Circus

The Blood Vote

An opera circus experience.

$65.00
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Cartoon image of a woman anxiously casting her vote. An evil looking man watches on.
Past Event
Cartoon image of a woman anxiously casting her vote. An evil looking man watches on.

  • Composer: Jenny Game

  • Librettist: Caitlin Vincent

The Blood Vote is a ground-breaking opera circus experience by composer Jenny Game and librettist Caitlin Vincent. In this festival premiere production, famed Australian suffragist Vida Goldstein (1869-1949) faces the inevitability of Invention.

Transgressing notions of high and low art, The Blood Vote celebrates the skills of the human body and the human voice, generating a spectacular immediacy with the audience.

This project received Cash to Create through the Fringe Fund.

Cast:
Vida Goldstein – Judith Dodsworth
Invention – Giovanni De Simone
Circus Machine – Lily Akers, Josh Duncan

Creative Team:
Composer – Jenny Game
Librettist – Caitlin Vincent
Director – Jamie Henson

Allotropy Quartet:
Violin 1 – Kat Tsyrlin
Violin 2 – Victoria Howse
Viola – Catherine Turnbull
Cello – Lachlan Dent

  • Duration: 60 minutes

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

  • Age suitability: G

  • Gasworks Arts Park - Gasworks Theatre
    21 Graham St, Albert Park, VIC, 3206

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  • Full: $65.00

  • Hump Day Discount: $48.75

  • Group 6+: $40.00

  • Student: $20.00

  • Extra Applause: $75.00

  • Blak Tix: $40.00

  • Concession: $50.00

  • Member discounts available

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Sessions: In Person Events

A single $5.50 transaction fee applies to your booking.

Date Time Venue

Wednesday, 11 October 2023

9:00pm

Gasworks Arts Park - Gasworks Theatre

Hump Day
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Thursday, 12 October 2023

9:00pm

Gasworks Arts Park - Gasworks Theatre

 Past Event

Friday, 13 October 2023

9:00pm

Gasworks Arts Park - Gasworks Theatre

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Saturday, 14 October 2023

9:00pm

Gasworks Arts Park - Gasworks Theatre

 Past Event

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