SMALLER
performance Dates
Gasworks, Albert Park, 30 October 2026
Burrinja Cultural Centre, Upwey, 5 November 2026
Kingston Arts Centre, Moorabbin, 7 November 2026
““Parental studies were normal, so these duplications are thought to be de novo.”
‘De novo’ describes something new.
Something that was not previously present.
Something just beginning. Start from the beginning.”
SMALLER is an extremely personal solo performance from theatre maker David Williams about biology and destiny.
Accidents, choices and serendipitous moments across three generations. Tiny moments with enormous reverberations. Things with knowable histories. Things deemed ‘de novo’: “From nowhere”.
SMALLER is storytelling theatre that interweaves family history, overlapping migration stories, genetic science, the history of DNA, and the experience of parenting a child with an invisible disability in a time of great uncertainty.
It’s a show about big things that are too small to be seen.
David Williams
- Writer & Performer: David Williams
- Director: Julian Dibley-Hall
- Composer & Sound Designer: Gail Priest
- Producer: Suzie Franke
- Stage Manager: Stacey Brown
Supporters
This production was co-commissioned by Gasworks Arts Park, Burrinja Cultural Centre and City of Kingston, through the Small Gems Consortium. The development of SMALLER was proudly supported by Kingston Arts through the Magnify: Performing Arts Development, and by Darebin Arts through the Darebin Arts Speakeasy Spare Room program. A work-in progress version of SMALLER was commissioned by Take Over! 2020, a partnership between Arts Centre Melbourne & Melbourne Fringe.
