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To Die Will Be An Awfully Big Adventure
 

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

A DIY bedtime thriller. A pirated reproduction of Peter Pan/s (1904-2023). 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... is a unique collaboration between The Midnight Horrors with: cult performers, an animator, an academic, a fashion designer, writers, musicians, climate activists, outlaws, outcasts, unrecognised geniuses, and bullshit artists.

TO DIE WILL BE AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE A.K.A. The Play That Wouldn't Grow Up includes postmodernism / postdramatics / surrealism / pastiche / riot grrl / zine culture / punk / anticapitalism / antifascism / anarchy / counter culture / a crocodile / or a dog / climate action / contemporary theatre / live theatre / satire / apocalyptics / hysterics / ironic / heresy / heroism / trouble

DURATION

110 Minutes

WARNINGS

Strong language, nudity and loud music

 

Event details

Venue: Theatre Works St Kilda
Bookings: https://www.theatreworks.org.au/2024/to-die-will-be-an-awfully-big-adventure
Start Date: Wednesday 07 February 2024

Presented by The Midnight Horrors and Theatre Works
for Midsumma Festival

 

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