SHEDS is a striking live music and documentary experience inspired by the people and rhythms of the shearing shed. Featuring projected video interviews with Wheatbelt shearers and wool handlers, the performance blends real stories with powerful live music shaped by the sounds of shearing — from the click of hand shears to the hum of machinery and the sweep of wool across the boards.
Created by filmmaker Leith Alexander and award-winning composer/collaborative director Corrina Bonshek, SHEDS brings audiences closer to the lives, humour, skill and resilience of regional communities. Documentary footage, evocative imagery and immersive music combine to create an experience that is moving, atmospheric and deeply Australian. Both intimate and cinematic, SHEDS invites audiences to experience the shearing shed in a completely new way.
We want to interview people who are passionate about the wool industry, and we’re seeking sponsors to make this beautiful show.
Email Corrina about being part of our video interviews in July 2026.
Designed for flexible presentation in galleries, black boxes or regional halls, Rhythms of the Shed invites audiences to sit among projected images and immersive sound, listening close as the shed’s everyday labour becomes a kind of choreography – part documentary, part concert, and part love letter to a disappearing craft. This show will tour Western Australia in 2027 followed by national and international touring in 2028/29.
Timeline
Interviews – July 2026
Creation – August-December 2026
Premiere and WA regional tour – July 2027
National touring 2028
Partners
Arts Narrogin – Coproducer
