Ember and Tide

Ember and Tide is a theatre between action and forgetting, re-awakening memories of Balls Head Reserve's complex past. It derives a new life from something once thought redundant, celebrating the coal loader by taking visitors on a journey through the adaptively reused space. Visitors arrive at a musical theatre after descending two ramps that immerse them into the industrial relics of ember and then the tides of Sydney Harbour. Where the relics of industry acquire the romance of ruins, this theatre intervention advocates the ideal of the untouched, natural site intersecting with the demands of an industrial history.

Coloured sectional perspective

Overview of theatre in site at night, site plans and floor plans

Outdoor restaurant seating and waterfront walkway

The auditorium for a musical theatre that hosts a program dedicated to Henry Lawson, Australia's national poet who lamented the coal loader's construction in Balls Head

The theatre at low tide, and high tide - when the waves engulf the ramp, submerging visitors into the water