the midnight horrors, desperate measure and theatre works present
by the midnight horrors
To Die Will Be An Awfully Big Adventure
6 - 10 FEBRUARY | THEATRE WORKS
To Die Will Be An Awfully Big Adventure
VENUE
by the midnight horrors
The Midnight Horrors X The Peter Pans (Barrie, Disney, Mary Martin's made-for-TV movie, et al).
A DIY bedtime thriller. A pirated reproduction of Peter Pan/s (1904-2023). A lawless inventory of regression. Using pulleys, wire, Happy Thoughts™, and wrapped in gold foil emergency blankets the performers repurpose scenes, chapters, and a memory of an island that doesn't exist.
TO DIE... is a unique collaboration between The Midnight Horrors with: cult performers, an animator, an academic, fashion designers (inc. the Winner of Victorian Premier's Design Award for Fashion 2022), writers, musicians, climate activists, outlaws, outcasts, unrecognised geniuses, and bullshit artists.
TO DIE WILL BE AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE A.K.A. The Play That Wouldn't Grow Up includes postmodernism / postdramatics / surrealism / pastiche / riot grrl / zine culture / punk / anticapitalism / antifascism / anarchy / counter culture / a crocodile / or a dog / climate action / contemporary theatre / live theatre / satire / apocalyptics / hysterics / ironic / heresy / heroism / trouble
“A postmodern masterpiece” - The Plus Ones (on ‘Eternity of the World’)
“Theatrical saboteurs.” - The Age (on ‘Doppelgangster’s Titanic’)
“Wildly experimental and wildly entertaining.” - Daily Review (on ‘Thank You, Love’)
Theatre Works
14 Acland Street, St Kilda
DURATION
110 Minutes
WARNINGS
Strong language, nudity and loud music
ACCESSIBILITY
Theatre Works is a wheelchair accessible venue. A full access guide will be available closer to the date.
DATES + TIMES
Tuesday 6 February - 7:30pm
Wednesday 7 February - 7:30pm
Thursday 8 February - 7:30pm
Friday 9 February - 7:30pm
Saturday 10 February - 7:30pm
Theatre Works has a lockout policy for latecomers. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to ensure you don't miss out.
Refunds will not be issued to latecomers.
TICKETS
FULL PRICE
$30.00
CONCESSION*
$25.00
PREVIEW
N/A
20 at $20**
$20.00
MOB TIX
$20.00
*Seniors, Student, MEAA, Health Care and Low Income card holders
**Limited to 20 tickets per performance
Theatre Works has been long established as the south-side festival hub in Melbourne.
Theatre Works’ MIDSUMMA FESTIVAL HUB will be buzzing with 8 ground-breaking shows across 2 performance spaces. A truly queer program that embraces and celebrates the whole rainbow community.
CREDITS
CREATED BY
Kerith Manderson-Galvin
Teneille Clerke
Tobias Manderson-Galvin
Sarah Seahorse
Famous Artist Sebastian Berto
Chelsea Hickman
Darby Dupe
Carly Fern
JM Barrie
+ guests both special and otherwise
MEET THE ARTIST -
The Midnight Horrors
Oh no, it’s... The Midnight Horrors! A group of artists traversing the fields of performance, live art, contemporary theatre, and sometimes they visit your dreams. The collaboration, lead by Teneille Clerke & Tobias Manderson-Galvin, comprises of a network of trouble makers, occultists, heretics, and ne’er-do-wells who’ve been working together/alone-together making experimental performance and unconventional theatre for the last twenty years.
Interests include: Hauntology. Unity. Outrunning their pasts. You might encounter them at a river, an old tip, a dead mall, an historic mine, or a revered national cultural institution. They’re genius! They’re brilliant! They’re bullshit artists!
Est. 2022.
