To Die Will Be An Awfully Big Adventure - The Midnight Horrors
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TO DIE WILL BE AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE

2024-

February 2024
Theatre Works, St Kilda

featuring the work of

Kerith Manderson-Galvin
Tobias Manderson-Galvin
Darby Dupe
Chelsea Hickman
Michelle Myers
Aquilla Sorensen
Patrick Fielding
JM Barrie
and more

A pirated reproduction of Peter Pan/s (1904-2023)

The Midnight Horrror X the Peter Pans (Barrie, Disney, Mary Martin’s made-for-TV movie, et al).

A DIY bedtime thriller. 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 Will Be An Awfully Big Adventure AKA The Play That Wouldn’t Grow Up

postmodernism / postdramatic / surrealism / pastiche / punk / riot grrl / zine culture / anticapitalist / antifascist / anarchist / counter culture / climate action / contemporary theatre / live theatre / gig theatre / satire / apocalyptic art / hysterical irony

“an all-consuming, multi-layered assault on the senses”

“Walking out of the theatre, I found myself awestruck…”

– Theatre Travels

“an impromptu postmodern gothic art party that’s been teleported (into the theatre) from a share-house lounge room.”

“imaginative risktaking”

– The Age

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Photos by Hannah Jennings