Theatre

OOL - CANCELLED

A perfect show that will answer all your questions. At last you'll be happy. But when will it start?

$30.00
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A collaged image made up of polaroid pictures of a person's face. They have a beard, their mouth is overlaid by a bigger version of their own mouth, their eyes are overlaid in the same way, and the top of their head is hinged open to reveal a cosmic cloud of colourful gas where their brain should be.
Cancelled

Image Credit: Luna Laure

  • Created and Performed by: Max Barton

  • Outside Eye: Jeffrey Jay Fowler

  • Design by: Luna Laure

Second Body are a multi-award winning theatre company, specialising in form-bending work combining music, storytelling and science.

OOL (origin of life) is the world premiere of their brand new solo show, in which founding company member Max Barton will use live looped music, metaphysics and one very loud bang in order to explore where life truly begins.

Earlier this year, Second Body's show Concept for a Film won the Sydney Tour Ready award and the Most Innovative Work award at NZ Fringe. Their debut show STYX has received fourteen ***** reviews, was Guardian Pick-of-the-Fringe, won a Fringe World award in Perth and was shortlisted for a Total Theatre Award at Edinburgh Fringe 2019.

Praise for previous:

"A gorgeously atmospheric, exquisitely lit, ear-tingling journey into the past and memory itself" - Lyn Gardner

"A moving, gorgeous song cycle about inheritance, loss and the fragility of memory" - Natasha Tripney

"Evokes a half-remembered song suddenly falling into a melody, with the people you love buried between the notes" - The Guardian

"Tremendously well written... entrancing... this was basically made for me" - Three Weeks

"Enthralling... Barton's performance is captivating... I left with a great sense that we should spend less time here concentrating on doing, and more time feeling" - Everything Theatre

"All month I’ve been missing that special sprinkle of wacky Fringe magic, and finally I’ve found it" - Fringe Guru

"One of the marvels of the Fringe’s breaking of moulds... Masterful storytelling, fresh, unique and sophisticated" - The Reviews Hub

About Second Body

Second Body are a multi-award winning theatre company, founded in 2019 to make form-bending multidisciplinary work, specifically combining music, theatre and often science in experimental ways. Their show Concept for a Film won the Sydney Tour Ready Award and the Most Innovative Work award at NZ Fringe earlier this year, and their debut show STYX has received fourteen five-star reviews, was a Guardian Pick of the Fringe, won a Fringe World Award and saw the company shortlisted for a Total Theatre Award in 2019.

secondbody.co.uk

  • Duration: 60 minutes

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

  • Age suitability: M

  • Event warnings: Mild Coarse Language, Sudden Loud Noises, Some Infrequent/Low Pressure Audience Interaction.

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

    Wheelchair Access

    Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Quilt Room 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 first floor of this building, the Quilt Room is to the right, on the eastern edge of this hallway.

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  • Full: $30.00

  • Hump Day Discount: $22.50

  • Concession: $20.00

  • Group 6+: $15.00

  • Extra Applause: $55.00

  • Blak Tix: $10.00

  • Member discounts available

    This event is eligible for 25% off full price Fringe Dweller tickets. Just add the tickets that you want then login at checkout and you'll get the cheapest tickets. If you're not a member yet, simply add a membership to your cart and you'll be able to access Fringe Dweller prices straight away.

"Heart-warming, touching and gorgeously executed, Second Body's second production is once again a triumph" - The Skinny (STYX, 2021)

theskinny.co.uk

"A truly brave and beautiful show that deserves every bit of acclaim it gets" - Broadway Baby (STYX, 2021)

broadwaybaby.com

"So... this was basically made for me...tremendously well written...any audience-member would be captivated" - Three Weeks (Concept for a Film, 2022)

threeweeksedinburgh.com

Sessions: In Person Events

A single $5.50 transaction fee applies to your booking.

Date Time Venue

Wednesday, 04 October 2023

6:30pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Quilt Room

Cancelled
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Thursday, 05 October 2023

6:30pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Quilt Room

Cancelled
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Friday, 06 October 2023

6:30pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Quilt Room

Cancelled
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Saturday, 07 October 2023

6:30pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Quilt Room

Cancelled
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Sunday, 08 October 2023

5:30pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Quilt Room

Cancelled
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