HARPIES

SCREEEEE! Steal from the gods and we’ll shit on your feast

By Eli Free

A haven of skin, hair, ligament, aching joints, blood, bone, kissing pores and a rust of veins twisted into a sanctuary. The Harpies nest, waiting for the day they never knew they yearned for. Malicious creatures with force tempers, synonymous with hellcat, vixen, siren, disagreeable women, unpleasant women. Ugly. Vulgar. Guiding. Terrifying.

Personified and yapping winds. Feasts for kin.

They will be so hungry they will eat their tables before they reach the end of their journey.

Utilising the casts talents in physical theatre, Japanese Butoh dance of darkness, clowning, live music and puppetry, HARPIES explores some feelings and lived experiences around what it means to be a femme presenting and othered human in a society not built for us, trying to find community and joy in such chaos. The cast and creative team are made up of sex workers, people of colour and disabled folk, and were gifted stories from the same communities that inspired this first iteration of HARPIES.

CAST

Eli Free

Indiah Morris

Humairaa Hosenally

CREATIVES

Directors | Eli Free, Grace Longwill

Composer | Marlene Radice

Live Music | Humairaa Hosenally

Designer | Eli Free, Indiah Morris

Special thanks to Tai Kane-Potaka, Emma Louise, and all participants in HARPIES Helpers.

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

VENUE: The Ampitheatre
Seven Hills Hub
28 Tallowwood Street, Seven Hills

AGES & WARNINGS: 18+, Nudity (emulated and real), Scenes of pleasure, pain, and violence, Food consumption, play, and fighting (audience encouraged to wear daggy clothes or purchase a HARPIES poncho), Simulated noise (birds, storms, eating, live music, heaving breath, screeching, laughter and crying), Humanoid Puppets, Bright lights and strobing, Outdoors

ACCESSIBILITY:

Wheelchair accessible, an accessible toilet (wheelchair accessible), two accessible car parking spaces, continuous accessible path of travel from car park, Seating available includes the ground (SPLASH ZONE), chairs, tall stools, and standing, Audio Description available, Touch Tour Available

INFORMATION FOR UNDER 18S:

Backbone Festival is a licensed area, all patrons under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Contact the host of HARPIES