Theatre

A Dodgeball Named Desire

DEATH / SWEAT / DODGEBALL

$25.00 - $35.00
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A white woman wearing a white wedding dress, a pastel pink and red head scarf, and big dark sunglasses, has her mouth wide open as if bellowing a war cry. She has her right arm extended in front of her, holding a red dodgeball, as if she is in the process of throwing it.
A white woman in a puffy white wedding dress has multiple red dodgeballs flying towards her. She has her arms up as if to protect herself, but nonetheless, one of the balls is hitting her in the face. Her face pokes out from behind the ball, with an expression of shock and discomfort as she is being hit by the ball.
A white woman in a gaudy white wedding dress is being hit in the face by a red dodgeball. Her face is angled upwards and her expression is one of shocked discombobulation. She has red lipstick on, and her curly brown hair is tied back.

Image Credit: Cameron Grant (Parenthesy)

A white woman wearing a white wedding dress, a pastel pink and red head scarf, and big dark sunglasses, has her mouth wide open as if bellowing a war cry. She has her right arm extended in front of her, holding a red dodgeball, as if she is in the process of throwing it.
A white woman in a puffy white wedding dress has multiple red dodgeballs flying towards her. She has her arms up as if to protect herself, but nonetheless, one of the balls is hitting her in the face. Her face pokes out from behind the ball, with an expression of shock and discomfort as she is being hit by the ball.
A white woman in a gaudy white wedding dress is being hit in the face by a red dodgeball. Her face is angled upwards and her expression is one of shocked discombobulation. She has red lipstick on, and her curly brown hair is tied back.

  • Created by: Bloomshed

Experimental sport/theatre piece built around the debris of a faded playscript. This sixty-minute performance sees Bloomshed go up against a sub-elite AFL team in an all-out Battle Royale. Get drenched in the sweat of these Titans of the Court as they compete for the heart of aging southern belle Tennessee Williams. In this brave new world, those who win will inherit the earth, and those who lose are lost for good.

Dodgeball reanimates dead words with the live bodies of athletes. It’s about crashing two discrete worlds together. The creaking moth-eaten ‘Theatre’ collides with the bright dizzy lights of the stadium. High Art vs. hyper-spectacle. Fantasy vs. Reality. Poetry vs. sweat. Our investigation was born from the question: what happens to art and artists in a world motivated by competition? When theatre becomes sport? When a beloved classic is played out in the arena?


This project received Cash to Create through the Fringe Fund, with thanks to the Pulse Giving Circle. This production is made possible by generous support from Darebin Arts Speakeasy 2022, and Auspicious Arts Projects Inc.

About Bloomshed

Bloomshed make critically acclaimed award-winning performance, which pushes the boundaries of what theatre is and can be. From immersive installations to radical re-imagingings of classic texts, we mix big political ideas with entertaining and accessible storytelling. Our work is a high-octane mess of delicious diatribe, dance breaks, and doom scrolling.

bloomshed.org

  • Duration: 60 minutes

  • Event Accessibility: English no barrier

  • Age suitability: MA15+

  • Event warnings: Contains Strobe Lighting, Haze Effects, Some Nudity, Moderate Coarse Language, Both Sudden And Sustained Loud Noises, Some Infrequent/Low Pressure Audience Interaction.

  • Content warnings: Misogyny, Sexual References, Death, Smoking On Stage.

This is event involves staged dodgeball games, so balls may enter the seating area at times. Audiences may also be invited to participate in some low intensity dodgeball, however they will be free to opt out if they prefer.
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  • fortyfivedownstairs
    45 Flinders Ln, Melbourne CBD, Victoria, 3000

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  • Full: $35.00

  • Preview: $25.00

  • Extra Applause: $45.00

  • Concession: $25.00

  • Blak Tix: $15.00

“The audience is in the hands of expert theatre makers, telling us a tale as old as time while confronting the realities of post-paradise head on.” — keith Gow Reviews [Theatre first]

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“a literary, political and religious satire with a fair dose of blasphemy.” — THE AGE

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“a damn racket, a damn good time and a masterclass in comedy.” - Theatre Thoughts

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Wednesday, 18 October 2023

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