In 1999, six of the older and most experienced Restless dancers left the Youth Ensemble and became the core of a new ensemble. Perfect Match was their first major new work. They were joined on this occasion by Stephen Noonan and Astrid Pill two experienced performers who had performed with Restless previously.

Directors Note
Nearly two years ago six long term members of Restless emerged from our youth ensemble to form the company’s newest ensemble – a group of performers with an intellectual disability, aspiring to develop professionally as dance artists.

For the development of this exciting new phase in the history of Restless we looked to the skills, experience and professionalism of Back To Back Theatre. The Back To Back team came to Adelaide early last year for a week of creative experimentation and sharing ideas. We decided to keep in touch. A season of new works by Back To Back was in the pipeline and so the Restless dancers decided to track the progress of one of the works, Sally and Bunce, which had the irresistible theme of the myths and realities of love and marriage.

Perfect Match is the Restless dancers’ response to the whole love and marriage thing.

It’s the morning of Natalie’s wedding. As she sits in her own private space summoning fantasy men, thinking about love, enjoying her own freedom and fending off people who think they know better, Natalie becomes pretty sure that the man with whom she is about to tie the knot is not her perfect match.

This season is also a perfect match between Restless and Back To Back. The actors who performed Sally and Bunce were not able to travel to Adelaide but we are delighted to be joined by Mark Deans, whose one man show Cow appeared in the same season. – Sally Chance

Perfect Match was performed in conjunction with Back To Back Theatre from Geelong, Victoria. Mark Deans from Back To Back performed his one man show Cow.

Presentations:
Odeon Theatre, Norwood, November 2000