
Precious Things
… is new work being developed by Temeka Lawlor for children and the young at heart.
Temeka was inspired to make this work as a response to two things:
- her struggle to control a messy, beautiful and imperfect world
- her mother’s old match box filled to the brim of tiny things
In early 2022, Temeka began the slow-burn process of bringing Precious Things to life by inviting five talented and inspiring theatre makers to spend five days working in the studio with her.
The goal was to create a pool of content, ideas, thoughts, scenes, modules and magic.
The process was planned and documented on Milanote.

After 100s of hours of preliminary research, planning and dreaming on her own and many hours consulting with her mentors Dave Brown and Geoff Cobham, Temeka entered the studio with her theatre-making team and together they created content in response to provocations, improvisations and though experiments.
Acknowledgements
Conceptualist/Director/TheatreMaker: Temeka Lawlor
Theatre-Makers:
Provocateur/Mentor: Dave Brown
Mentor: Geoff Cobham
Administrative Support: Penny Camens through the auspicing of the grant by Patch Theatre Company
This project was supported by The PaperBoats and funded by the SA Government through Carclew.
