ABOUT US
Redefining Art-Making
At the heart of Second Echo Ensemble are the artists who make and perform the work. Some live with disabilities, and some do not. Our work is not simply about access or equality. We are about new ways of thinking and creating.
Based in Nipaluna/Hobart, the company has toured around Australia and internationally, and is a leading creative force in the development of a narrative that speaks to the rich diversity of Tasmania.
Second Echo Ensemble was initiated in Lutruwita/Tasmania, in 2005, by internationally acclaimed playwright and director Finegan Kruckemeyer. Our work celebrates the unheard stories of our artists. We challenge the status quo and unconscious bias. We listen. We learn from each other through our artistic practice.
With strong artistic purpose and vision, Second Echo Ensemble continues to break the mould of art, creative practice and performance in Tasmania.
We are committed to reimagining how art is made, who can make it and where it happens.
“Second Echo Ensemble holds a special and unique place in my heart and in the hearts of the Tasmanian community – forging new ways of thinking and collaboration, providing new opportunities for engagement with culture and the arts, challenging what we accept and what we think we know, and sharing the different perspectives of artists from a range of diverse backgrounds.”
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Thank You. Your support is immensely appreciated.
Creative Director Kelly Drummond Cawthon and Ensemble member Luke John Campbell talk about Second Echo Ensemble, their work and the 2020 recognition by the Myer Foundation.
Are you interested in working in the arts but not sure where to start?
Second Echo Ensemble is about knocking down the barriers to participation in the arts industry. It is about offering a creative experience to everyone and bringing all of those bodies onto public stages of their own design.
It is about bringing exceptions, exclusions, the outsiders, gaps in thinking, and gaps in moving out into the open. It is about creating exceptions to the rules.
Join us for exceptional acts and exceptional encounters, and most importantly, a chance to create with exceptional people: people who defy norms, who don't fit neatly, and who challenge our expectations of creativity and the creative body.
Over time, Second Echo Ensemble’s Pathways to Work program evolved into what is now the SEE Studio Program — reflecting a shift toward Labs, artist-led practice, and multiple ways of building professional creative lives.
