melodies recorded, looped and manipulated by Jack into a mesmerising sonic atmosphere.

Performed in the round, Echo Mapping places you at the centre of the experience. Every breath, every beat, every movement is magnified — drawing you into a shared, visceral journey that is both deeply personal and powerfully collective.

Expect to leave transformed, exhilarated, and completely immersed.

+FREE DANCE WORKSHOP ADD-ON

See the performance and attend an Afro-House dance workshop with Azzam for free (Sat 17 Sep, 10am). Workshop places are limited so you need to book your spot when booking your performance ticket.
Only want to dance? You can book the workshop without seeing the performance for a small fee. View workshop details.

DATES

Fri 16 & Sat 17 Oct, 7.30pm

VENUE

The Joinery
6 Hampton St, Lismore

TICKETS

Full price $45
Concession $35
30 and under $30

Please note there is $5.50 booking fee per transaction

BOOKINGS

• Book online
• Or contact Box Office 02 6622 0300 (Tue – Thu 9am – 5pm)
• Have questions? Check out our Ticket FAQs or send us an email at [email protected] and we will call you during Box Office hours

PATRON ADVICE

Duration 60 minutes (no interval)
Recommended for ages 10+

CREATIVE TEAM

Co-creators Azzam Mohamed & Jack Prest
Choreographer/dancer Azzam Mohamed
Composer/Musician Jack Prest
Dramaturg Anna Tregloan
Production & lighting Neil Simpson
Producer Intimate Spectacle (Harley Stumm and Malcolm Whittaker)

Photos by Victor Frankowski and Anna Kucera

SUPPORTED BY

This work has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, and the NSW Government through Create NSW.