Precious looked at the ways in which all people create and make sense of their personal worlds.

Precious was the first production directed for Restless by Ingrid Voorendt. It was developed in two stages:

A creative development which was shown as a work in progress as part of the Come Out Festival in March 1999. This version was performed at the Circidz Church Hall in Brompton, Adelaide and was a deliberately small scale piece which incorporated direct involvement and interaction with the audience.

A larger scale version which was performed at the SA Opera Studio in Netley in October 1999.

Precious was invited to be part of the Sydney Paralympic Arts Festival and was remounted and developed and performed at the York Theatre in the Seymour Centre, Sydney in October 2000

‘Do most of the performers look different? Yes, they do (although to me, Elle Macpherson looks different too – it’s just that some sorts of difference are more desirable in our society than others). Are these issues to get hung up on? No, they are not. Precious is another of those shining works that, like the best dance, confirms the power of movement to stir the imagination and the emotions… Precious is brief – scarcely more than 45 minutes – but every moment counts. If only all contemporary companies could say as much.’

Deborah Jones
The Australian, October 2000

Director:
Ingrid Voorendt

Dramaturg:
Sally Chance

Designer:
Gaelle Mellis

Lighting Designer:
Mark Pennington

Music Composer and Performer:
Catherine Oates