7 Feb - 17 Feb 2019
Leave your comfort zone and enter a mysterious world where you wander with the spirits of Perth’s colourful past. Discover forgotten secrets in the dusty shadows of one of our city’s most intriguing and significant heritage sites – Sunset down by the iconic Swan River.
From the renowned UK director-choreographer Maxine Doyle (co-director of Punchdrunk’s The Drowned Man, Sleep No More) comes a visceral dance-theatre performance that is epic in reach but intimate in experience. Inspired by the riverside precinct’s rich and unique history and the bushland that surrounds it, a stunning cast of Australian performers transforms the former Sunset Old Men’s Home into a waiting room between worlds, where classical myth collides with West Australian stories and local heroes can waltz with gods.
A Perth Festival Co-commission
Presented in association with Tura New Music
Artistic Director Maxine Doyle
Associate Director Conor Doyle (The Lost Girl cabaret)
Assistant Director & Choreographer Sarah Dowling
Choreography Maxine Doyle & Conor Doyle in collaboration with the company
Composer & Sound Designer Rachael Dease
Design Installation & Costume Designer Bruce McKinven
Lighting Designer Matt Adey
Cast Natalie Allen, Humphrey Bower, Scott Galbraith, Tim Green, Brendon Handson, Kynan Hughes, Viola Iida, Bernadette Lewis, Zachary Lopez, Sarah Maelor, Callum Mooney, Antonio Rinaldi
Musicians Rachael Aquilina (Violin), Brian Kruger (Violin), Kathy Potter (Viola), Tristen Parr (Cello)
Executive Producer STRUT Dance
