The Port Arthur Massacre serves as a backdrop to this extraordinary chamber piece about rebuilding after tragedy. The four stories told in this delicate, poetic and quintessentially Australian text steer away from sensationalising the Port Arthur massacre and focus on the effects of loss and violence on people and their fragile journey towards healing.  The play is set ten years after Martin Bryant shot and killed thirty-five people and wounded twenty more at Port Arthur  on

The mass shooting at Port Arthur occurred on 28 April 1996 nearby and at the former penal colony Port Arthur, a tourist attraction and popular picnic location in Lutruwita/Tasmania. The perpetrator, Martin Bryant, killed 35 people and wounded 23 others, in the deadliest massacre  in modern Australian history. The attack led to fundamental changes in Australia’s gun laws. The  National Firearms Agreement between state and federal governments was announced within two weeks of t

The future is NOW at Explosives Factory this week, as Helene Tardif brings her exposing contemporary performance to our stage after an acclaimed season last year. Have a look at the gallery of shots from the 2025 season. Covid, lockdown, birthdays. The one decides to create a virtual reality to evade this dying world. His way to fight pollution, discord, inequality.  The older generation is not ready, they want the past to come back. They fight against it, against each other