Gene Tree: Listen. Now. Again
17 - 21 July 2025
Presented by St Martins and Corrugated Iron
‘Do we have to have hope to evolve?’
Leading audiences on an interactive performance adventure through the George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens, over 50 children and teenagers ask ‘impossible questions’ about evolution, adaptation and hope.
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An ode to the planet, Gene Tree: Listen. Now. Again invites audiences into small moments: feet on the grass, back against a tree, face in the wind.
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Music, rhythm and projections interlace with children’s stories of connection to nature, adaptation and change. Part living sculpture, part call to attention, Gene Tree immerses audiences inside a chorus of children’s voices, dreaming futures together within the nooks and crannies of the Gardens.
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St Martins brings its award-winning production from Melbourne to make afresh with Darwin’s own children, young people and artists. Collaborating with the amazing Corrugated Iron Youth Arts and Darwin Symphony Orchestra, each iteration of Gene Tree is evolved and handed on to the next cohort of young people, tracing pathways of care and connection across our planet.
Location / George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens
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This performance takes place outside. Please dress for the weather and bring appropriate footwear.
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Accessibility / This performance is assisted wheelchair accessible. Contact the Visitor Centre for further information.
About Us
Corrugated Iron is the Northern Territory’s leading youth arts company. We engage, train, mentor and employ emerging artists and creative professionals who inspire children and young people to develop their skills and forge pathways in the arts. Corrugated Iron inspires the NOW generation of creative leaders, movers and shakers to take the lead in shaping its artistic program to ensure that it is driven by the voices of young people.
St Martins is a Melbourne-based youth arts company with a national reputation for making original and bold contemporary performances, inviting audiences into the real, potent, and poignant worlds that concern young people. Its methodology of working with children aged 5-18 and exceptional artists in deep and collaborative processes is key to achieving astonishing performance outcomes. Over the past decade, St Martins’ public performances have garnered multiple industry awards and accolades, including two Green Room Awards for Gene Tree in 2022.
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