Cabaret

Insomniac Mixtape

A low light, high volume cabaret for the poorly rested by multi-award winner Telia Nevile.

$10.00 - $30.00
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Telia Nevile, a person with short, red/brown hair, sits on a bed with one hand on the boom box sitting in front of her, and her face cradled in the other hand. They look directly into the camera. It appears to be night-time.
Telia Nevile, a person with short, red/brown hair, sits on a bed with a boom box sitting in front of them. Their hands are resting on the top of the boom box, and their chin is resting on their hands. They look directly at the camera and appear to be sad and tired. It appears to be night-time.
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Telia Nevile, a person with short, red/brown hair, sits on a bed with one hand on the boom box sitting in front of her, and her face cradled in the other hand. They look directly into the camera. It appears to be night-time.
Telia Nevile, a person with short, red/brown hair, sits on a bed with a boom box sitting in front of them. Their hands are resting on the top of the boom box, and their chin is resting on their hands. They look directly at the camera and appear to be sad and tired. It appears to be night-time.

  • Performed by: Telia Nevile

  • Dramaturg: Sameena Zehra

  • Sound Design: James Dowell

If you’ve tried breathing exercises, sleep hygiene and counting sheep, come celebrate the many circles of sleep-deprived hell.

No matter where you go, there you are, and never is this more real than when you’re staring at the ceiling and counting the hours until dawn. Fears and failures, real and imagined, mix with fantasies and dreams as you sort through the dirty laundry of your semi-conscious mind.

Funny and surreal and chock full of electro, goth and punk anthems to not-sleep-by.

Bed time. Lights out. Let’s party.

This show is available in-person or as an audio piece on-demand.

Winner of the Best Work in Festival Award, 2021 Melbourne Fringe

This project received Cash for Equity through the Fringe Fund, as part of Radical Access.
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  • Duration: 50 minutes

  • Event Accessibility: Blind or Low Vision Rating: Partially Accessible

  • Age suitability: M

  • Event warnings: Mild Coarse Language, Sustained Loud Noises.

  • Content warnings: Mental Health.

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  • Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Old Council Chambers
    Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton, VIC, 3053

    Wheelchair Access

    Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Old Council Chambers 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 straight through to the Victoria Street Building and up the stairs on the right. On the first floor, Old Council Chambers is on to the right, on the eastern side of the hallway.

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  • Full - In Person: $30.00

  • Full - Digital: $10.00

  • Preview: $22.50

  • Extra Applause - In Person: $40.00

  • Extra Applause - Digital: $20.00

  • Blak Tix: $15.00

  • Concession: $25.00

  • Group 6+: $25.00

  • Hump Day Discount: $22.50

  • Member discounts available

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“Oddball brilliance” - The Age (Little Monster, 2021)

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“I squealed with delight because I knew I could watch it again” - Time Out (Little Monster, 2022)

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“Utter genius” - Australian Arts Review (Little Monster, 2021)

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Sessions: In Person Events

A single $5.50 transaction fee applies to your booking.

Date Time Venue

Wednesday, 04 October 2023

6:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Old Council Chambers

Preview
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Thursday, 05 October 2023

6:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Old Council Chambers

 Past Event

Friday, 06 October 2023

6:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Old Council Chambers

 Past Event

Saturday, 07 October 2023

6:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Old Council Chambers

 Past Event

Sunday, 08 October 2023

5:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Old Council Chambers

 Past Event

Wednesday, 11 October 2023

6:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Old Council Chambers

Hump Day
 Past Event

Thursday, 12 October 2023

6:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Old Council Chambers

 Past Event

Friday, 13 October 2023

6:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Old Council Chambers

 Past Event

Saturday, 14 October 2023

6:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Old Council Chambers

 Past Event

Sunday, 15 October 2023

5:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Old Council Chambers

 Past Event

Sessions: Digital Events

A single $5.50 transaction fee applies to your booking.

Date Time Venue

Wednesday, 04 October 2023 -
Sunday, 22 October 2023

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