Not long to go until PO PO MO CO take up residency at Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre, bringing with them their vibrant blend of humour, physical theatre, queerness and a love for the absurd! There are multiple opportunities to get involved creatively and as audience members, with workshops and scratch nights on offer: all bookings and EOIs are accessible via the Darebin Arts website.
👽 On Tuesday 25 Feb, PO PO MO CO & Friends present The ###-Files, the first of our Speakeasy Scratch Nights 👽
If you’d like to get involved as an artist in this raw-as-tartare, paranormal-themed variety scratch night, submit an EOI by 31 Jan. If alien burlesque and magical mysteries sound like your thing as an audience member, book your tickets today!
More info: https://arts.darebin.vic.gov.au/Whats-on/The-###-Files
🤩 Starting from 17 Feb PO PO MO CO present Joy+ on Monday evenings 🤩
Join Brunswick East Entertainment Festival (BEEF) for a series of free weekly movement workshops. Learn to dance together, create organic group choreography, and develop your performance skills through movement theatre exercises. Classes are accessible for all levels of experience.
More info: https://arts.darebin.vic.gov.au/Whats-on/Joy-Plus
WARNING: the following video contains flashes
Coming up at Darebin Arts Speakeasy:
Thunderstorm, baby born… dun dun
TANTRUM for 6 by Harrison Ritchie-Jones thrusts us into a parallel universe where 6 babies are born from a thunderstorm, each with a natural ability to dance together. Like young goslings learning to fly, they dive straight into the challenges of their choreographed destiny.
Featuring an ensemble of expert dancers, TANTRUM for 6 becomes a guttural primal scream—a mesmerizing storm of movement that captures raw emotions, chaos and grace.
"the inauguration of a whole new aesthetic.” - Andrew Fuhrmann, The Age
TANTRUM For 6 by Harrison Ritchie-Jones
📍 Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre – 189 High Street, Northcote VIC
🗓️ 12 – 22 February 2025
CREATIVE TEAM
Choreographer: Harrison Ritchie-Jones
Dancers: Anika Deruyter, Rebecca Jensen, Harrison Ritchie-Jones, Georgia Rudd, Oliver Savariego, Michaela Tancheff
Composer: Nick Roder (bonus track by Robin Fox)
Lighting Designer: Ashley Buchanan
Costume Designer: Andrew Treloar
Cinematographer: Alex Walton
Production Manager: Siobhan (Shiv) Geaney
Producer: Michaela Coventry
Tix on sale now: https://arts.darebin.vic.gov.au/Programs-and-opportunities/Programs/Speakeasy-presentations/TANTRUM-for-6
📸 Alex Walton & Harrison Ritchie-Jones
What is alt circus and who is 𝑨̲̅𝑷̲̅𝑶̲̅𝑪̲̅𝑹̲̅𝒀̲̅𝑷̲̅𝑯̲̅𝑨̲̅ 𝑩̲̅𝒀̲̅ 𝑶̲̅𝑶̲̅𝒁̲̅𝑰̲̅𝑵̲̅𝑮̲̅ 𝑭̲̅𝑼̲̅𝑻̲̅𝑼̲̅𝑹̲̅𝑬̲̅ for?
Alternative circus (alt-circus) experiments with emotion and form. This is circus with an edge.
This show tells stories from outside the norm, using visual poetry to communicate sublime beauty. The show is for anyone who ever felt like an outsider.
𝑨̲̅𝑷̲̅𝑶̲̅𝑪̲̅𝑹̲̅𝒀̲̅𝑷̲̅𝑯̲̅𝑨̲̅ is influenced by alternative communities, subcultures, and the queer club scene. Its diverse and remarkable cast empowers punks, queers, and rebels of all ages who want to find and celebrate beauty in their own lives.
📅11 – 19 October
📍Darebin Arts Centre
Tix on sale now at arts.darebin.vic.gov.au.
📽️ Wendy House Films
#apocrypha #hiddencircus #altcircus #darebinarts
Oozing Future
Darebin Arts
Melbourne Fringe
What can you (the audience) expect from a performance of 𝑨̲̅𝑷̲̅𝑶̲̅𝑪̲̅𝑹̲̅𝒀̲̅𝑷̲̅𝑯̲̅𝑨̲̅ 𝑩̲̅𝒀̲̅ 𝑶̲̅𝑶̲̅𝒁̲̅𝑰̲̅𝑵̲̅𝑮̲̅ 𝑭̲̅𝑼̲̅𝑻̲̅𝑼̲̅𝑹̲̅𝑬̲̅?
Witness a tightrope walker dance across a rusty chain. A contortionist balance on boulders and a hula hooper with painted black scars all over their body.
📅 11 – 19 October
📍 Darebin Arts Centre
Tix are on sale now at arts.darebin.vic.gov.au
📽️ Wendy House Films
#apocrypha #hiddencircus #circuswithadifference #darebinarts @Melbfringe @oozingfuture #altcircus
𝑨̲̅𝑷̲̅𝑶̲̅𝑪̲̅𝑹̲̅𝒀̲̅𝑷̲̅𝑯̲̅𝑨̲̅ Director, Mitch Jones tells us about the inspiration behind his latest work.
Witness a tightrope walker dance across a rusty chain. A contortionist balance on boulders and a hula hooper with painted black scars all over their body.
📅11 – 19 October
📍 Darebin Arts Centre
Tix are on sale now at arts.darebin.vic.gov.au.
📽️ Wendy House Films
#apocrypha #hiddencircus #circuswithadifference #darebinarts #altcircus
Melbourne Fringe
Oozing Future
Warning: the following video contains strobe effects.
Coming at Darebin Arts Speakeasy: 𝑨̲̅𝑷̲̅𝑶̲̅𝑪̲̅𝑹̲̅𝒀̲̅𝑷̲̅𝑯̲̅𝑨̲̅ by Oozing Future
𝑨̲̅𝑳̲̅𝑻̲̅ - 𝑪̲̅𝑰̲̅𝑹̲̅𝑪̲̅𝑼̲̅𝑺̲̅ 𝒇̲̅𝒐̲̅𝒓̲̅ 𝒕̲̅𝒉̲̅𝒆̲̅ 𝑼̲̅𝑵̲̅𝑯̲̅𝑶̲̅𝑳̲̅𝒀̲̅
𝑨̲̅𝑷̲̅𝑶̲̅𝑪̲̅𝑹̲̅𝒀̲̅𝑷̲̅𝑯̲̅𝑨̲̅ (a-) n. Hidden writings, works outside the accepted canon of scripture, social outsiders who do not fit the norm.
Enter the world of Apocrypha, the new ensemble show from circus provocateur Mitch Jones (AutoCannibal, Slava’s Snowshow, Circus Oz) that journeys beyond the canon of mainstream culture.
See the tightrope walker dance along rusty chains, while the acrobat spins hula hoops which blacken his body with painted scars. And contortionists balance precariously on weeping bluestone boulders.
Inspired by cult cinema, erotic fiction and the work of Jean Genet, this stunning new work of alt-circus explores the limits of our bodies, finding moments of beauty among the outcast and the unholy.
With a jaw-dropping cast including Adam Malone, Rindi Harradine, Kristian Santic, Kyall Shanks and Chloe Fazikas, Apocrypha is a surreal exploration of desire and counterculture that will linger long after the final curtain falls.
Creative Team
Director: Mitch Jones
Performers: Adam Malone, Rindi Harradine, Kristian Santic, Kyall Shanks and Chloe Fazikas
Set & Costume Designer: Romanie Harper
Lighting Designer: Gina Gascoigne
Composer & Sound Designer: Bridget Chappell
Production Manager: Alison Neville
Stage Manager: Daikota Garrett
Show Rigger: Kathleen Renehan
Producer: Dans Maree Sheehan
📹 Wendy House Films
📅 11 – 19 October
📍 Darebin Arts Centre, 401 Bell Street, Preston
🎟️ $38 Full | $30 Conc. | $33 Darebin Resident | $20 Preview | $10 Blak Tix
#apocrypha #hiddencircus #circuswithadifference #darebinarts
DINNER, THEATRE AND DISAGREEMENT
Peacemongers is documentary theatre at its most absurd
Indulge in a hearty dinner (provided by @MoonRabbitMelbourne) as the team try to build an ideal society – one where bigotry doesn’t exist. Through riveting storytelling and musical numbers to break the tension, this unconventional company of artists explore the question: What do we do with people we disagree with?
Don't miss out on this unforgettable event! Book your tickets now and join the conversation. Limited seats available.
#Peacemongers #DarebinArtsSpeakeasy #DocumentaryTheatre #ChallengingPerspectives
🎟️ Peacemongers - Link in bio
🍽️ @MoonRabbitMelbourne
📍Darebin Arts Centre - 401 Bell St, Preston VIC
🗓️ 24 April – 5 May (no performance 25 April)
🎬 @wendyhousefilms
Creative Team
Director & co-creator: Katrina Cornwell
Writer & co-creator: Morgan Rose
Performers & co-creators: Samuel Gaskin, Kate Hood, İbrahim Halaçoğlu, Sonya Suares, Mia Boonan and Zachary Pidd
Performer: Mia Boonen
Producer: Flick
Musical Director: Zachary Pidd
Set and Costume Design: Nathan Burmeister
Sound and AV Design: Justin Gardam
Lighting Design: Rachel Lee
Assistant Director: Meg Taranto
Composition: Zachary Pidd with İbrahim Halaçoğlu, Sonya Suares and Samuel Gaskin
Production Stage Manager: Kelly Wilson
Assistant Stage Manager: Ella Curtis-Webster
Image by: Pia Johnson
Darebin Arts Speakeasy presents
FUTURE PROOF by Gravity Dolls
FEARLESS PHYSICAL THEATRE
14-16 March
Darebin Arts Centre
Darebin team Gravity Dolls make genre-defying theatre that fires the imagination. Combining acrobatics and aerial skills with fierce new writing, their shows push live performance to new heights.
Future Proof invites you to witness a dreamscape of our world in this critical juncture. Systems faltering. Tectonic plates colliding. A planet fighting for survival. Ordinary people just trying to get out of bed.
Performing on a revolving platform on the Darebin Arts Centre stage, this local ensemble of physical performers brings to life the beauty and absurdity of our collective moment − asking what keeps us going, and what got us here.
With stirring text by Harlow Carey, FUTURE PROOF is a stunning invocation of the world we’re waking up to, and a call to action for the one we hope to see.
4 SHOWS ONLY
Book now - Link in Bio.
Trailer by Wendyhouse Films
