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A Nighttime Travesty is a bold new piece of theatre that depicts many
illusions and truth interspersed with history.
What would happen if the world was to end? A plane has left Earth because Earth
is dying. The journey is an escape for survival, but they are taking
Earth-created social inequalities with them.
While hurtling into space, two hostesses talk about not feeling at home on
Earth anymore. We can no longer advance as a human race and are forced to
relocate.
The future of humankind does not appear optimistic – it is in the hands of the
pilot.
Kamarra Bell-Wykes and Carly Sheppard, co-creators of the work and the lead
performers, bring brilliance to their artistic flair, playing multiple
characters.
They are the two hostesses: one a young Aboriginal woman who has been
impregnated by the pilot, and the other a robot. The pilot is played by
Bell-Wykes, and Sheppard is a strange victim with a wit.
Directed by Stephen Nicolazzo,
A Nighttime Travesty is thought-provoking and
complex theatre that addresses Aboriginal history and oppression using media
representations of Aussie male humour.
Earth is dying. The journey is an escape for survival, but they are taking
Earth-created social inequalities with them. There is no new world waiting for
them to start over. They will have to do that themselves.
They ponder what is ahead of them as they travel to a new life somewhere in
space.
The thread throughout the production is held together by a black and white
history while the actors sing, dance, give birth and turn into murderers."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
