COMMUNE : A gothic eco-opera
Event description
Update: All tickets have SOLD OUT!
What is the human race racing towards?
In a dark and sepulchral world, we sing an acapella wish for the future of humanity.
COMMUNE is an immersive multi-artform event (a blurring of music, dance, lighting design, poetry, bold costumes and theatre), directed by’ The Omega Point and featuring a gothic kaleidoscope of haunting electronic music.
COMMUNE has been devised collaboratively between musicians, dancers, artists and designers to co-create an evocative, dream-like experience.
Taking place In a vast and spartan Carlton church, dominated by a pipe organ soaring toward the sky, COMMUNE draws us together to contemplate the future of humanity – are we on the path to self-destruction or will this be a new awakening?
COMMUNE, directed by The Omega Point and co-devised with a diverse team of established and emerging artists, including physical theatre performers, drawing on a range of forms such as Butoh and the writings of Antonin Artaud. It will feature: musicians as dancers, dancers as musicians, dream-like multimedia immersion in an exploration of possibilities for the future of humanity.
Please Note: Walk ins are welcome! We will be selling tickets at the door on the night.
There will be a strict lockout with doors closing at 8:10 pm so please arrive with ample time to find parking etc.
OFFERS: We have a discount on group tickets of 6 and you can also get a 25% return on ticket price via the Victorian Government’s Victorian Entertainment Program , which is offering 25% back on entertainment experiences across the state, such our event.
Participating Artists : Helen Smith, Bronwen Kamasz, Alejandro Espino Aldana, Alexander Meagher, Paul Michel Lara, Alexandra Moon, Mark Conroy, Gabrielle Leah New, Anna White, Spira Stojanovik, Feifei Liao, Abraham Polatkesen, Anna O’Bryan, Amberosa Rollston, Alexandra O’Connell, David Blom, David Buchanan
Lighting Designer: Sidney Younger
Audio Engineer: Sean Jenkins
Costume Design: Eleanor O'connell and Alexandra Moon
Produced by: Robert Johnson and The Omega Point
This event takes place on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to their elders past, present and emerging.
‘Supported by the City of Melbourne Arts Grants’