Presented by The Substation, Melbourne Fringe Festival & THE RABBLE

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WAKE

Melbourne season 2023

Burrinja season 2024​​

 

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WAKE is a new performance installation by powerhouse experimental theatre makers THE RABBLE, created with an ensemble of older women about the body, death and loneliness.

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Audiences experience a work that is part party, part surreal vaudeville show, part conversation and part town hall meeting. WAKE asks audiences to consider the difficult and taboo discussions around ageing but also celebrates the gloriousness of these spectacular older women.

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WAKE embraces connection, the rituals we inhabit as we age and the spaces where we feel most comfortable.

 

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Co-Creators & Co-Directors / Kate Davis and Emma Valente
Community Liaison / Cassandra Fumi
Set, Costume & Video Designer / Kate Davis
Sound Designer, Composer & Video Designer / Emma Valente
Lighting Designer & Associate Set Designer / Emma Lockhart-Wilson

Co-Creators & Performers – Melbourne Season / Heather Cull, Sandy Daly, Marilyn Davies, Sally Goldner, Clare Larman, Terri Seddon, Jo Walker and Sandy Wood
Production Manager / Nate Evans
Stage Manager / Zsuzsa Gaynor Mihaly
Associate Artists / Dana Miltins & Mary Helen Sassman
Photography / Pier Carthew

Co-Creators & Performers – Burrinja Season / Anne Elizabeth, Lynette Forrest, Jo Lamb, Maroulla Radisavic and Adrian Young
Production Manager / Ashleigh Walwyn
Stage Manager / Jacinta Anderson

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WAKE is produced by Performing Lines VIC and supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.