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Electric Cathedral

A powerful fusion of vocal harmony and digital art that explores humanity in the technological age.

$39.00
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A group of people wearing black smart casual outfits are standing in a cathedral interior. The cathedral is lit with neon lights and there are two floating digital figures like human bodies projected against the background, both approaching a ring of white light.

Image Credit: Ian Laidlaw, ReVerse Butcher

  • Performed by: The Consort of Melbourne

  • Music by: Kevin March

  • In Collaboration with: ReVerse Butcher and Kylie Supski

Step into Electric Cathedral, a groundbreaking multi-media experience featuring six ‘a capella’ (unaccompanied) singers within a projected digital environment.

Here, luminous human forms dance around you - a 'virtual cathedral' cast in digital stained glass. Against this backdrop, the haunting voices of The Consort of Melbourne guide you through uniquely human questions, in glorious six-part vocal harmony: How do we begin? How do we live, love, and face mortality? Delve into the essence of these experiences, exploring their meaning in our modern world.

This 60-minute feast for the senses is a vivid audio-visual expression of how a new, contemporary, human spirituality might look and sound, and how a person’s desire to remain deeply human might be expressed in a digital age.

A world-premiere season, with music by Kevin March, text by ReVerse Butcher and Kylie Supski, and digital sculptures and environments by ReVerse Butcher.

About The Consort of Melbourne

The Consort of Melbourne is an elite vocal ensemble, bringing together the city’s finest chamber singers under the artistic direction of Steven Hodgson. Typically performing a capella (unaccompanied) with one singer per part, The Consort of Melbourne champions an eclectic mix of historic and contemporary repertoire, bringing 1000 years of vocal music to life with an intimacy and verve that leaves audiences spellbound.

Founded by Warren Trevelyan-Jones and Peter Tregear, the Consort gave its debut performance in September 2008. Since then it has presented regular concert series at the Melbourne Recital Centre and has been invited to collaborate with groups and artists including the Rolling Stones, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Melbourne and Sydney symphony orchestras, Song Company, Spiritualized, Ludovico’s Band, La Compañia, Genesis Baroque and drag legend Taylor Mac.

In 2023, The Consort of Melbourne appeared as soloists for Wynton Marsalis's epic symphony All Rise with the Jazz at Lincoln Center, Melbourne Symphony and Sydney Symphony orchestras. In the same year, they appeared on Genevieve Lacey's ARIA award-nominated album Breathing Space. In 2024, the ensemble recorded for the soundtrack of critically-acclaimed feature film The Surfer, directed by Lorcan Finnegan and starring Nicolas Cage. Major premiere performances include Deborah Cheetham Fraillon’s Eumeralla in 2018 and Wally Gunn and Maria Zajkowski’s I heart Artemis in 2022, with whom they completed a prestigious UKARIA residency.

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  • Duration: 60 minutes

  • Age suitability: M

  • Event warnings: Some Nudity.

  • Bluestone Church Arts Space
    8A Hyde St, Footscray, VIC, 3011

    Wheelchair Access

    Bluestone Church Arts Space is wheelchair accessible.

    Please note the eastern entrance to this venue is not wheelchair accessible, however there is a western entrance that is flat. When bookings, patrons can note their need for level access so that front of house staff are equipped to provide access on the night. Patrons do not need to press a buzzer or call a phone number to get access to the ramp.

    The accessible bathroom is next to the Hyde St entrance.

    There is a designated wheelchair accessible parking space located outside the entrance to Footscray Town Hall, approximately 40m from the entrance to the venue. Footscray Train Station is located 500m from the Bluestone Church Arts Space, and has ramps and elevators as well as accessible toilets.

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  • Full: $39.00

  • Concession: $25.00

  • Group 6+: $34.00

  • Extra Applause: $49.00

  • Blak Tix: $10.00

Sessions: In Person Events

A single $5.50 transaction fee applies to your booking.

Date Time Venue

Thursday, 03 October 2024

7:30pm

Bluestone Church Arts Space

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Friday, 04 October 2024

7:30pm

Bluestone Church Arts Space

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Saturday, 05 October 2024

2:30pm

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Saturday, 05 October 2024

7:30pm

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