A chamber opera in three acts, The Aqueduct weaves together the enthralling sounds of Middle Eastern musical traditions, western art music and jazz to underscore the human side of the Israel-Palestine conflict. Talia is a middle-class Jew from Melbourne who has grown up with an idealistic view of Israel as her true home; 'the land of milk and honey'. Amal, a Palestinian Muslim is a single mother who lives with her young children in a squalid settlement just outside Israeli borders. The two women meet at the Aqueduct, a tourist attraction built under the 'old city' of Jerusalem during Roman times. They connect instantly, but can they rise above personal tragedy, cultural differences and bigotry?

Out of the Frame was the title given to a series of short plays that were developed by Gordon Cope and Benjamin Thorn in response to 16 artworks selected from the New England Regional Art Museum collections. The performances were the result of a project-based initiative whereby the writers/directors established new and innovative ways of working that negotiated new relationships between the visual and performing arts. The creative work explored the interstices between visual and performing arts and how one is interpreted and understood through the other. The final scripted and choreographed performances ensured that the audience came to understand the fluidity of interpretative possibilities in viewing artworks.