Strange Fruit opened the Melbourne International Arts Festival with the world premier of a new work Ringing The Changes. All performances were free, and took place at Birrarung Marr in Melbourne, Australia:

• Fri 9 Oct at 7:30pm
• Sat 10 Oct at 7:30pm 
• Sun 11 Oct at 7:30pm
• Mon 12 Oct at 7:30pm

www.melbournefestival.com.au

The project was assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals and Melbourne International Arts Festival and Ten Days on the Island.

(Image credit: John Soanes / Singing Bowl Media)

Strange Fruit featured as part of the entertainment program for the 2009 Formula 1 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix in Singapore. The Field was seen track side on:

• Fri 25 Sept at 5.30pm & 6.30pm
• Sat 26 Sept at 4.15pm & 9.05pm
• Sun 27 Sept at 6.05pm & 7pm
  

Strange Fruit headed to the US & Mexico again recently with Swoon! and The Spheres (4 person) playing on:

• 16-17 Sept at Centennial Park & Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN (Swoon!)
  
• Tue 22nd Sept at the Festival International de Chihuahua in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (Swoon!)
• Wed 23rd Sept at the Festival International de Chihuahua in Chihuahua, Mexico (Swoon!)
  
• Fri 25 - Sun 27 Sept at Discovery Green in Houston, TX (Swoon! & Spheres)
  
• Wed 30 Sept - Sun 4 Oct in Somerville, NJ (Swoon!)
  

(Image credit: Karina Angelique Boese)

Strange Fruit was back touring Europe this summer with Absolute Pearl, Spheres and The Field.

Absolute Pearl was seen at:

• Les Noctibules in Annecy, France
• Dance Bradford in Bradford, UK (The Spheres performed also)
  
• Olala Festival in Lienz, Austria
• Theatre City in Budva, Montenegro
  
• Zadar snova Festival in Zadar, Croatia
• Visual Theatre Festival in Labin, Croatia
• Fortress Theatre Festival in Smederevo, Serbia
  

The Spheres / The Field were seen at:

• 100 Years Besix Celebratory Dinner in Brussels, Belgium  (Custom Spheres)
  
• International Street Art Festival in Zilvermeer Mol, Belgium (The Spheres)
• IAA International Motorshow in Frankfurt, Germany (Custom Spheres)
  
• Hazebrouck Ville Ouverte in Hazebrouck, France (The Field)
  
• La Merce Festival in Barcelona, Spain (The Field & The Spheres)
  

 (Image credit: DLJ Fotografie)

After a successful collaboration in 2008 between Strange Fruit and the UK's disabled-led Graeae Theatre Company, the companies were excited to be working together and performing again at the Greenwich & Dockland's International Festival.  The new show Against the Tide, commissioned by the GDIF Festival, was performed to a delighted audience at Cutty Sark Gardens in Greenwich, London:

• Thur 25 June at 7:30pm
• Fri 26 June at 1:30pm & 7:30pm
  
• Sat 27 June at 1:30pm & 7:30pm
• Sun 28 June at 1:30pm & 4:45pm
  

For more information on the Festival: http://www.festival.org/

From more information on the Graeae Theatre Company: http://www.graeae.org/

(Image credit: Briony Campbell)

Swoon! traveled to the Basque country in Spain for performances at Kaldearte, a 3 day international festival of theatre & street arts at the Plaza De la Virgen Blanca in Vitoria-Gasteiz on:

• 12 June 2009 at 7.30pm, 9.30pm & 11.30pm

To celebrate the city's anniversary The Field was performed with the gorgeous backdrop of St Petersburg's Palace Square:

• Sat 30 May at 6pm & 8pm
• Sun 31 May at 2pm & 4pm
  

Strange Fruit return to Korea with 5 performances of Absolute Pearl at the Chuncheon International Mime Festival, again supported by the Australia Council for the Arts:

• Fri 29 May at 9.30pm
• Sat 30 May at 2.30pm, 10pm
• Sun 31 May at 2pm, 5.30pm
  

For more information:

http://2009.mimefestival.com/2009/

Strange Fruit were delighted to perform in Iceland for the first time as part of the Reykjavik Arts Festival. Swoon! showcased as part of the Opening Ceremony, followed by 2 full performances.

• Fri 15 May at 7pm at the Opening Ceremony at Kjarvalsstadir Museum
  
• Sat 16 May at 2pm & 4pm in downtown Reykjavik.

For more information visit: http://www.listahatid.is/en/