Experimental

I'm Ready To Talk Now

An experimental one-on-one piece exploring chronic illness and extended hospital stays.

$15.00
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An image of the artist's hand is layered over images of the interior of his hospital room, reaching towards the window. The room is filled with lights that look as though they have all spun together, and the image has a grainy film-like quality to it.
Past Event

Image Credit: Oliver Ayres, Kaite Head

  • Created and Performed by: Oliver Ayres

  • Produced by: Kaite Head

  • Dramaturg: Penny Baron

'I'm Ready To Talk Now' is an immersive piece unpacking isolation, boredom, sunlight and awe - all from the inside of a hospital room. Music, projection, and physical theatre are used to unpack the worlds we must create when we are alone, and how our relationship to sunlight changes when we cannot move. A fusion of theatre, performance art, and art installation, the work can only be viewed alone with the artist.

Audiences will be invited to pre-select access requirements using an online form. This link will be sent with ticket confirmation to tailor the performance to your needs. The participant is free to leave at any point.

This project received Cash to Create through the Fringe Fund.

  • Duration: (20 min)

  • Event Accessibility: Blind or Low Vision Rating: Partially Accessible, Deaf or Hard of Hearing Rating: Partially Accessible, English no barrier

  • Age suitability: M

  • Event warnings: Sustained Loud Noises, High Level Of Audience Participation.

  • Content warnings: Drug References, Mental Health, Hospital Setting, Strong Medical Themes.

A Tactile Tour can be offered on demand according to the needs of the ticketholder. If you would like to request a Tactile Tour, please indicate so in the Access Requirements section when booking your ticket.

Click here to view the Access Pack.

  • Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Temple
    Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton, VIC, 3053

    Wheelchair Access

    Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Temple is wheelchair accessible.

    The entrance to the venue is on Lygon St. You can head up the front stairs and through the main doors, from there head right to get to the Loading Dock.

    If you need step free access, there is lift at the front of the building and our team will be able to guide you from there to the Loading Dock.

    Once you're in the Loading Dock you can head west and through the corridor to the stairs, and up past the ETU Ballroom and Common Rooms. Continue on and then head down the corridor to your right and you will find The Temple. There is also a lift if you are unable to take the stairs.

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  • Full: $15.00

  • Hump Day Discount: $11.25

  • Extra Applause: $24.50

  • Blak Tix: $5.50

  • Concession: $12.00

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Sessions: In Person Events

A single $5.50 transaction fee applies to your booking.

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

5:45pm

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Wednesday, 18 October 2023

6:10pm

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Wednesday, 18 October 2023

6:35pm

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Wednesday, 18 October 2023

7:00pm

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Wednesday, 18 October 2023

7:25pm

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Wednesday, 18 October 2023

7:50pm

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Wednesday, 18 October 2023

8:15pm

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Thursday, 19 October 2023

5:45pm

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Thursday, 19 October 2023

6:10pm

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Thursday, 19 October 2023

6:35pm

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Thursday, 19 October 2023

7:00pm

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Thursday, 19 October 2023

7:25pm

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Thursday, 19 October 2023

7:50pm

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Thursday, 19 October 2023

8:15pm

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Friday, 20 October 2023

5:20pm

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Friday, 20 October 2023

5:45pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Temple

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Friday, 20 October 2023

6:10pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Temple

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Friday, 20 October 2023

6:35pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Temple

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Friday, 20 October 2023

7:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Temple

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Friday, 20 October 2023

7:25pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Temple

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Friday, 20 October 2023

7:50pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Temple

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Friday, 20 October 2023

8:15pm

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Saturday, 21 October 2023

5:20pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Temple

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Saturday, 21 October 2023

5:45pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Temple

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Saturday, 21 October 2023

6:10pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Temple

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Saturday, 21 October 2023

6:35pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Temple

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Saturday, 21 October 2023

7:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Temple

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Saturday, 21 October 2023

7:25pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Temple

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Saturday, 21 October 2023

7:50pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Temple

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Saturday, 21 October 2023

8:15pm

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Sunday, 22 October 2023

4:20pm

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Sunday, 22 October 2023

4:45pm

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Sunday, 22 October 2023

5:10pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Temple

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Sunday, 22 October 2023

5:35pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Temple

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Sunday, 22 October 2023

6:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Temple

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Sunday, 22 October 2023

6:25pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - The Temple

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Sunday, 22 October 2023

6:50pm

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Sunday, 22 October 2023

7:15pm

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