Busstop is coming to Saltwater!

The unique Saltwater-produced show, “Busstop” will weave a series of little-known stories together under the guidance of two wise older women yarning at a well-known bus stop. As the bus stop flies through space and time, their stories come to life on stage, shining a light, with humour and truth, on the journey of Busselton from pre-colonial paradise to a thriving modern city. It is a play with music, film projection, dance and comedy.

The  Busstop creative team are:

Kelton Pell - Director & Writer 

Kelton Pell is an award-winning Indigenous Australian stage, TV, and film actor. He is best known for his role as the court liaison officer Sam Wallan in the SBS legal drama The Circuit and for playing Jack Swan in Mystery Road Origin for the ABC. He has performed in theatre since 1985, performing for the Yirra Yaakin Noongar Theatre, the Black Swan Theatre Company and the Sydney Theatre Company. You will find Kelton’s star on the sidewalk outside Orana Cinema as he was named the CinefestOZ Screen Legend in 2019.

Phil Thomson – Writer & Associate Director

Phil Thomson's professional credits include directing, writing and acting in theatre, dance, opera, music and community arts. He was awarded the Dramaturgy Development Initiative to work alongside industry greats in Germany and the UK. As Rehearsal Director, he has supported the vision of emerging directors by value-adding to rehearsals in productions.

Janine Oxenham - Choreographer

Janine is a Malgana Yamatji woman, originally from Shark Bay area of WA but now residing in Busselton. She studied dance at NAISDA and WAAPA and has worked as a movement director for Yirra Yaakin and Perth Festival.  

Mark Howett – Visual Design

Mark Howett is originally from Busselton and is a multi-Greenroom and Helpmann Award-winner who has worked as a lighting designer in London’s West End and Berlin theatre industries and as a video and set designer for international productions in theatre, film, dance, and opera. Many of his works have successfully toured Australia and overseas.